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130
BOROUGH OF PADDINGTON.
Comparative
Statement
of No. of
Bathers
and
Washers.

It will be noticed that while the number of tickets
sold is larger, the receipts are smaller; this is accounted
for by the fact that the larger part of the tickets sold
have been in quantities at a reduced rate, a mode of
purchase now preferred by our regular customers—and
the sale of id. tickets to persons who may wish to look at
the bathers in the Swimming Baths.
The
Building.
Floor of
Ladies'
Swimming
Bath.
In the month of December last, a settlement occurred
on the South side of the Building, which caused another
serious leakage in the Ladies' Swimming Bath. After
the experience of 1891, when the subsidence took place
at the lower end of the Bath, the Commissioners decided
to complete the relaying of the bottom of the Bath.
The old concrete was taken out to a depth of 18 inches,
new concrete was then laid, and the whole, including the
part laid in 1891, covered with glazed bricks, 9 X 4^ X 2^
inches, in substitution of the 5-inch glazed tiles.
This work has involved an expenditure of £285.
Ladies'
Swimming
Bath
Painted
The Roof of the Ladies' Swimming Bath was
overhauled and thoroughly repaired in the early
Summer of 1892, and the Interior painted, at a cost
of £145.