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The fact that women are less able than men
to make themselves heard On such a question is an
additional reason for my submitting this matter for
consideration, and the Parish of St. James's is one
that probably would take the lead in making such
provision. A small charge for admission would be
willingly paid, and it might be that the returns
would prove as remunerative as those of the public
baths and washhouses. Such lavatories should be
in central positions, they might be distinguished by
a coloured lamp or other mark which would be
understood, and some women's small requisites
might be sold. They should contain a room where
children could be attended to, and they should be
under the supervision of a respectable matron.
The Metropolis Local Management Act (sec, 88)
empowers Vestries and District Boards as follows:
"It shall be lawful for every Vestry and District
"Board to provide and maintain urinals, water
"closets, privies, and like conveniences, in situations
"where they deem such accommodation to be
"required, and to supply the same with water, and
"to defray the expense thereof; and any damage
"occasioned to any person by the erection thereof,
"and the expense of keeping the same in good
" order as expenses of Sewerage are to be defrayed
"under this Act.'
Further accommodation is also required for men,
and admirable plans for that object were once drawn
for the Parish by my colleague, Mr Howell.