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has altogether ceased, and that in several others it has dwindled down
to a comparatively small sum, and your Committee sees no reason to
doubt that well placed and well managed establishments will pay their
way as soon as the original cost of the sites and buildings has been
paid off.
A further matter of investigation by your Committee has been
the number accommodation for bathing and charges of the private
establishments in the Parish, particulars of which, so far as they have
been obtained, will be found in Appendix B. With regard to two of
these establishments (that in Junction Road, and that near Finsbury
Park), the Committee would add that they are situate so close to the
boundary of the Parish as to be equally available for the inhabitants of
St. Pancras and Hornsey as for those of Islington.
Your Committee has also, in accordance with the suggestion
contained in your reference, made some enquiry as to suitable sites for
Baths and Wash-houses in the Parish, but as this is a matter rather
for the Commissioners, to be appointed pursuant to the Acts should
they be adopted, than for the Vestry, and as the Vestry will no doubt
recognise reasons why the results of these enquiries should not be made
public at present, your Committee prefers to content itself by saying
that a report has been obtained from your Surreyor (Mr. Higgins)
upon the subject, and that it is of opinion that suitable sites at a
reasonable cost might be obtained in the South-Eastern, South-Western,
Northern, and Central parts of the Parish, should it be deemed desirable
to provide baths and wash-houses in all or any of these neighbourhoods.
Having thus dealt with the subject of your reference your
Committee would only add that it believes a considerable advance
has been made in public opinion since the matter was last before the
Vestry in 1879 as to the desirability of providing baths and wash-houses
for the accommodation of the crowded poor of this great Metropolis,
and it therefore recommends that the Vestry should proceed without
delay to adopt the Acts.
All which is submitted.
JNO. H. MOTE,
Chairman.
July 8th, 1889.