Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, The United Parishes of St. Margaret and St. John, Westminster]
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Library and Offices—23, Great Smith Street, S.W.
Branch Library—3, Trevor Square, Knightsbridge, S.W.
Secretary and Librarian—Henry E. Poole.
Library open from 9 a. m. to 9 p.m.
The Commissioners meet on the third Monday in each month, at 4.15 p.m.
BURIAL BOARD.
George Barber
Solomon Hyman Cohen
William Davis
William Lewis Josephs
John Kent
Charles Christmas Piper
Frederick Rose
William John Bennett
Charles Wright
26, Great Chapel Street.
32, Broadway.
48, Rochester Row.
100, Regency Street.
11, Middle Row, Knightsbridge.
30, Bessborough Gardens.
28, Page Street.
39, Smith Street, Chelsea.
98. York Street.
Clerk—Russell Rogers (Solicitor), 13, Victoria Street, S.W.
The Meetings of the Board are held as occasion requires.
COMMISSIONERS OF PUBLIC BATHS & WASH-HOUSES.
John Ashby
Zephaniah Augustin Berry
James Isaac Butler
Herman Olsen Hamborg
William Lewis Josephs
Charles Christmas Piper
Mai.-Gen. Charles Alex. Sim
22, Horseferry Road
16 & 18, Regency Street
55, Vincent Square
30, Great Smith Street
100, Regency Street
30, Bessborough Gardens
8, James St., Buckingham Gate
Baths and Wash-houses—34, Great Smith Street.
Clerk—Warrington Rogers (Solicitor), 17, Victoria Street.
Superintendent—George Morley.
The Commissioners meet on the first Wednesday in each month at the Board
Room, Great Smith Street, at 5.45 o'clock p.m.
The Bathing Department is open for Men, Women, and Children, from 6 in
the morning until 9 o'clock at night, and on Saturdays until 10 o'clock at night.
On Sundays from 6.30 until 9 in the morning only. Charges—1st Class:
warm, 6d.; cold. 3d. 2nd Class: warm, 2d.; cold, 1d. Each Bath is in a
separate room, and the bather is provided with clean water and clean towels.
There are separate entrances to Men's and Women's Baths.
The Tepid Swimming Baths are open on the same days and duiring the
same hours as the Bathing Department. Charges—1st Class, 4d.; 2nd Class, 2d.
The Washing, Drying, and Ironing Department is open, for Women only,
daily (Sundays excepted) from 8 a m. to 8 p.m., at the following charges: under
three hours,—for each hour, 1½d., tor each half-hour, or part of half-an-hour, Id.
Over three hours,—for each hour, 2d.; for each half-hour, or part of lialf-anhour,
1 d. Each woman engaged in washing has a place to herself, provided
with as much clean water (hot and cold) as she requires, and steam for boiling
the linen, a separate horse for drying the clothes, with the conveniences of
ironing, the use of irons and ironing blankets, and a mangle.