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Westminster 1889

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, The United Parishes of St. Margaret and St. John, Westminster]

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XV.
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 5 p.m.
BURIAL BOARD.
George Barber 26, Great Chapel Street
Solomon Hyman Cohen 32, Broadway
William Davis 48, Rochester Row
William Lewis Josephs 12, Moreton Street
John Kent 11, Middle Row, Knightsbridge
Charles Christmas Piper 30, Bessborough Gardens
Charles Stone 51, Strutton Ground
William John Bennett 39, Smith Street, Chelsea
Charles Wright 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 122, Horseferry Road
Zephaniah Augustin Berry 16 & 18, Regency Street
Herman Olsen Hamborg 30, Great Smith Street
William Lewis Josephs 2, Moreton Street
Charles Christmas Piper 30, Bessborough Gardens
Maj.-Gen. Charles Alex. Sim 8, James St., Buckingham Gate
George William Tallents 62,EnnismoreGdns.,Knightsbdge.
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, 6c/. ; cold, 3d. 2nd Class, warm, 2d. ; cold, 1 d. 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 during 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, 1 ½d. ; for each half-hour, or part of half-an-hour, 1 d.
Over three hours—for each hour, 2d.; for each half-hour, or part of half-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.