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Library and Offices—Great Smith street, S.W.
Branch Library—3, Trevor square, Knightsbridge, S.W.
Secretary and Librarian—Henry E. Poole.
Library and Reading Rooms open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
The Commissioners meet on the third Monday in each month at 5 p.m.
The new Public Library buildings are on the west side of Great
Smith street, and are expected to be opened to the public in the
course of the year. The architect is Mr. Francis J. Smith,
F.R.I.B.A., and the builders, Messrs. Stimpson & Co.
BURIAL BOARD.
Thomas William Davies 61, Horseferry road.
John Fergusson 180, Vauxhall bridge road.
Edwin Hearne 27, Great Chapel street.
Henry Arthur Hunt 45, Parliament street.
William Lewis Josephs 12, Moreton street.
John Kent 11, Middle row, Knightsbridg
Francis William Cooper Lambert 10, Bessborough place.
Charles Wright 6 & 7, Grosvenor road.
( vacancy )
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.
Zephaniah Augustin Berry 16 & 18, Regency street.
George John Chappie 163, Vauxhall bridge road.
George Frederick Danielli 25, Montpelier sq., Knightsbridge.
James Gibson 18, New street.
Herman Olsen Hamborg 40, Great Smith street.
William Lewis Josephs 12, Moreton street.
Charles Christmas Piper 13, Vincent square.
Clerk—Warrington Rogers (Solicitor), 17, Victoria street.
The Commissioners meet on the first Wednesday in each month at the Town
Hall, Caxton street, at 5.45 o'clock p.m.
The Baths and Wash-houses are at present in course of re-construction in
Great Smith street. There will be two swimming baths of ample proportions,
the first-class being 132 feet long by 31 feet wide, and the second-class 62 feet by
32 feet, and both provided with, dressing boxes and other accommodation.
There will be also 20 first-class slipper baths for men, and 8 for women ; and 2G
men's second-class slipper baths, and 8 for women. The entrances to the firstclass
baths will be in Great Smith street, and those to the second-class baths in
St. Ann's street. The Laundry Department will comprise accommodation for
84 washers, with a drying-horse for each person, an ironing room with four
mangles, an ironing stove and ironing tables. The architect is Mr. Fras. J,
Smith, F.R.I.B.A.