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Public Baths in the United States
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The plana for the house, having been made before the enactment of the
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Brown Law, were somewhat experimental, it being considered an ex periment,
It is located
which, if successful, might be further extended thereafter.
in Preainct No. 1, which according to the census of 1995 had a population
The
of 20,587, and which precinct includes the Italian tenement district.
lot on whioh the bath-house is located is triangular in shape, having a
The building in of brick, two stories
frontage on the terrace of 50 feet.
The
in height, with 1iving apartments for tenants in the upper story.
interior arrangenent of the building consists of a waiting roon, wash room,
toilet room, and infants' bath-room, with tub and 14 separate rain baths.
rain batha in one large open space, ao that there is a
There are besides
The wash-roon contains three
total, including the bath-teb, of 21 baths.
patent drying closet, which pernits the
laundry tubs of concrete and
bather who has but one auit of clothes to wash and dry them himself, and
thus not only go away with a clean body, but clean clothing.....
beginning with the year 1997, 1n four years there have been given, in
Bath-house No. 1, 323,510 baths at a total cost for all 1tems, except
depreciation, of $9162.19, or an average rate per bath of alightly over
2.8 cents.
D.
In 1898 ateps were taken for the erection of another bath-house on the
The land was
east side of the city in the midst of the Polish quarter.
purchased on the corner of Woltx Avenue and Stanislaus Street, a bath-
The site for
house was erected, and was opened for use on January 1, 1901.
this bath-houne cost $2600, the building coat $15,802.19, and the equl pment
$500, making a total of $18,902.19.
This bath-house has 18 separate rain
rain batha in 3 apartments, and 1 bath-tulb, or a total of
baths, with
It is, unl1ke Bath-house No. 1, divided into two departments,
28 baths.
one for mnen and one for women, so that both may bathe at the same time.
Both bath-hounes are absolutely free, that is, without charge whatever for
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