The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-05

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spectators win De sowsa to :a%a upon
No person viii be allowed remain In the waite more
great Tor "asis ortsn the Of boys to accom-
Ba.hers shall not stand about the platforms nor keep
dressing rooms after dressing
Money AM property Jeff in the house or rooms
questions a pro ns ." bathing use Of
disncs shall Re finally decided BY The sseper A
jec. % the wish OF the Keeper
BY order Departments iPublic Works
SANITARY CONDITION.
As TO the sanitary conditions OF the baths tho super
ihtcndents ana natrons oil course gwen no com-
discretion II person makes application or pa.n'
AMI Is evidently suffering from contagious osensc,
sucn person ~ refused admission h. n9 src
getting more and more into the habit OF furnishing
iheir own towels and bathing suits The Question Q,
cleanliness, or course, forces this practice on un
aud the matter OF economy forces 1t on others The
hire OF towels At these establishments ~ geneiaIy
three cents and from nvs 10 ten cents for bathing
one OF these pubic baths are aosoauey
required 70 wear suitable oa'nT This rulo
Is in every way imperative Most OF the men anu
boys do not wear suits. The men generally bring
dry themselves Ia inc sun aud wind. The following
figures concerning some Of the leading oaths VIII
of Bethune street, North River. the average at
tendance on what are called mems Gays ~, 10
IRON 1000 8,OUU, and w0men'S uhys rum ooo
10 400 The bath can accommodate 900 per hoar
easily. and hundred rush twenty minutes
allowed Tor bath TO men and boys; the women
and girls are generally given Their own ease OF TINS
Three are charged towels and five cents Tor
bathing suits. Eight towels hired daily mas become
The low average NJ this bath. Al the bth 1907 Oh
Fifty first street the average attendance On mons aays
is from to oight thousand and on womens uays
from fifteen hundred 10 TWO thousand. ~ was
stated hero that about twenty towels anu
fifteen bathing SUITS are daily hired. lhc
at mo Thirty seventh street bath WAS OIL the
opinion That certainly pinetcen twcntieths oil tho
ana towels. The above viii 10 show with what
little hard hip rule could be enforced compelling uii
persons who uso the public baths 70 FURNISH iheir
bathing dresses ana towels yhere Is grow
ing conviction ON the part OF those VINO nave
studied the sanitary condition o the D"tns that SUCH
Il rue should be made and enforced immediately. Tie
aruces named, not properly cleansed, are capable
OF spreading ioansouie diseases 10 VIDE Extent anu
there safe guarantee that the cleansing
process IL any way thorough. Muny OF these
arIlclcs are. admitted by those IN charge,
SIMPLY washed in cold salt water The
attendants boast OF the powers OF what they call salt
soap.n but most students OF health ana disease
will scout this idea that clothing Gun 10 cltansed
cold water. and Will hold TO the opinion OF tno phy-
already quoted that IL Is uD5oiuey necessary
that bathing garments should be boleu or washed IN
wafer ut u temperature Of 2l2 degrees Fahrenheit"
Very strangely rs 1t may seem 10 some there Is lar
recklessness 10 this matter OF possible c0ntagion
AT private paying swimming butns than Is shown at
battery swimming Baths These are oxcelcntly 10
Gated ana about our hundred persons bahe here each
day during the season, and OF this number only very
bring their bathing garments.