page_title: Birmingham Baths Committee
hierarchical_section_title: Birmingham Baths Committee
caption_attribution_description: Plaque on Sparkhill Baths, Birmingham, England showing membership of the Birmingham Baths Committee as at July 1931
context_page_description: The Birmingham Baths Committee was a Birmingham City Council-run organisation responsible for the provision and maintenance of public swimming and bathing facilities within the Birmingham boundaries in England. They constructed bathing facilities within Birmingham through funding by the council.
  In the planning procedures before the construction of a swimming bath, the department regularly partnered with the Free Libraries Committee to provide a new swimming bath alongside a new public library.
context_section_description: The Birmingham Baths Committee was a Birmingham City Council-run organisation responsible for the provision and maintenance of public swimming and bathing facilities within the Birmingham boundaries in England. They constructed bathing facilities within Birmingham through funding by the council.
  In the planning procedures before the construction of a swimming bath, the department regularly partnered with the Free Libraries Committee to provide a new swimming bath alongside a new public library.
caption: Plaque on Sparkhill Baths, showing membership of the committee as at July 1931.
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