Report on public baths and public comfort stations by the Mayor's committee of New York City.

  • New York (N.Y.). Mayor's Committee on Public Baths and Public Comfort Stations.
Date:
1897
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Credit: Report on public baths and public comfort stations by the Mayor's committee of New York City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University Libraries/Information Services, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University.

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    and the ojjcrating expenses will he lu-arly met by the fees. Tlpe present law provides for a free public bath, but a fee may be charged for the use of towels and soap; a certain part of each bath, say 15 or 25 per cent., may be absolutely free. There are not more than ffjur public baths under the control of cities in the United States; but that your Honor may realize that the conditions are not much worse in New York than in some of the other large municipalities, and that the needs are none the less imperative, an excerpt from the Seventh Special Report of the United States Commissioner of Labor is submitted. New York.—(i) Starting from the corner of Centre and Worth, along Centre to Leonard, along Leonard to Baxter, along Baxter to Canal, along Canal to Centre, along Centre to Hester, along Hester to Mulberry, along Mulberry to Spring, along Spring to Elizabeth, along Elizabeth to Canal, along Canal to Bowery, along Bowery to Worth, and along Worth to Centre. (2) Starting from the corner of Broome and Broadway, along Broadway to East Houston, along East Houston to Elizabeth, along Elizabeth to Prince, along Prince to Marion, along Marion to Spring, along Spring to Crosby, along Crosby to Broome and along Broome to Broadway. New York's Need.s. POPULATION OF THE SLUM DISTRICTS CANVASSED. at J. June 1,1890. (Eleventh Census). April 1,1893. Baltimore 16.878 1 18,048 Chicago 17,637 ' 19.748 New Yorli 27.462 28.996 Philadelptiia 15,409 17,060 Total 77,386 83,852 NUMBER AND PER CENT. OF FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS IN HOUSES OR TENEMENTS HAVING AND NOT HAVING BATH ROOMS. Population of Houses or Tenements having Bath Rooms. Population of Houses or Tenements not having Bath Rooms. City. Number Per cent. Number. Per cent. Fami- 1 ludivi- lies. [ duals. Fami- lies. Indivi- duals. Fami- i Indivi- j Fami- Indivi- lies. ' duals. lies. duals. Baltimore ... Chicago New York .. 296 110 138 1,663 7.35 748 2.83 1.888 2.33 9.21 3.79 6.51 3.732 1 16.385 j 92.65 \ 90.79 3.771 19.000 97.17 | 96.21 5,774 27,108 97.67 93.49