Report on public baths and public comfort stations by the Mayor's committee of New York City . The Swimming Pool in the Baths of Diocletian in Classic Rome. In thisestablishment bathers could be accommodated at once. The proposedbath at Tompkins Square would have accommodated 96 at one time. It wasstaled, on the authority of Pliny, that for 600 years Rome needed no medicinebut the public A Hall in the Baths of Caracalla (Rome), .^.d. 212. bathers could beaccommodated at one time. One hall in the Baths of Diocletian was made by-Michael Angelo into the Church of S. Maria de g


Report on public baths and public comfort stations by the Mayor's committee of New York City . The Swimming Pool in the Baths of Diocletian in Classic Rome. In thisestablishment bathers could be accommodated at once. The proposedbath at Tompkins Square would have accommodated 96 at one time. It wasstaled, on the authority of Pliny, that for 600 years Rome needed no medicinebut the public A Hall in the Baths of Caracalla (Rome), .^.d. 212. bathers could beaccommodated at one time. One hall in the Baths of Diocletian was made by-Michael Angelo into the Church of S. Maria de gli Angeli. LNTKODI (rjOltV 13 S (>!• !) Ol-io or11 or1*2 ori;{ or 14 orIf) orKi or17 or 15 or1!) oir20 or151 or imdcriiiHlcr uiuleriiiidcMunder lIlKhT umlcrunderunderunderunderunderuntlor •A7 4r. 44 ;{r> 21 18 in r>n 89 4 or und«-r li.!or under 25or under 2Soi under 2!)or under .ilor under .{2or under ...{oi- nndi-r ;!;)<ir under 42or under 44or under US *rotal lious< 11111 48fJ A system of public baths is an imperativeneed, not only as a means of healthful living, but also as anecessity for counteracting the unsanitary conditions of the oc-cupiers of the lodging houses. Public safety demands an ade-quate system of public baths. The majority of the patrons oflodging houses is the lower classes, the flotsam and jetsam ofa great city; because they are so low, they are dirty a


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