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- 1. The Origins of the Public Baths

One of the great Victorian public health measures, The Public Baths and Wash House Act of 1846, encouraged councils to provide bathing facilities for their residents, many of whom lived in crowded slums without running water.


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• • Edinburgh Steamies
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