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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
•			James Mellis and Company, Soapworks, Prestonpans, East Lothian
•	•		Kay Street Baths, Glasgow
•	•		Keeping Clean: Drying and Bleaching
•	•		Keeping Clean: Washing Clothes Outdoors
•	•		The Public Baths and Wash House Act, 1846
•			Victorian Washday - Images

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