Bye Laws to be made in all cases. For securing that the baths and wash houses and open bathing places shall be under the duemanagement and control of the officers, servants, or others appointed or employed in that behalf by the coun cil or commissioners.
For securing adequate privacy to per sons using the baths and waahhouses and open bathing places, and security against accidents to persons using the open bathing places.
For securing that men and boys above eight years old shall bathe separately from women and girls and children un der eight years old.
For preventing damage, disturbance, interruption, and indecent and offensive language and behaviour and nuisances.
For determining the duties of the officers, servants, and others appointed by the council or commissioners.
By a subsequent statute, the 10 & 11 Viet. c. 61, some technical legal diffi culties in the Act of the preceding year were removed, and in place of the first schedule of charges, the following sub stituted : Charges for the Baths, Washhouses, and Bathing Places.
1. Baths for the Labouring Classes.— Every bath to be supplied with clean water for every person bathing alone, or for several children bathing together, and in either case with one clean towel for every bather.
For one person above eight years of age Cold bath, or cold shower bath, any sum not exceeding ld.
Warm bath, or warm shower bath, or vapour bath, any sum not ex ceeding 2d.
For several children, not above eight years of age, nor exceeding four, bathing together : Cold bath, or cold shower bath, any sum not exceeding 2d.
Warm bath, or warm shower bath, or vapour bath, any sum not ex ceeding 4d.
2. Baths of any higher Class.—Such charges as the council and the commis sioners respectively think fit, not exceed ing in any ease three times the charges above mentioned for the several kinds of baths for the labouring classes.
3. Washhouses for the Labouring Classes.—Every washhouse to be sup plied with conveniences for washing and drying clothes and other articles.
For the use by one person of one washing tub or trough, and of a copper or boiler (if any), or, where one of the washing tubs or troughs shall be used as a copper or boiler, for the use of one pair of washing tubs or troughs, and for the use of the conveniences for drying : For one hour only in any one day, any sum not exceeding ld.
For two hours together, in any one day, any sum not exceeding 3d. Any time over the hour or two hours respectively, if not exceeding five nutes, not to be reckoned. For two hours not together, or for more than two hours in any one day, such charges as the council and the commissioners respectively think fit. For the use of the washing conveniences alone, or of the drying conveniences alone, such charges as the council and the commis' • sioners respectively think fit, but not exceeding in either case the charges for the use for the same time of both the washing and drying conveniences.
4. Washhouses of any higher class. — Such charges as the council and commis sioners think fit.
5. Open Bathing Places, where severnl persons bathe in the same water, for one person, Old.
By another Act (1846), 9th and 10th Viet. c. 87, these useful sanitary measu res were extended to Ireland, and town councils or commissioners of any city or town incorporated under 3 and 4 Viet. c. 108, were empowered to adopt them. Money might be borrowed, and agree ments made for the supply of gas and warm water. Schedule of charges simi lar to the above.