Des*ns of modern municipal bath houses are cre&ted mainly to Dr. Munnich, an army surgeon; the late Prof. Oscar Lassar; Good win Brown, a lunacy commissioner, and Dr. Simon Baruch, president of the American As sociation for Promoting Hygiene and Public Baths. Low fireproof buildmgs are preferred, with an abundant water supply through a main of at least four and preferably six inches diameter. The water should always be filtered, and the piping exposed. Concrete or brick con struction is preferred, and the pools require excellent workmanship. Their sides are best made of glazed tile or marble. White walls and good light are desirable. The inflow of water to a pool should be such as to change the water in 24 hours. In addition to this regu lar flow, the pool should be wholly emptied once or twice a week. Nude bathing is en-. couraged, as it assists the bathing masters in excluding the diseased from the pool.
Where funds do not permit complete bath ing establishments, tent baths, supplied with showers, may be utilized, as at Baltimore. Beach baths consist usually of floating plat forms connected with a pier by a bridge. The
centre of the platform is opened for the pool, which is separated from the outside water by woodwork. The dressing rooms are on the margins of the platform. Such baths are in increasing use at beaches all over the United States.
Bibliography.—Cross, A. W., (Public Baths and Wash-Houses) ; Gerhard, W. P., 'The Progress of the Public Bath Movement in the United States> (1913) ; id., ( Public Bath Houses and Swimming Pools) (in American City, November 1914) ; id., (Modern Baths and Bath Houses) (New York 1908) ; Hanger, G. W., (Public Baths in the United States) (in Public Health Reports, 1 Aug. 1913, Washing ton, D. C.) ; Kelly, R. F. G., (Portable Baths and their Relation to the Public School Sys tem) (1917) ; Manheimer, W. A., (Essentials of Swimming-Pool Sanitation) (Washington 1915); Moll, A. A., 'Sanitation of Swimming Pools) (in Americcnt City, April 1913) ; Tol man, William H., (Public Baths> (in Yale Re view, May 1897). Consult also (Bulletin 54> of the Bureau of Labor, 58th Congress (Washing ton 1903-04).