Excerpt from A Practical Treatise on Healthy Skin: With Rules for the Medical and Domestic Treatment of Cutaneous Diseases It will not be matter for surprise that, with the proofs of success of the Liverpool institution, and the important bearings of cleanliness on the health and well-being of society, so clearly brought before the eyes of a public meeting of philanthropic men, convened in the Egyptian Hall of the Mansion House, under the immediate sanction of the Lord Mayor, they should not have separated with out having determined on the immediate erection of a public bath and wash-house in London, and organized committees for the purpose of carrying out the necessary details Accordingly, in 1848, the committee report that they have built and are now completing, in Goulston Square, Whitechapel, an establishment calculated for 94 baths and 96 washing places, each with its separate drying closet, and to meet a week ly demand for about baths, and the washing and drying of the clothes of about persons. Similar institutions are now in progress, or already in action, in Glasshouse Yard. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.