Turkish Baths

THE TURKISH BATH. 29
venient institution.
They were designed by Mr. James
Schofield. The illustration shows the ladies' baths.
The ceilings of the hot rooms are not indicated on
the section.
The whole of the baths mentioned in this chapter are
the property of private individuals or companies. The
number of baths provided in this country under Act of
Parliament or by civic corporations is so small, and
their size and design so insignificant, that it would be
waste of space to describe them here. They are unworthy
of the nation. One of the best is the pretty little
bath provided on the first floor of the public bath-house
recently erected by the Corporation of Stockport
The
fine new baths at Bath erected from designs by Major
Davis, the city architect, do not include a Turkish bath.
It must be admitted that some slight increase in the
amount of attention paid by corporate bodies to bathbuilding
is latterly to be noticed, and a few years may
possibly see a great advance in this direction. That
this may indeed be so should be our sincere hope, since
the lack of fine public baths is a standing disgrace to a
nation that prides itself upon its cleanliness.
In Germany, considerable attention has been bestowed
upon the design of the Turkish bath, many excellent
baths having been built in the more complete bathhouses
of the Empire.
Well-arranged Turkish baths are
to be found in the baths at Nuremberg, Hanover, and
Bremen, the latter planned with both a first and second
class frigidarium to the one set of bath rooms. The
plan, however, has nothing to recommend it,
and in this