PREFACE.

The present work originally appeared in the form of a series of illustrated articles in the columns of the Building News. It has been carefully revised and enlarged with the addition of much new matter. The object of the author in publishing the work in its present form is to provide, in addition to a text-book for the architect, a treatise which shall enable the public to form their own judgment as to the relative merits of the baths that compete for their patronage. The principles, herein enunciated, upon which good baths should be built, will be easily grasped by the ordinary reader; and the detailed plans and instructions will, it is hoped, supply such information as will enable the designer of baths to cope with the exigencies of any and every case with which he may be confronted.

37, Norfolk Street,
Strand, London.
March 1890.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.PAGE
Introduction[1]
CHAPTER II.
The General Requirements of a Public Bath[9]
CHAPTER III.
The General Disposition of Plan of Public Baths[17]
CHAPTER IV.
A Detailed Consideration of Features peculiar to the Bath[32]
CHAPTER V.
Heating and Ventilation[59]
CHAPTER VI.
Water-fittings and Appliances[87]
CHAPTER VII.
Lighting, Decorating, and Furnishing[102]
CHAPTER VIII.
The Turkish Bath in the House[118]
CHAPTER IX.
The Bath in Public and Private Institutions, Etc.[134]
CHAPTER X.
The Turkish Bath for Horses[141]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

FIG. PAGE
1.Turkish Baths, Savoy Hill, London[21]
2.Turkish Baths, Charing Cross, London[24]
3.Turkish Baths, Euston Road, London[28]
4.A Plunge Bath[50], [51]
5.Methods of arranging Couches in Cooling Room[56]
6.View of a small Furnace Chamber, with portion of wall broken away to show the "Convoluted" Stove[65]
7.An Air Filter[67]
8.Plans and Section of a Furnace Chamber, &c., for a Bath on the ordinary Hot-air Principle[68]
9.Section of Hot Room, showing Foul-air Conduit[72]
10.A Fireclay Heating Apparatus[74]
11.Longitudinal Section of Sudatory Chambers[84]
12.A Shampooing Basin[90]
13.Valve for Regulating Temperature of Water[91]
14.A Needle Bath[94]
15.Spray, Wave, and Douche Baths[95]
16.Regulating Valves for Needle, Douche, &c.[96]
17.Bather's Shower Bath[99]
18.Section and Plan of an Enamelled Iron Ceiling[107]
19.Plans of Plunge Baths[112]
20.Section of Benches in Hot Rooms, and in Cooling Room Divans[115]
21.Furniture of a Turkish Bath[117]
22.Plan of Mr. Urquhart's Small Private Bath and of the Hot Room at Sir Erasmus Wilson's Bath at Richmond Hill[119]
23.Methods of constructing Turkish Baths in existing Houses[124]
24.A complete Private Turkish Bath[126]
25.Design for a Private Turkish Bath[130], [131]
26.Plan of the Baths at the Hotel Mont Dore, Bournemouth[135]
27.Plan of the Great Northern Railway Company's Turkish Bath for Horses[142]