MR CLAPHAM'S BATHS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXV, Issue 244, 14 October 1891, Page 3

MR CLAPHAM'S BATHS.

The baths satablishad by Mr Olspham in Bridge*Btreet? ; Bu'pply ib- want" long felt in Nelson, %TJiS bHttifttß;iß bo particularly euitod for invalid*' that i» is only fittiog that there should bl provided every poßsible means of cure and Mr Glapham has decidedly added to the attractiveness of the plaoo to those who are in jjearoh of health. We published some time ago a description of bis establishment as it then was, bat at that time the baths; were not finished. The description was confined to the lower pact of the building, where Mr Olapham has his consulting rooms, dispensary, and faotory of medioinea and soap. Everything upstairs ia now oomplete and the baths, whioh have been used by Mr Olapham's patients for a considerable time, have been open to {the public for a week or so. The baths are approaohed by a stair with a separate entry from that to- the dispensary. At the top of the stair are several dressing rooms and after passing them one enters the cooling room off whioh are several more small dressing rooms. The cooling room is exceedingly comfortable and well furnished and it is provided with Insurious lounges for those who have had Turkish bathß to reeline op, From the, cooling room a passage leads to the baths which are of all descriptions. The Turkish .Bathß consist of two rooms com? munioating with eaoh other and differing in temperature, the less hot of the two being the first entered. In addition there are several fixed baths, with vapour baths, showers, and douches, hot and oold, in abundance. Those who desire them can have medicated baths, and there is eleotrio apparatus iu connection with one of the baths, by means of whioh a current oan be sent through the bather. The heating of the water and of the Turkish baths is done by means of steampipea fed from a large boiler outside, and the building is a perfect network of pipes. Throughout there iB complete cleanliness and order, and the attendance is excellent. The wants of the bathers are always anticipated, an attendant being constantly st hand to do everything that ia required. Persons using the Turkish baths are supplied with glasses of fresh cold water every few minuteß and the attendant is always ready to give a warm shower. After leaving the hoc rooms the bather ia laid out and soaped and sorubbed in the usual manner after whioh he htxa hot and oold showers or douches. He then covers himself with a sheet and reclines on one of the lounges in the cooling room, Wednesday and Friday afternoons are set aside for ladies for whom there is the proper attendance. Altogether Mr Clapham deserves great credit for his enterprise. He haß gone to large expense in fitting' up the building, but the money has been well spent. The proprietor has a oomplete knowledge of what; is required' in an establishment of the sort, and the result is a decided addition to the attractions of Nelson, Those who use the baths may rely on find ing oomplete arrangements, well furnished rooms, the greatest order and oleanliuess, and skilful and polite attendance.

p.m.