2-791-396 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Public meeting at the Mansion House - the Lord Mayor in the Chair, 1844. William Magnay, the Lord Mayor of London, hosts '...a very numerous meeting...held in the Egyptian-hall of the Mansion-house, for the purpose of forming an association to furnish the labouring poor with baths and wash-houses. Several ladies were present....and quoted authorities to prove the improvement of health arising from frequent ablutions...a committee was appointed to carry the resolutions into effect'. From "Illustrated London News", 1844, Vol I.