He returned to Portsmouth in 1835; originated the Royal Portsmouth Hospital and established public baths and washhouses.
"A Biographical Dictionary of Freethinkers of All Ages and Nations"
Joseph Mazzini Wheeler
As we drew near the baths and washhouses, where the soup kitchen is, the stream of people increased.
"Home-Life of the Lancashire Factory Folk during the Cotton Famine"
Edwin Waugh
The result is that allotments, rural housing, village baths and washhouses, an adequate water supply, public halls and libraries, are not regarded as the concern of rural elected authorities, but are left to the private enterprise of landowners.
"The Rise of the Democracy"
Joseph Clayton