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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1222, 11 December 1882, Page 2

“ Cleanliness is next to Godliness,” and although our Borough Councillors have not too much money to distribute in extra works, we are of opinion some of it would be wisely expended in the erection of public baths which would most assuredly recoup the outlay if let by public tender. During the summer months in our particularly austy town it is almost absolutely necessary that some provision should be made for public health, and by no means can this be so well secured as by affording to the residents of Gisborne an opportunity of cleansing themselves. Very many pounds have been wasted by the Borough Council; very many lives have been sacrificed by the supineness and incapability of our “City Fathers.” Let them show now that they have the welfare of the townspeople at heart and institute public baths, which not alone will be remunerative, but will help to relieve the town from the stigma of being an unhealthy place in which to reside. It is an essential work, and comes within the province of the Corporation, and should be at once undertaken.