§ 81. Brigadier Petoasked the Secretary of State for War how many long baths are available in the camp at Braunton, North Devon, for the use of troops quartered therein; and whether it is his intention to increase this number at an early date, to obviate the use of public baths in Ilfracombe, which are already overcrowded owing to the influx of visitors.
§ Mr. J. FreemanThere are no long baths available at this camp for the use of troops, as it was built during war time, when such baths were not provided. There is, however, a full standard scale of hot shower baths. Owing to the shortage of baths, which are needed for married quarters and housing schemes, I regret that their installation in this and other similar camps cannot be undertaken for some considerable time. The use by the troops of the public baths at Ilfracombe, however, has now ceased.