Leeds Corporation built public baths, swimming pools and wash-houses aware that improved hygiene promoted better health. They were provided in areas of back-to-back houses and cottages where it was difficult for people to heat quantities of water, enjoy privacy or have room for sanitary fittings. These photos showcase how Leeds cleaned up its act. READ MORE: Changing Leeds - The rise and fall of the city's International Pool LOVE LEEDS? LOVE RETRO? Join 'Leeds Retro' on facebook
13. September 1947
Interior of Union Street bath and wash-house in Leeds city centre with decaying floor and woodwork. A set of scales are by a mat in front of the door. | other Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
14. April 1969
Cookridge Street Baths which opened in 1867 and were home to Turkish baths and a swimming pool. Demolished in the 1960s when the city's International Pool opened. | jpimedia
15. 1921
Fountain Street Public Baths in Morley. | other Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
16. March 1915
Surplus lands located at Joseph Street and Cross Newport Street showing the public baths in the background. | other Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
17. September 1926
Holbeck Baths. They opened in 1898 and closed in 1979. This was one of many public swimming baths in the city, in areas where facilities for washing and bathing were restricted, the buildings also provided laundry wash houses and individual baths | other Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
18. 1901
The rear yard of the public baths at number 34 Hope Street. The turkish baths -there were many throughout the country in the Victorian era - are thought to have opened in 1888 and closed in 1908. | other Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net