Public Health (Ireland) Act, 1878

Water for public baths, or trading or manufacturing purposes.

75. Any sanitary authority may, if they think fit, supply water from any waterworks purchased or constructed by them to any public baths or washhouses, or for trading or manufacturing purposes, on such terms and conditions as may be agreed on between the sanitary authority and the persons desirous of being so supplied; moreover, any sanitary authority may, if they think fit, construct any works for the gratuitous supply of any public baths or washhouses established otherwise than for private profit or supported out of any poor or borough rates.