History of Sanitation

48 HISTORY OF SANITATION a small chamber or toilet room, i, which contains a latrine. From passage, F, he proceeded to covered portico, 2, which ran around three sides of an open court, 3, and this por- tico and court together formed the vestibule of the baths, in which servants belonging to the establishment, as well as such of the slaves and attendants of the great and wealthy, whose services were not required in the interior, waited. Within the court the keeper of the baths who exacted the fee paid by each visitor, was also stationed, and accordingly in it was found the box for holding the money. The room, 4, which runs back from the portico, might have been appor- tioned to him, or if not, it might have been a waiting room for the convenience of the better classes while waiting the return Frigidarium. From an old woodcut of their acquaint- ances from the interior. In this court, likewise, as being the most public place, ad- vertisements for the theater and other announce- ments of general interest were posted, one of which, announc- ing a gladiatorial show, still re- mains. The pass- ageway, 5, is the corridor which leads from the entrance, E, to the vestibule; and the cell, 6, is a toilet room similar to i. Number 7 is a passage of communication which leads into the chamber, 8, which served as a room for un- dressing. This room is also accessible from the street by the door, D, through the corridor, 9, in which a small niche is observable, which probably served for the station of another doorkeeper, who collected money from those entering from the north street. Here, then, is the center