ic ▁treatment ▁was ▁added ▁and ▁in ▁some ▁cases , ▁as best os ▁was ▁sp rayed ▁in ▁the ▁buildings . ▁ ▁The ▁department ▁continued ▁to ▁open ▁bath s ▁including ▁Ste ch ford ▁bath s ▁on ▁ 2 0 ▁June ▁ 1 9 6 2 ▁by ▁Coun c ill or ▁H . ▁Bent ley . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 7 4 , ▁the ▁bath s ▁committee ▁merged ▁with ▁other ▁depart ments ▁in ▁the ▁council ▁to ▁form ▁the ▁Le is ure ▁Department . ▁From ▁ 5 ▁April ▁ 2 0 0 4 , ▁management ▁of ▁le is ure ▁facilities ▁was ▁de vol ved ▁to ▁individual ▁constitu encies ▁( origin ally ▁ 1 1 , ▁now ▁ 1 0 ). ▁ ▁C ott age ▁bath s ▁C ott age ▁bath s ▁were ▁small ▁bath s ▁off ▁streets ▁which ▁were ▁sometimes ▁built ▁in ▁converted ▁buildings . ▁Exper iments ▁of ▁this ▁in ▁Manchester , ▁Liverpool ▁and ▁Brad ford ▁were ▁un success ful , ▁and ▁results ▁from ▁the ▁experiment ▁in ▁Bright on ▁were ▁varied . ▁In ▁ 1 9 0 5 , ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁Health ▁Committee ▁published ▁a ▁report ▁which ▁strongly ▁recommended ▁the ▁construction ▁of ▁c ott age ▁bath s . ▁This ▁prompt ed ▁the ▁council ▁to ▁look ▁into ▁providing ▁c ott age ▁bath s . ▁ ▁The ▁first ▁attempt ▁by ▁the ▁committee ▁was ▁made ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 2 ▁with ▁the ▁proposed ▁conversion ▁of ▁the ▁George ▁Arthur ▁Road ▁police ▁station ▁into ▁c ott age ▁bath s . ▁This ▁was ▁rejected ▁and ▁it ▁was ▁decided ▁to