The Dalston Junction Turkish Baths were opened shortly after this image was published, either towards the end of January, or at the beginning of February 1882.

Designed by J Hatchard-Smith, architect, to provide Turkish and slipper baths for men and women, the building has separate doors for each—men entering on the left and women on the right. Apart from the lack of a plunge pool for women, the facilities provided for each were the same. But on the days when the women's baths were closed and not being used by a private party, the two cooling-rooms could be combined into a much larger one for use by the men.

The cross-section clearly shows the arrangement of the hot rooms, shampooing room and plunge bath in the basement, the cooling-rooms and slipper baths on the ground floor, and a smoking room and part of the laundry on the mezzanine floor. There was also accommodation for the caretaker on this floor.