huspa1-3, Exercise 1: Why the baths grew

Model answer (any three):

1. The city grew fast after Buda, Óbuda and Pest were united in 1873, and wanted modern public institutions to rival Vienna.
2. The water cure was fashionable across Europe, and a growing middle class could pay for it.
3. Chemists and doctors analysed the springs and recommended them, giving the baths scientific authority.
4. The city council and state treated baths as public investment and commissioned and ran them.

Dates and figures should be checked.