Did public bath houses show that people cared about health?

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From the roman times to medieval?
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[Tooth Fairy]

Public baths originated from a communal need for cleanliness. As societies advance, public baths often disappear as private washing stations become possible, or they become incorporated into the social system and now are 'meeting places'.

In Ancient greece, for example, In The Book of the Bath, Françoise de Bonneville wrote, "The history of public baths begins in Greece in the sixth century B.C.," where men and women washed in basins near places of exercise, physical and intellectual.

It may seem quite unsanitary, but considering the lack of of private facilities in ancient times, public bathing back then did answer the need for cleanliness and good health.