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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Mile End 1881
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hamlet of Mile End Old Town]
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The following List will shew the quantity of material used upon each thoroughfare in the Hamlet, for the year ending March 25th:—
| Gravel yds. | Granite yds. | Flints yds. | Bag stne. yds. | Glravel yds. | Granite yds. | Flints yds. | Rag stne. yds. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alderney-road | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | Carter-street | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Albert-street | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Coutts-road | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Apsley-street | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Copperfield-road | 2 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| Albert-road | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | Cominodore-street | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Antill-road | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Cecil-street | 8 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| Arbour-square | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Devonshire-street | 0 | 69 | 0 | 0 |
| Ashcroft-road | 15 | 1 | 0 | 58 | Dempsey-street | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Albany-street | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | Diggon-street | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Burdett-road | 25 | 133 | 0 | 0 | Duckett-street | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bow Com.-lane | 68 | 305 | 0 | 0 | Ernest-street | 0 | 59 | 0 | 0 |
| Bedford-street | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | Essex-street | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bancroft-road | 10 | 43 | 0 | 0 | Edward-street | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bridge-street | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | Exmouth-street | 15 | 0 | 1 | 112 |
| Bromehead-street | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Edwards-road | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bloomfield-road | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Eagle-place | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brunswick-place | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Emmott-street | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Crown-place | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | F rederick-place | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Canal-road | 12 | 25 | 0 | 0 | Friendly-place | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Canon-place | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Grafton-street | 17 | 0 | 0 | |
| Clark-street | 5 | 8 | 63 | 0 | Gainsborough-rd | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Charles-street | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Grosvenor-street | 5 | 44 | 0 | 0 |
| Coborn-road | 20 | 78 | 0 | 0 | Garden-street | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Chambers-street | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | George-street | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Copley-street | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | Gardom-street | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cologne-street | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Heath-street | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cottage-grove | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Hayfield-passage | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
SCAVENGING.
1880.
1881.
1882.
£
s.
d.
£
s.
d.
Horse hire for
cleansing rds
63
2
0
Horse-hire for
cleansing rds.
59
6
6
Horse-hire for
c1eansing
roads
8
8
0
Wages of Drivers
& fillers
1221
3
8½
Wages of Drivers
& fillers
1085
11
3
Keep of horses
=3931 working
days for
one horse
1321
14
3
Wages of Drivers
& Fillers
995
2
1
Keep of horses
=3758 working
days
1221
7
0
Keep of horses
=3356 working
days
1087
4
1
Horse hire for
drawing materials
94
6
6
Horse hire for
drawing materials
74
7
6
Horse-hire for
drawing materials
72
13
8
Wages of drivers
158
4
0
Wages of drivers
200
8
0
Keep of horses
791 working
days
271
19
3
Keep of Vestry's
horses
1002 working
days
325
13
0
Wages of Drivers
155
16
0
Keep of Vestry
horses=779
working days
252
7
3
Scavenging of
roads & rent
of Riga Whf.
1321
8
0
Scavenging
roads & rent
Riga Wharf
1344
9
4
Scavenging
roads & rent
of Riga Whf.
1399
2
2
£4451
17
8½
£4311
2
7
£3970
13
3
LIGHTING.
The public lamps, 881 in number, have been supplied, lighted,
painted and cleaned by the Commercial Gas Company, at a cost for
the year of £3,616 0s. 6d.
SEWERS.
Seventeen new gullies have been constructed and connected with
the sewers during the year.
Sixty-seven houses have been connected with the sewers during
the year.