Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics of the Parish of St. Matthew, Bethnal Green during the year 1895
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notice in writing shall be given to the Vestry. The necessary
forms for such notices will be supplied by the Vestry and
the notice shall specify the nature of the proposed works
and any other information the Vestry may require, and
shall include a plan drawn upon the said form of application
to the scale marked upon the said form. The plan
must shew the position of and size of all existing and
proposed drains (the existing drains to be shewn in black
and the proposed drains in red).
The plan must also shew the existing or proposed building
and the curtilage thereof, also the position of the adjoining
building on either side.
The dimensions of the building must be marked in plain
figures on the plan.
The position of all existing or proposed sinks, gullies, rainwater
pipes, w.c.'s, urinals, ventilating pipes, etc., must be
marked.
The depth of the lowest floor of the proposed building below
the level of the pavement of the street must also be stated.
Works not to be commenced until plans have been approved
by the Vestry.
The works (the subject of the application) shall not be commenced
until the sanction of the Vestry has been given to
the person making the application, and no deviation shall
be made from the plan approved by the Vestry, nor from
any order or direction which may have been given by the
Vestry's officers with respect to any such work without the
consent in writing of the Vestry.
The foundation of every new house or building shall be laid
at such level as the Vestry may direct.
Every house or other building shall be provided with a drain
and such branches thereto of such materials and size and
laid in the direction and to the levels as the Vestry direct
and with such fall as shall be adequate for the drainage of
such house or building, and shall also be provided with fit
and proper paved surfaces for conveying the surface-water