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REPORT.
Gentlemen,
The "Instructional Minute of the General
Board of Health"* requires that the Medical Officer of Health, if he
be the first appointed in his District, shall, as soon as possible, furnish
to the Local Board a connccted account of certain matters relating to
the condition of the Hamlet, with respect to the Public Health.
SITUATION.
The Hamlet of Mile End Old Town may be described as situated
in the Eastern part of the Metropolis, on the North bank of the
River Thames. Its form is that of an irregular triangle—the base
being towards the East and the apex towards the West. It is surrounded
by the Parishes of Bromley St. Leonard's and St. Mary
Stratford-le-Bow 011 the East—on the North by St. Matthew Bethnal
Green, and St. Mary Whitechapel. The Parish of St. George in the
East and the Hamlet of Ratcliff bounding it on the South side.
It contains 681 acres of land, about 10,000 houses, besides 1000,
or thereabouts, either unoccupied or not completed, and about
61,500 inhabitants.
EXTENT AND POPULATION.
Almost within the memory of individuals of the present generation
Mile End Old Town has changed its character. It was formerly an
ill-regulated suburb, but has now become an integral portion of the
* Dated Dcc. 20th, 1855.