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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 1871
The fifteenth annual report of the Vestry of the Hamlet Mile End Old Town in the county of Middlesex
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REPRESENTATIVE AT THE METROPOLITAN. BOARD
OF WORKS.
WILLIAM NEWTON, Esq., 41, Stepney Green.
OFFICERS OF THE VESTRY.
TREASURER.
THOMAS WINDLE, Esq.,
London and Westminster Bank, Eastern Branch, Whitechapel.
CLERK.
Mr. THOMAS PRICE,
Residence: 103, Mile End Road ; Office: Vestry Hall.
SURVEYOR.
Mr. J. M. KNIGHT,
Residence: 11, Burdett Terrace; Office: Vestry Hall.
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH.
Dr. MATTHEW CORNER,
Residence : 113, Mile End Road ; Office : Vestry Hall.
INSPECTOR OF NUISANCES.
MR. HENRY LESHAW,
Residence : 48, Clinton Road" Office: Vestry Hall.
MESSENGER.
Mr. EDWARD HALL, at the Vestry Hall.
FOREMAN OF LABOURERS.
Mr. WILLIAM CARTER.
Abstract of General Purposes Account. For the year ending 25th March, 1871.
| RECEIPTS. | £ | s. | d. | EXPENDITURE. | £ | s. | d. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amount of Calls made upon Overseers and paid | 12150 | 0 | 0 | Cleansing and Scavenging | 1166 | 19 | 10 |
| Amount received from Overseers, being the amount collected by them up to the 25th March, 1870, in excess of the amount of the precepts issued to them for general purposes | 1137 | 1 | 3 | Making-Up and repairing roads and tootpaths, including materials and incidental expenses | 7130 | 5 | 6 |
| Paving Works, under contract | 948 | 12 | 1 | ||||
| Repairs to water carts, hydrants and hose | 104 | 7 | 6 | ||||
| Amounts received from various persons for miscellaneous Paving Works | 1 | 10 | 0 | Waterproof coats, hats, &C., for Workmen employed on roads | 28 | 15 | 0 |
| Rent of Wharf | 110 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Amount received from Mr. Chappell for use of Hoarding at White Horse Lane | 4 | 0 | 0 | Interest of Mortgage debt transferred from the Commercial Road Trustees | 108 | 8 | 6 |
| Amount received from Regent's Canal Company for keeping in repair the road over and on each side of the bridge across the Regent's Canal in the Mile End Road, for three years, ending 30th October, 1869 | 75 | 0 | 0 | Interest on balance of Loan of £4000 from the Star Life Assurance Society for the Vestry Hall | 91 | 18 | 10 |
| Tenth Instalment of the principal of that Loan | 200 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Amount received from Owners of property in Clinton Road, towards the paving thereof | 130 | 0 | 0 | Interest on balance of Loan of £1600 from the Star Life Assurance Society for White Horse Lane improvement | 38 | 16 | 8 |
| Amount received from Messrs. Doughty, for surplus land in White Horse Lane | 80 | 0 | 0 | Third Instalment of the principal of that Loan | 100 | 0 | 0 |
| Printing | 47 | 6 | 0 | ||||
| Amount of Interest on Drawing Account at London and Westminster Bank | 28 | 18 | 4 | Stationery | 46 | 4 | 4 |
| Gas to Establishment | 30 | 11 | 6 | ||||
| Carried forward | £13606 | 9 | 7 | Carried forward | £10182 | 5 | 9 |
SMALL POX AND SCARLET FEVER. Monthly and Quarterly comparison of Mortality from each Disease in Mile End and the whole Metropolis, from January, 1870, to September, 1871.
| Months. | Mile End Old Town. | The Whole Metropolis. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small Pox. | Scrlt. Fvr. | Small Pox. | Scrlt. Fever. | |
| 1870. | ||||
| January | 7 | 23 | 33 | 509 |
| February | 5 | 11 | 36 | 425 |
| March | 3 | 8 | 22 | 284 |
| Total 1st Quarter. | 15 | 42 | 91 | 1218 |
| April | 3 | 2 | 31 | 364 |
| May | 2 | 4 | 45 | 321 |
| June | 1 | 6 | 38 | 389 |
| Total 2nd Quarter. | 6 | 12 | 114 | 1074 |
| July | 2 | 62 | 6 | 499 |
| August | 2 | 5 | 47 | 466 |
| September | 10 | 24 | 47 | 618 |
| Total 3rd Quarter. | 14 | 35 | 156 | 1583 |
| October | 7 | 23 | 91 | 920 |
| November | 14 | 11 | 149 | 608 |
| December. 1871. | 18 | 3 | 357 | 595 |
| Total 4th Quarter | 39 | 37 | 597 | 2122 |
| January | 13 | 9 | 555 | 322 |
| February | 10 | 4 | 852 | 190 |
| March | 9 | 2 | 797 | 176 |
| Total 1st Quarter. | 32 | 15 | 2204 | 688 |
| April | 19 | 5 | 1208 | 166 |
| May | 26 | 0 | 1044 | 120 |
| June | 18 | 6 | 946 | 100 |
| Total 2nd Quarter. | 63 | 11 | 3198 | 386 |
| July | 26 | 0 | 789 | 123 |
| August | 11 | 0 | 345 | 99 |
| September | 8 | 0 | 356 | 145 |
| Total 3rd Quarter. | 45 | 0 | 1490 | 367 |