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The Annual Report
of the
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH.
For the Year 1897.
To the Chairman and Members of the Vestry
of the Hamlet of Mile End Old Town.
Gentlemen,
Acting under the instructions of the Local Government
Board, I now have the honour to submit my Eleventh Annual
Report on the sanitary conditions of the Hamlet of Mile End
Old Town, and also on the various works carried out under
my direction during the year 1897. I venture to say that
the general sanitary condition of the Hamlet at the present
time is much more satisfactory than it has ever been during
my experience.
It will be seen by this report that a considerable amount of
very useful and practical work has been accomplished, with, I
am glad to say, a minimum amount of friction, owing to a
great extent to the tact and discretion exercised by your
officers. In those cases in which police-court proceedings have
been taken to enforce the orders of the Vestry, every latitude
was allowed before resorting to extreme measures, but when
proceedings have been taken the magistrates have, in all
cases, made the necessary orders.
Vital Statistics.
In spite of the fact that during the last 15 years comparatively
few new buildings have been erected, the population
of Mile End Old Town continues to steadily increase, as will
be seen by the following figures