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Bethnal Green 1878
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green]
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REPORT
Of the Proceedings of the Vestry of St. Matthew, Bethnal Green,
from the 25th March, 1878, to 25th March, 1879.
SCAVENGING.
The Special Committee mentioned in the last Annual Report
presented their Report in April, stating they were not prepared at
present to recommend that the Vestry should undertake the work of
Scavenging, and recommending that advertisements should be issued
inviting tenders for the execution of the work for the ensuing year;
also recommending that the contract should provide that hydrostatic
vans should be used for watering instead of water carts. The Report
of the Committee was adopted by the Vestry.
Tenders were received on the 2nd May, and those of
| Mr. Crane for District No. 1, at | |
| Mr. Parsons for District No. 2, at | |
| Mr. Irons for District No. 3, at | |
| were accepted. | |
In April, the then contractors for Districts Nos. 1 and 2 were
respectively fined £11 5s. and £26 10s. for neglecting to water
various streets, and the contractor for No. 1 District was fined £2 for
sweeping mud into gullies. In November, the then contractor for
District No. 1 was fined £1, and the contractor for No. 2 District
was fined £2, for their men sweeping mud into a gully. It being
reported to the Vestry that the scavengers frequently did sweep mud
into the gullies, bills were printed and posted throughout the Parish,
directing the attention of the inhabitants to the subject, and requesting
their co-operation in preventing the offence, which is a cause of
annoyance and of cost to the Parish.