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Bethnal Green 1878

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green]

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At the licensing sessions, held last October, renewals
of the following licences were opposed by
order of the Committee:—
Mann, Three Colt Lane. One shed had been
properly paved, but the other had not been completed.
Lockyer, Minerva Street. Paving and drainage defective.
Griffiths, Warley Street. Paving not satisfactory.
But as the applicants promised, in each case, to do
what was required, the cases were adjourned by the
magistrates to the next meeting, and, as the necessary
improvements had been, by that time, completed, our
opposition was withdrawn, and the licences were
allowed to be taken out.
New Licences.— Wise, 87 Railway arch, Tapp
Street. This is an old-established cow barn, the
licence for which was successfully opposed by us in
1877, as it was not then provided with proper conveniences,
and was also used as a paraffin oil store, no
cows having been kept in it for upwards of twelve
months.
The owner, having intimated his intention of again
applying for a licence, expressed his willingness to
carry out whatever improvements were required by the
Committee. Mr. Wise, accordingly, having paved and
drained his shed, and built a proper dung pit, no
opposition was made to his obtaining a licence.
Jones, 2 Seabright Street, Bethnal Green Road. In
this case the applicant was informed that if he carried