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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 1879
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hamlet of Mile End Old Town]
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Meetings.
REPORT.
The result is as follows:—
| MEETINGS. | YEARS. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1876—7. | 1877—8. | 1878-9. | 1879—80. | |
| Vestry | 23 | 22 | 20 | 25 |
| Standing Committees | 76 | 90 | 89 | 93 |
| Special ,, | 21 | 48 | 57 | 28 |
| Totals | 120 | 160 | 166 | 146 |
| Largest attendance at any Vestry Meeting. | 83 | 73 | 69 | 71 |
| Smallest ,, | 43 | 46 | 35 | 29 |
| Average attendance | 59.2 | 58 | 54.6 | 49.6 |
The Special Committee, called the "Horse Hire, &c., Committee,"
appointed a sub-Committee to attend at the stables and
give personal inspection of the horses, stock, &c., and that subCommittee
has met weekly throughout the year, but such
meetings are not included in the above statement. Other
Committees have also, from time to time, appointed sub-Committees
to investigate the details of matters, but such meetings
and the attendances thereat have also been excluded from the
Table.
The diminution in the number of meetings is owing to there
having been fewer meetings of Special Committees. The
number of meetings of the Vestry and of the Standing Committees
have increased, so that it may be taken that the
ordinary business of the Vestry has required and received more
attention,