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Mile End 1879

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hamlet of Mile End Old Town]

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The Vestry also directed a return to be made of the roadways
in the Hamlet which require paving and channelling, and in
which crossings ought to be put down.
The Highways Committee have made several reports on the
subject. In the last one submitted, the Committee divided
each of the works into three classes, namely, Class 1, those
requiring to be executed forthwith; Class 2, those which will
require execution as soon as Class 1 have been finished; and
Class 3, those which will ultimately have to be done. The
Paving
and
Channelling.

estimated costs of the various works was as follows:—

WORKS.CLASS 1.CLASS 2.CLASS 3.
.£££
Roadway paving.220861925718080
Channels83823016836
Crossings522550670
Footway paving85900
Totals£4305£22108£25586

In view of this report, it cannot be anticipated that the
expenditure of the Vestry can be much reduced.
The premises, No. 1, Ben Jonson Road, have again been
reported upon, under the Artizans' and Laborers' Dwellings
Act, 1868, but the Vestry hope, from the communications made
to them, that the premises will now be so amended as not to
cause further trouble.
Artizans'
and
Labourers
Dwellings
Act, 1808.
Nos. 1 to 9, Upper York Place, and 100, Harford Street,
were also reported under the same Act, but the necessary works
will be carried out in all probability.
The following streets in the Hamlet have been re-named and
re-numbered under the powers of the Metropolis Management
Acts, namely:—
Re-naming
and
Re numbering
Streets.
Daniel's-row
Little Union Row} Re-named Daniel s-row.
Ernest-street West Ernest-street
Ernest-street East „ Ernest street.
Gloucester-street ,, Settles-street.
High-street, Stepney ,, Stepney High-street.
Henry-street, White)
Horse-lane Cadiz-street.
Friendly-place, Ely-
terrace „ Ely-terrace.
Eastbury - terrace,
Ernest-street „ Eastbury-terrace.