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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 1882
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hamlet of Mile End Old Town]
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The first two loans have been paid off.
The Vestry had apportioned to it a part of the debts of the
Commercial Road Trust which it has paid off.
Commercial-road
debt.
The amounts of such debts, and the parties to whom the same were paid are as follows:—
| Amount. | To whom paid. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| s. | d. | ||
| 383 | 11 | 0 | Exectrs. of S. Barclay. |
| 287 | 13 | 3 | „ M. E. Stewart. |
| 268 | 9 | 9 | J. C. Philip. |
| 134 | 4 | 10 | A. Burgess. |
| 071 | 4 | 3 | Exctrs. of A. Briebach. |
| 536 | 19 | 4 | Rev. H. F. Johnson. |
| 191 | 15 | 6 | Executors of J. Bell. |
| 2 | 10 | 5 | Executors of Ward. |
In 1868 the Tramways' Company obtained an Act authorising
the construction of a line down the Mile End Road.
Tramways
Under the powers contained 111 the Act the Vestry appointed
their surveyor to superintend the works, and gave notice to the
Company thereof, and of the nature, &c., of the materials to be
used.
The Company had on several occasions during the construction
of the line to take up and re-execute portions of the works
which were improperly done; but notwithstanding this the line
has ever since been a source of constant annoyance, in consequence
of it being continually out of repair.
The Vestry have served many notices 011 the Company lo
repair, which have been attended to; and of late years, as the
subject has become better understood, new methods and materials
are used which certainly are a considerable improvement upon the
old, but still not what could be wished for. When the Mile End
Road was under repair in 1874 the whole road was relaid for its
entire width, which provided greater uniformity.
In 1873 the lines on the Commercial Road and Limehouse
and Victoria Park routes were opened, and the same remarks
apply to these as to the Mile End Road. Although no doubt the
tramcars are of great utility to an immense number of people, the
nuisance caused by the rails is very great to persons using vehicles)
and the utmost vigilance of the local authority is required to keep
thern in anything like order as prescribed by Act of Parliament.