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Mile End 1882

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

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The following is a list of the numbers of applications made.

Year.Slaughter houses.Cow houses.Year.Slaughter houses.Cow houses.
18563418694337
18572918704342
18582718714237
18592818723938
18603218733742
18613118743642
1862343018752945
1863343718702945
1864363818772444
1865333418782340
1866333018792340
1867373318802347
1868403818812148

Aitizans'
and laborers'
dwellings
act.
One of the most valuable pieces of legislation ever passed in
principle, undoubtedly was the Artizans' and Labourers' Dwellings
Adt, 1868; but the method to be pursued in parrying it out, renders
it far less useful than it would otherwise have been.
The mode of operation is as follows:—
The Medical Officer has first to report. That report has to
be referred to the Surveyor to report on, and copies of both reports
have to be sent to the owners, with notice of the time and place
fixed by the Vestry for their consideration. The owner has a right
of being heard on objections.
If the Vestry decide that anything has to be done, the owner
has power of appeal, and the result is that much time has to be
wasted.
The Vestry have, as will be seen by the following list,
endeavoured to do their best, and have been most successful in
getting necessary works done by the owners, as in all of them,
except one, the wishes of the Vestry have been carried out, and,
in the excepted case, the property was shut up.
In 1868. Nos. 13 to 17, Frimley Street, were reported under
the adt.
In 1869. ,, 1 to 10, Eaton Place. Two houses at rear of
13, Mile End Road.
I11 1874. Upper York Place.
In 1876. Cottage Court, Harford Place, Upper York Place.
In 1880. No. 1, Ben Jonson Road.
,, Nos. 1 to 9, Upper York Place.
,, No. 100, Harford Street.
In 1881. Nos. 1 to 6, Regent Place.
,, ,, 54 & 56, Maplin Street.
In 1882. ,, 1 to 6, Weybridge Place.
,, ,, 1 to 9, Upper York Place.