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Mile End 1883

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

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Oct. 13th.—Ordinary report re measles, scarlet fever, re Globe-road
Burial ground.
Nov. 3rd.—Ordinary report re typhoid fever.
„ 17th.—Ordinary report re typhoid fever.
Dec. 1st.—Ordinary report re'case of typhoid fever in Shandy-street,
re scarlet fever in Maplin-street.
„ 15th.—Ordinary report re dead body in Redman's-road.
Jan. 19th.—Ordinary report.
„ 19th.—Special report re scarlet fever.
Feb. 2nd.—Ordinary report re typhoid fever and small-pox.
„ 16th.—Ordinary report re sanitary.
„ 16th.—Special report re sanitary condition of 40, Maplin-street.
March ist.—Ordinary report re diphtheria in Cleveland-street.
„ ist.—Special report re sanitary condition of Frimley-street.
„ 15th.—Ordinary report.
„ 29th.—Ordinary report re typhoid fever, King John-street.
I have the honour to be,
Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
M. CORNER, M.D.,
Vestry Hall, 1885. Medical Officer of Health.
SANITARY INSPECTOR'S REPORT OF WORKS
EXECUTED DURING THE YEAR 1883-84.
Houses and premises connected with sewers 53
Old drains abolished 40
Cesspools abolished 14
Closets cleansed and repaired 27
Houses cleansed 154
New closets provided 4
Houses disinfected in consequence of infectious diseases having
occurred therein 179
Number of articles of bedding and clothing disinfected 847
Drains cleansed and repaired 227
Water supply provided to houses 43
Accumulation of offensive matter removed from different premises 30
Premises from which pigs were removed 7
Defective paving repaired in yards of houses 54
Overcrowding abated 23