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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 1884
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hamlet of Mile End Old Town]
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| Gravel yds. | Granite yds. | Flint yds. | Gravel yd | Granite yds. | Flint yds. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicholas-street | 0 | 26 | O | St. Pauls-road | 9 | 38 | 0 |
| North-str6et | 4 | 18 | O | St. Peters-street | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Oley-place | 12 | 0 | 36 | Stepney-green | 42 | 160 | 0 |
| Oxford-street | 20 | 124 | 0 | St. Peter's-road | 66 | 0 | |
| Paterson-street | 11 | 65 | 0 | Sidney-street | 4 | 9 | 0 |
| Philpot-street | 1 | 3 | 0 | St. Dunstans-road | 0 | 0 | 79 |
| Redmans-road | 5 | 30 | 0 | Tillotson-street | 0 | 0 | 57 |
| Robeson-street | 0 | 0 | 20 | Tredegar-square | 170 | 13 | 0 |
| Rutland-street | 84 | 129 | 0 | Turner-street | ½ | 4 | 0 |
| Rhodeswell-road | 8 | 36 | 0 | Union-street | ½ | 0 | 0 |
| Salisbury-street | 14 | 0 | 65 | Varden-street ____ | 19 | 49 | 0 |
| Settles-street | 18 | 64 | 0 | Wellesley-street . | 1 | 77 | 0 |
| Sceptre-street | 7 | 0 | 57 | West Arbour-stree | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Shandy-street | 11 | 0 | 76 | West-street | 26½ | 79 | 0 |
| Silver-street | 12 | 4 | 33 | Wilson-street | 0 | 5 | 74 |
| Smith-street | 2 | 27 | 0 | White Horse-lane. | 2½ | 0 | 0 |
| South-grove | 1 | 0 | 0 | Woolsev-street | 1 | 30 | 0 |
ROAD MATERIALS.
| Year ending March, 1883. | Year ending March, 1884. | Year ending March, 1885. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yards. | £ | s. | d | Yards. | £ | s. | s. | Yards. | £ | s. | d |
| 581 Kentish Flints | 147 | 8 | 10 | 1885 Kentish Flints | 486 | 19 | 2 | 2179½ Kentish Flints | 563 | 0 | 9 |
| 1318 Gravel | 329 | 0 | 10 | 1311 Gravel | 265 | 4 | 0 | 1017 Gravel & Ballast | 194 | 3 | 3 |
| 2616 Granite | 2067 | 4 | 0 | 2486 Granite | 1980 | 4 | 3 | ||||
| 2310 Broken Granite | 1389 | 14 | 3 | ||||||||
| £2543 | 13 | 8 | £2729 | 7 | 5 | £2146 | 18 | 3 | |||
WATERING THE HAMLET.
The East London Water Company, after much negotiation, reduced
the price of water, which was gd. per iooo gallons, 10 per cent.
The watering of the Hamlet was done by your own vans, and the following table will show the cost for the past year and that of the two previous years.
| 1883. | 1884. | 1885. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d.. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |||
| Wages of drivers | 231 | 1 | 3 | Wages of drivers | 268 | 4 | 0 | Wages of drivers | 230 | 0 | 8 |
| Horse hire | 97 | 13 | 6 | Horse hire | . 81 | 16 | 10 | Horse Hire | 173 | 9 | 0 |
| Keep of Vestry's Horses = 1066 working days. | 336 | 9 | 1½ | Keep of Vestry's Horses = 1380 working days | 415 | 8 | 9 | Keep of Vestry Horses = 1097 working days | 326 | 16 | 4 |
| East London' Water Co. for 7,150,000 gls, of water | 308 | 6 | 0 | East London' Water Co. for 8,307,000 gls. of water | 353 | 13 | 3 | East London ' Water Co. for 9,736,000 gls. of water | 368 | 12 | 3 |
| £973 | 9 | 10½ | £1122 | 2 | 10 | £1098 | 18 | 3 | |||