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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 1885
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hamlet of Mile End Old Town]
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UNPAVED CARRIAGEWAYS. Flint, Gravel and Granite used.
| Flint yds. | Gravel yds. | Granite yds. | Flint yds. | Gravel yds. | Granite yds. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wentworth-road | 96 | 12 | 0 | Maplin-street | 69 | 10 | 0 |
| Baker-street | 0 | 13 | 0 | Bedford-street | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| College-street | 78 | 13 | 0 | Coutts-road | 0 | 6 | 37 |
| Lincoln-street | 3 | 0 | 0 | Copperfield-road | 0 | 8 | 28 |
| St. Thomas-road | 0 | 9 | 24 | Myrdle-street | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Frederick-place | 1 | 0 | 0 | Rowsell-street | 141 | 36 | 15 |
| Cannon-place | 0 | 5 | 18 | Turner-street | 0 | 3 | 23 |
| Hayfield-passage | 0 | 1 | 0 | Sceptre-street | 49 | 2 | 0 |
| Fair-street | 52 | 8 | 0 | New-street | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Stepney High-street | 0 | ½ | 0 | Lyall-road | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Grove-road | 0 | 2 | 0 | Joseph-street | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Hannibal-road | 0 | 0 | 38 | St. Peters-street | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Beaumont-square | 65 | 11 | 0 | Jamaica-street | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Longfellow-road | 10 | 12 | 10 | Bridge-street | 60 | 69 | 47 |
| Frimley-street | 14 | 5 | 0 | Stayners-road | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Floriston-street | 0 | 3 | 0 | Albany-street | 16 | 2 | 0 |
| Apsley-street | 2 | 0 | 0 | Philpot-street | 0 | 56 | 164 |
| Ocean-street | 0 | 0 | 1 | Rutland-street | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Steel-lane | 0 | ½ | 0 | St. Pauls-road | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Greenwood-street | 0 | 11 | 0 | Turners road | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| Lucas-street | 0 | 7 | 21 | South-grove | 98 | 17 | 11 |
| Hare-street | 16 | 1 | 0 | Canal-road | 0 | 29½ | 96 |
| Bermuda-street | 0 | 8 | 33 | Jubilee-street | 0 | 16½ | 43 |
| Cottage-grove | 77 | 14 | 0 | Nicholas-street | 0 | 8 | 43 |
| Cleveland-street | 0 | 1 | 0 | St. Peters-road | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Bale-street | 2 | 0 | 0 | Nelson-street | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Rectory-square | 0 | 1 | 0 | Latimer-street | 77 | 16 | 0 |
| Beaumont-street | 0 | 0 | 2 | Tredegar-square | 12 | 15 | 0 |
| Louisa-street | 28 | 2 | 0 | Ernest-street | 0 | 57 | 100 |
| Selwyn-road | 2 | 3 | 0 | Bow Common-lane | 0 | 2 | 18 |
| Antcliff-street | 0 | 3 | 0 | Rhodeswel1-road | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| Alma-road | 4 | 0 | 0 | Bancroft-road | 0 | 57 | 222 |
| Commercial-road | 0 | 3 | 1 | Ralford-street | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| Woolmore-street | 0 | 5 | 0 | Maidment-street | 13 | 3 | 0 |
| Edwards-road | 2 | 1 | 0 | Exmouth-street | 7 | 0 | 2 |
| Eagle-place | 2 | 1 | 0 | Pole-street | 15 | 13 | 23 |
| Bloomfield-road | 3 | 0 | 0 | Alderney-road | 0 | 12 | 48 |
| Nottingham-place | 0 | 62 | 2 | Shandy-street | 28 | 1 | 0 |
| Ashcroft-road | 1 | 0 | 0 | Stepney-green | 0 | 18 | 103 |
| Carter-street | 34 | 7 | 0 | Clark-street | 98 | 0 | 7 |
| Albion-street | 64 | 13 | 0 | Moody-street | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Brad well-street | 0 | 13 | 0 | Grosvenor-street | 0 | 23 | 119 |
| Longnor-road | 0 | 24 | 110 | Carlton-road | 0 | 23 | 119 |
| Diggon-street | 55 | 46 | 17 | Salmen-street | 38 | 11 | 8 |
| Ben Jonson-road | 0 | ½ | 0 | Medway-road | 57 | 2 | 0 |
| Lawton-road | 53 | 0 | 0 | Burdett-road | 0 | 8 | 48 |
| Charles-street | 0 | 10 | 28 | Lichfield-road | 63 | 10 | 0 |
| Lindley-street | 0 | 1 | 0 | Mile End-road | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| Emmott-street | 51 | 5 | 0 | Mile End-rd., waste | 0 | 71 | 0 |
HORSE KEEPING.
The cost of keeping the Vestry's horses for the year was
^"2661 19s. od., made up as follows:—
Rent of Stables £130 0 0
Wages 296 6 1
Superintendent's Salary 200 0 0
Corn 580 18 4
Hay, Straw and Clover 676 12 7
Green-meat 21 15 0
Shoeing and Veterinary Expenses 156 5 0
Repairs to Harness 61 11 10
Depreciation 406 19 6
Rates, Taxes, Coals, Gas, Water, &c. 131 10 8
The work done was equal to 8960 working days for one horse at
6s. 1½d. per day, This time was divided as follow:—
1065 days for drawing materials for road repairs.
3260 „ carting street refuse.
3430 „ „ house
935 „ watering roads.
The Vestry have lost by death three horses and purchased three
additional ones during the year.
STEAM ROLLER.
During the year the Roller has been worked 186 days
on the Vestry's roads, the cost of which, if hired,
would have been £418 10 0
The Vestry have received for hire of Roller 85 8 3
Cost of working:—Wages £l20 18 3
Fuel 38 18 6 503 18 3
Repairs and Wheels 87 10 3
Fares, Oil, &c. 6 5 2 253 12 2
Result of the year's work £250 6 1