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Mile End 1889

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

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10 JULY, 1889. 101A
ford Street), and details with section of sewer to be constructed
which your Committee now beg to snbmit to your Board.
(2) That your Committee recommend your Board to authorise
your Committee to issue advertisements inviting tenders, for
the carrying out of the various works as soon as the Committee
have gained possession of all the properties.
(3) That your Surveyor submitted to your Committee the
question of the advisability of purchasing the forecourts on
the West side of Harford Street, between Ernest Street and
Shandy Street, and your Committee resolved to recommend
—That your board authorise your Committee to inspect the
site referred to, and to report to your Board on the matter.
(4) That your Committee resolved to recommend—That so
much of the premises, Nos. 1 and 3, Bridge Street, as are not
required for the improvement, with the businesses attached
thereto, be sold by auction at an early date.
That your Committee resolved to recommend—That all
the auctioneers in the Hamlet be written to, asking the terms
upon which they would undertake the sale of the two properties
in Bridge Street.
(5) That your Committee resolved to recommend—That the
old structures, fixtures and fittings, be sold by public tender.
Signedj. t. calton.
j. druitt.
alfred lloyd.
Moved by Mr. Calton, seconded and resolved—That the
Report be received.
Resolved—That it be considered seriatim.
plans of and advertisements for tenders
for execution of works to be carried out.
Moved by Mr. Birks, seconded and resolved—That that
part of the Report be adopted, and it was resolved accordingly.
forecourts, harford street.
Moved by Mr. Calton, seconded and resolved—That that
part of the Report be adopted, and it was resolved accordingly.
nos. i and 3, bridge street.
Moved by Mr. Upton, seconded and resolved—That that
part of the Report be adopted, and it was resolved accordingly.
auctioneers to be written to.
Moved by Mr. Calton, seconded and resolved—That that
part of the Report be adopted, and it was resolved accordingly.
sale of structures, fixtures, etc.
Moved by Mr. Calton, and seconded—That that part of the
Report be adopted.

(2) That at former meetings your Clerk submitted the following Accounts duly certified and approved which your Committee recommend for payment, viz.:

Macfarlane, W. & Co....Repairing urinals in Beaumont Street and Stepney Green1030
Burnett & Co. ...Disinfectants8150
Doughty & Co.D ltto .■• ... .. ... ... ...800
East London Water
Works Co.Water to urinals for quarter ending Lady Day5116
Shorland, A.......Hose and shirts for sewer's men500
Harland, R.H. (Analyst)Twenty-six analyses ...13130
Hawkings, S. W.Repairs at stables, Riga Wharf,and Mile End Dust Wharf 27 4 2
Ditto at Surveyors' office ... 5 0
Jobbing sewer's work as per contract, one qr to Midsummer last 221 10 1
248193
Whittingham, T.Repairs to harness, etc., one qr. to June last22146
Clemens Abell, W. & Co.Two sweeping machines as per contract6000
Lovett, A.Dust baskets and repairs to dust baskets806
Gt. Eastern Railway Co.Carriage of refuse27151
Pechey, J. T. P.Oats, 100 quarters8000
Knight, -J. M. (Surveyor)Payment of expenses for refreshments for Dusting and Cleansing Committee, 1 survey2150
Jutsum, M. ClerkPayment of expenses for refreshments for Auditors and Officers at Audit 21st May last277
Griffiths, J. J. ...Balance of contract for re-paving portion of carriageway in Commercial Road East ...24784
Russell, J. ......Supplying and fixing large lamp, Stepney (Square) High Street1000