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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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104A 10 JULY, 1889.
lamp, mary street.
Moved by Mr. Furness seconded by Mr. Upton and resolved
—That that part of the Report be adopted, and it was resolved
accordingly.
lamp, old church road.
Moved by Mr. Padfield seconded by Mr. Loftus and resolved
—That that part of the Report be adopted, and it was resolved
accordingly.
XII. The Report of Committee No. 3 was brought up and read
by the Clerk as follows:
To the Vestry of the Hamlet of Mile End Old Town.
Report of Committee No. 3.
For Drainage, Sewerage and Nuisances.
Wednesday, 10th, July 1889.
Your Committee beg to report that they met on Wednesday
the 3rd day of July inst. there being present Messrs. Coker,
T. J. Smith, A. Druitt, Horn, A. F. Charrington, Birks,
Livermore, Burge, Lyons, Dinn, and Lloyd.
(1) That your Surveyor and Medical Officer of Health brought
up and read Reports for which your Committee beg to refer
your Board to their Report Books.
That your Medical Officer reported as follows:
"I beg to report to you that during the fortnight
"ending June 22nd the number of births was 143: the
"number of deaths 67—36 males and 31 females, giving
"a death-rate of 15.0 per 1,000, that of the Metropolis
"14.9
(2) That having regard to the Report of your Medical Officer
your Committee resolved to recommend—That notices be
served upon the owners of the following houses and premises
in
Plumber's Row,
Greenfield Street,
Yalford Street,
and Frimley Street.
requiring them to perform the following works, viz.:
(a) Nos. 22, 32 and 36, Plumber's Row; 15 and 86,
Greenfield Street—
To repair the water supply to closet apparatus.
(b) No. 86, Greenfield Street—
To repair the water closet.
(c) No. 25, Frimley Street—
To provide water supply to closet.
(d) No. 87, Greenfield Street—
To disconnect waste-pipe of sink from drain.