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I32A
31 JULY, 1889.
resolved—That it be referred back to No. 2. Committee for
further consideration.
The several accounts were separately submitted and ordered
for payment with the exception of Messrs. H.J.Gardner & Co's.
account for;£ 143 12s.; and £1 5s. a portion of Mr. Tuck well's
account, which were referred back to the Committee for
further consideration.
Moved by Mr. Richardson seconded and resolved—That the
Clerk prepare a return of the amounts paid to the contractor
for horse hire, for the corresponding period in the previous
year.
XV. Moved by Mr. Richardson seconded and resolved—That the
Vestry at its rising do adjourn until this day week at 7 p.m.
XVI. Mr. J. M. Knight, Surveyor, submitted his Reports on the
houses in Sampson's Court, referred to him under the Artizans
and Labourers' Dwellings' Act, 1868.
The Reports were as follows:
Vestry of the Hamlet of Mile End Old Town.
Vestry Hall, Bancroft Road, Mile End Road, E.
July 24th, 1889.
To the Vestry of the Hamlet of Mile End Old Town.
Gentlemen,
re No. 1, Sampson's Court, Mile End Road.
I have considered the report of the Medical Officer of
Health referred to me at your meeting held on the 10th
day of July, in respect of the house and premises known
as 1, Sampson's Court, under the provisions of the
Artizans and Labourers' Dwellings' Act, 1868.
The complaint contained in the said report of the
Medical Officer of Health is—
That the yard at the back of the house is so built over
as to prevent proper ventilation.
That there is not sufficient air space either in front or
behind the house.
That the building in front of the house and the high
wall at the back prevent both ventilation and light
to the ground floor rooms.
1 hat there is no room for a proper receptacle for the
dust.
The cause of the complaint made in the said report is
that the house is built upon a site of insufficient size.
The remedy is to pull down the said house and construct
it of smaller dimensions.
In my opinion it is necessary to demolish the Said