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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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25
25 SEPT., 1889.
respect of the houses Nos. 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7, White Horse
Court, White Horse Lane, and No. 2, Albion Court, Redman's
Road, as follows:—
(1) To the Vestry of the Hamlet of Mile End Old Town.
Gentlemen,
I beg to report to you under the Artizans and Labourers'
Dwellings' Act, of 1868, the premises known as No. 3,
White Horse Court, White Horse Lane, "which are in
such a condition dangerous to health so as to be unfit
for human habitation" for the following reasons:—
There is not sufficient light to the ground floor rooms.
The house is so built in as to prevent its being
properly ventilated.
The walls of all the rooms are damp.
The floor boards are decayed.
The Court is so built in at both ends as to prevent
proper ventilation.
I am, etc.
(Signed) T. TAYLOR,
July 16th, 1889. Medical Officer of Health.
(2) To the Vestry of the Hamlet of Mile End Old Town.
Gentlemen,
I beg to report to you under the Artizans and Labourers'
Dwellings' Act, of 1868, the premises known as No. 4,
White Horse Court, White Horse Lane, "which are in
such a condition dangerous to health so as to be unfit for
human habitation" for the following reasons:—
There is not sufficient light to the ground floor rooms.
There is not proper ventilation to the living rooms.
The walls are damp, plaster coming off the walls, and
very dirty staircase.
There is no water supply to the water closet.
The guttering to roof is defective.
The house taken as a whole is in such a dilapidated
condition as to be injurious to the health of the inhabitants.
I am, etc.
(Signed) T. TAYLOR,
July 16th, 1889. Medical Officer of Health.
(3) To the Vestry of the Hamlet of Mile End Old Town.
Gentlemen,
I beg to report to you under the Artizans and Labourers'
Dwellings' Act, of 1868, the premises known as No. 5,
White Horse Court, White Horse Lane, "which are in
such a condition dangerous to health so as to be unfit for
human habitation " for the following reasons :—
There is not sufficient light to the ground floor rooms.