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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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15 SEPT., 1889.
There is not sufficient ventilation owing to the house
being so built in.
The walls are damp.
I am, etc.
(Signed) T. TAYLOR,
July 16th, 1889. Medical Officer of Health.
(4) 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. 6,
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 sufficient ventilation owing to the house
being so built in.
The Court is so built in at each end as to prevent
proper ventilation to the house.
I am, etc.
(Signed) T. TAYLOR,
July 16th, 1889. Medical Officer of Health.
(5) 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. 7,
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 sufficient ventilation owing to the house
being so built in.
The court itself is so built in at each end as to prevent
proper ventilation to this house.
I am, etc.
(Signed) T. TAYLOR,
July 16th, 1889. Medical Officer of Health.
(6) 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. 2,
Albion Court, Redman's Road, "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.
The owner of the house,
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