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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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38 9 OCTOBER, 1889.
That your Committee resolved to recommend—That a
list of the persons who have given to the Vestry the requisite
notices of intention to apply for Cow-house and Slaughterhouse
Licenses be forwarded to the London County Council,
with any suggestions which upon inspection may seem proper,
and that that Council be requested to postpone or refuse (as
having regard to the circumstances may to them seem proper)
all cases of which due notice has not been so given.
(9) That your Committee considered the reference of your
Board as to the alleged removal of sand from Morgan Street,
during the construction of the sewer thereat.
That your Surveyor stated that he had carted away for the
use of the Vestry, 368 yards of sand and gravel.
That he had seen Messrs. W. & D. Brown, who informed
him (the Surveyor), that they applied for but could not obtain
any sand, but that at the close of the work, they received
from the contractor, some rough stony earth, serviceable for
their business, which the Surveyor stated he did not require.
Your Surveyor also reported that he had carted surplus
earth from the Vestry's works, to the sewer trench, to fill up
the snace. in resnect of which he had taken sand and gravel.
Signed
GEORGE D. WADE.
GEO. COKER.
JNO. D. KEMP.
Moved by Mr. Coker seconded by Mr. Burge and resolved
—That the Report be received.
Moved by Mr. Coker seconded by Mr. Burge and resolved
—That the report be adopted, and it was resolved accordingly.
VIII. Moved by Mr. Upton seconded by Mr. Birks and resolved
—That the Vestry at its rising do adjourn until this day fortnight
at seven p.m.
IX. The Reports of the Surveyor, upon the Reports of the
Medical Officer of Health, on the subject of the houses and
premises, Nos. 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7, White Horse Court; and No.
2, Albion Court, Redman's Road, under the Artizans and
Labourers' Dwellings' Act, 1868, were submitted as follows:
Vestry of the Hamlet of Mile End Old Town.
Vestry Hall, Bancroft Road, Mile End Road, E.
9th October, 1889.
To the Vestry of the Hamlet of Mile End Old Town.
Gentlemen,
re No. 3, White Horse Court, White Horse Lane.
I have considered the report of the Medical Officer of
Health referred to me at your meeting held on the 25th
day of September last, in respect of the house and
premises known as No. 3, White Horse Court, under
the provisions of the Artizans and Labourers' Dwellings'
Act, 1868.