Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hamlet of Mile End Old Town]
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20 NOVEMBER, 1889.
Street; 20, Plumber's Row; 58, 85 to 87, Greenfield
Street; and 83, Exmouth Street—
To properly trap the sinks and drains thereat.
(b) Nos. 68, Bancroft Road; 173, Burdett Road; and 98,
Sidney Street—
To properly cleanse and whitewash the bakehouses thereat.
(c) No. 68, Bancroft Road—
To properly cleanse and whitewash the bakehouse, and
remove the dampness of the walls thereat.
(d) Nos. 1 to 8, 10 to 17, Exmouth Court; 11, 15,
18, 22, 24, 36, Rhodeswell Road; 36, 47, 51, 57, Wellesley
Street; 7, 21, Copley Street; 11, 23, 37, Yalford
Street; 20, Plumber's Row; 54, 53, Greenfield Street;
138, Ernest Street; and 1, Hannibal Mews.
To properly pave the yards thereat.
(e) Nos. 1 and 2, Hannibal Mews—
To properly cleanse and purify houses, and provide water
supply to closets and properly ventilate same.
(f) Stable adjoining No. 2, Hannibal Mews—
To provide proper drainage and remove offensive accumulation
thereat.
(g) Roadway in front of stables in Hannibal Mews, and
approach to Cottages—
To provide proper surface drainage thereat and to remove
accumulation of manure or other offensive matter at least
once in every seven days, also to provide a proper
covered dung pit for the use of the occupiers of the
stables in Mews, and properly pave such Mews.
(h) Nos. 1 to 8, 10 to 17, Exmouth Court; 78, St. Ann's
Road; 5, 7, 11, 13, 15, 8 to 12, 18, 22 to 36,40,42, 44a,
48, 50, 62, 64, Rhodeswell Road; 28, 45, 57, Wellesley
Street; 36, Plumber's Row; 58 and 53, Greenfield
Street—
To provide proper dust-bins or galvanized iron perforated
pails for the use of the tenants thereat.
(i) Nos. 78, St. Ann's Road; 1, 7½, 11, 14, Yalford Street;
and 89, Greenfield Street—
To properly cleanse and purify such houses.
(j) Nos. 1 to 3, Ferrier's Court; 6, 11, 19, 25, 26 and 39,
Yalford Street; 30, 32, Plumber's Row; 54, 87 and 89,
Greenfield Street—
To properly repair the flushing apparatus to the closets
thereat.
(k) Nos. 207, Burdett Road; 1 to 10, Maria Terrace;
29, Wellesley Street; 60, Greenfield Street; and 25,
Bromehead Street—
To disconnect waste-pipes of sinks from direct communication
with the drains thereat..
(l) Nos. 207, 124, Burdett Road; 1 to 10, Maria Terrace;
7, Copley Street—