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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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18 DECEMBER, 1889.
(2) That the Tramway stones and pitching taken up from
Harford Street, be laid in Railway Place, the estimated cost
for labour being £20.
j. druitt.
Signed W. A. kemp.
( j. t. calton.
Moved by Mr. J. Druitt seconded by Mr. Birks and resolved
—That the Report be received.
Resolved—That it be considered seriatim.
paving longnor road.
Moved by Mr. J. Druitt seconded by Mr. Birks and resolved
—That that part of the Report be adopted and it was resolved
accordingly.
paving railway place.
Moved by Mr. J. Druitt seconded by Mr. J. D. Kemp and
resolved—That that part of the Report be adopted and it was
resolved accordingly.
V. The Report of Committee No. 3 was brought up as follows :
To the Vestry of the Hamlet of Mile End Old Town.
Report of Committee No. 3.
For Drainage, Sewerage and Nuisances.
Wednesday, 18th December, 1889.
Your Committee beg to report that they met on Wednesday
the nth day of December inst., there being present
Messrs. Coker, Lloyd, A. Druitt, Burge, Livermore, and Birks.
That your Surveyor brought up and read a Report for
which your Committee beg to refer your Board to his Report
Book.
(1) That your Surveyor reported that he had received notice
from Mr. P. Mansfield of his intention to drain the houses and
premises Nos. 17, 18, and 19, Bedford Street into the sewer,
and that he had on behalf of your Board given such directions
with respect to the same as appear by his Books and the plan
submitted.
Your Committee approved of his proceedings, and submit
same for confirmation by your Board.
(2) That your Committee inspected the Sewer in Diggon Street
and having regard to the Report of your Surveyor resolved to
recommend—
That the Sewer in Diggon Street be reconstructed.
That the present concrete tubes so far as they are serviceable
be used, and
That the work be done under the Jobbing Sewers' contract,
the estimated cost being £200