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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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8 JANUARY, 1890.
properly trap sink in cupboard and disconnect same from
drain; remove cause of dampness in cupboard; cleanse
staircase walls and remove dampness of same; provide a
separate water supply to water-closet; properly partition
off W.C. from staircase; discontinue using water in
cistern situate in bedroom, for drinking purposes.
(.h) No. 8, Eaton Place—
To properly trap sink in cupboard, and disconnect same
from drain; remove cause of dampness in cupboard;
remove cause of dampness to walls; thoroughly cleanse
staircase; provide proper ventilation to ground floor
room; put a proper partition between W.C. and bedroom
; provide a proper separate water supply.
(i) No. 9, Eaton Place—
Provide proper trap to sink in cupboard, and disconnect
same from drain; provide proper through ventilation to
ground floor room; remove cause of dampness to walls
in cupboard; cleanse staircase and remove cause of
dampness to walls; provide a proper substantial partition
between bedroom and closet, and properly partition off
closet from staircase; remove cause of dampness in ceiling
of bedroom.
(/) No. 10, Eaton Place—
Provide proper trap for sink, and disconnect same from
drain; remove cause of dampness from cupboard; cleanse
staircase and remove cause of dampness of same; provide
proper through ventilation to ground floor room; cleanse
closet and separate same from staircase; and provide
proper separate water supply to W.C.
(k) Nos. 17, Lydia Street; 47, Globe Road; 17, Floreston
Street; 1, Cressy Place ; 49, Sceptre Street—
To properly cleanse and purify such houses.
(l) Nos. 49, 55, Sceptre Street; 47, Globe Road ; 1, 7,
15, 17, 21, 23, 25, 10, 18, Floreston Street—
To properly pave the yards thereat.
(iti) Nos. 49, 53, 55, Sceptre Street; 19, 21,23, Floreston
Street—
To provide dust bins or galvanized iron perforated pails for
the use of the tenants thereat.
(n) No. 51, Sceptre Street—
To repair the plaster of walls and ceiling in the kitchen and
to cleanse the same.
(0) No. 53, Sceptre Street—
To provide a new pan and trap to the closet thereat.
(p) No. 55, Sceptre Street—
To properly cleanse the back room on first floor, and also
kitchen.