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19 FEBRUARY, 1890.
X. 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, 19th February, 1890.
Your Committee beg to report that they met on Wednesday
the 12th day of February, inst., there being present Messrs.
Birks, A. Druitt, Livermore, Burge, Lyons, E. Kemp and
Coker.
(1) That your Surveyor brought up and read a Report for
which your Committee beg to refer your Board to his Report
Book.
That your Surveyor reported that he had received notice from
the Great Eastern Railway Company of their intention to
drain their new coal arches in West Street into the sewer, and
that on behalf of your Board he had 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 Medical Officer of Health brought up and read a
report for which your Committee beg to refer your Board to
his Report Book.
That your Medical Officer reported as follows :
"During the two weeks ending February 1st, the num"ber
of Births was 171: the number of deaths from all
"causes was 89, 19 occurring in the Western and 70 in
" the Eastern district, giving a death-rate of 19.0 per 1,000
"per annum : that of the Metropolis being 24.0 for the
" same period."
(3) That your Sanitary Inspectors brought up and read reports
for which your Committee beg to refer your Board to their
Report Books.
That having regard to the Reports of your Medical Officer
and Sanitary Inspectors your Committee resolved, to recommend—That
notices be served upon the owners of the
following houses and premises, requiring them to perform the
following works, viz. :
(a) Nos. 11, Yalford Street; 66, Greenfield Street; Zion
House ; 69, Stepney Green—
To repair the flushing apparatus to the closets thereat