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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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5 MARCH, 1890.
taking additional land at dust wharf.
Moved by Mr. Furness seconded by Mr. Upton and resolved
—That that part of the Report be adopted, and it was resolved
accordingly.
wages to carmen sloppers.
Moved by Mr. Furness and seconded by Mr. Upton—That
that part of the Report be adopted.
Moved by Mr. Richardson and seconded by Mr. Calton as
an amendment—That the wages of the Carmen Sloppers be
increased from 24/- to 26/- per week.
The amendment was submitted to a show of hands and
there appeared
In favor - - 33 votes
Against - 2 „
The Chairman declared the amendment carried, and then
submitted it as a substantive motion and declared it carried
unanimously, and it was resolved accordingly.
V. The Report of Committee No. 2 was brought up as follows:
To the Vestry of the Hamlet of Mile End Old Town.
Report of Committee No. 2.
For Highways, Paving, Lighting and Watering.
Wednesday, 5th March, 1890.
Your Committee beg to report that they met on Thursday
the 27th day of February ult., there being present Messrs.
Hirst, J. Druitt, W. A. Kemp, Calton, Ockelford, Mardorf,
Ludbrook, Schweitzer, and Loftus.
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 Committee considered a letter of the 13th January
last, from the Rev. Sidney Vatcher, on the subject of paving
the carriageway fronting St. Philip's Church, and your Committee,
having made an inspection of the place referred to,
resolved to recommend—That the part of Turner Street
adjoining Whitechapel Parish which is fronting St. Philip's
Church, be paved with Granite Pitching, from the Boundary
of the Hamlet to the South side of New Street; the estimated
cost being £150.
(2) That your Committee having inspected the following places
resolved to recommend—That additional Lamps be placed as
follows, at an estimated cost of £3 10s. each.
One in Union Street, Commercial Road,
„ Mulberry Street,
„ Holloway Street.