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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19 MARCH, 1890.
(5) That your Committee resolved to recommend—That the
wages of the Sewers' men be increased from 4/6 to 5/- per day.
(6) 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 1st March, the number
"of Births was 139, 72 male and 67 female: the number
"of Deaths from all causes was 92—34 occurring in the
"Western and 49 in the Eastern district, and 9 in the
"outlying institutions, giving a death rate of equal to 21.8
"per 1,000 per annum: that of the Metropolis being 21.5.
(7) 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. 46, Cadiz Street; 59, Knott Street; 11, Baggallay
Street; and 2, Pleasant Place, Redman's Road—
To properly cleanse such houses.
(b) No. 10, Cadiz Street—
To properly cleanse the lower rooms of the house.
(c) Nos. 56 and 62, Knott Street—
To properly cleanse the walls and ceilings of such houses,
and to construct proper floors to ground floor rooms, so
as to allow proper ventilation underneath.
(d) No. 54, Knott Street—
To properly repair floor boards and remove cause of dampness
by providing proper ventilation underneath the floor.
(e) No. 59, Knott Street—
To repair the plaster on walls thereof.
(f) Shed in rear of No. 44, Cadiz Street; and Stable in
rear of No. 298, Mile End Road—
To provide proper drainage to such premises.
(g) Nos. 30 and 32, Bale Street—
To repair drains thereat.
(h) No. 32, Cadiz Street—
To repair the closet thereat.
(i) Nos. 22, 24, Knott Street; 1, 3, 5, 6 to 11, Beaumont
Street; and 35, Walden Street—
To provide proper water supply to the closets thereat.