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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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90A 26 JUNE, 1889.
(3) 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 week ending June 8th, the number of
"Births was 78—29 males, and 49 females. The number
"of Deaths was 33—16 males and 17 females, giving a
"death rate of 15.2 per 1,000, per annum, that of the
"Metropolis being 15.7 per 1,000, for the same period."
(4) That having regard to the Report of your Medical Officer,
your Committee resolved to recommend—That notices be
served upon the owners of the following houses and premises in
Plumber's Row,
and Yalford Street,
requiring them to perform the following works, viz.:
(a) No. 48, Plumbers' Row—
To repair the yard paving.
(b) Nos. 41, Plumber's Row; 11 and 19, Yalford Street—
To cleanse the staircases and passages.
(c) No. 11, Yalford Street—
To repair the flushing apparatus to closet.
(d) No. 23, Yalford Street—
To repair the paving and gully.
(5) 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 such Reports your Committee
resolved to recommend—That notices be served upon the
owners of the following houses and premises in
Frederick Place,
Morgan Street,
Lucas Street,
Johnson Street,
Harding Street,
Steel's Lane,
Crown Place,
and Jubilee Street,
requiring them to perform the following works, viz. :
(a) Nos. 1 to 11, Frederick Place; 2 to 20, Morgan
Street; 8 to 12, 1, 7, 9, and 11, Lucas Street; 1, 3, 5,
9, 2 to 6, and Honduras Cottage, Johnson Street; 2 to
14, and 3, Harding Street; 1, 2, and 3, Steel's Lane; 1,
5, 7 and 9, Jubilee Street; 1, 8, and 15, Crown Place—
To provide water supply to the closets thereat.
(b) No. 13, Frederick Place; 7, Lucas Street; 12,
Harding Street—
To properly pave the yards thereat.