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Mile End 1890

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hamlet of Mile End Old Town]

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25 JUNE, 1890. 97
Moved by Mr. Furness seconded by Mr. Upton and resolved
— I hat the Report be received.
Moved by Mr. Furness seconded by Mr. Upton and resolved
1 hat the Report be adopted, and it was resolved accordingly.
1 he Click submitted the agreement with Messrs. Rathbone
for the supply of Oats for the seal of the Vestry.
Moved by Mr. Cushen seconded by Mr. Birks and resolved
–That the seal of the Vestry be affixed to the agreement.
I he seal of the Vestry was affixed thereto accordingly.
IX. The following matters were referred to No. 3 Committee:
(1) As to the sanitary state of Nos. 52, 54, and 56, Rhodeswell
Road.
(2) As to the sanitary state of Nos. 31 and 33, Globe Road.
X. The Clerk read a letter of 25th inst. from Mr. J. J. Price,
on the subject of offensive odours in the neighbourhood of
Park Road, Burdett Road.
Moved by Mr. Cushen seconded by Mr. Birks and resolved
—That it be referred to No. 3 Committee.
XI. Moved by Mr. Cushen seconded by Mr. Birks and resolved
—That the Vestry at its rising do adjourn until this day
fortnight at 7 p.m.
XII. Mr. J. M. Knight, Surveyor, submitted his Reports on the
Reports of the Medical Officer of Health, in relation to the
houses Nos. 5, 9, 19, 21, 58, 66 and 68, Knott Street, and 23,
Eagle Place, pursuant to the Artizans and Labourers'
Dwellings' Act, 1868, as follows:
Vestry of the Hamlet of Mile End Old Town.
Vestry Hall, Bancroft Road, Mile End Road, E.
25th June, 1890.
To the Vestry of the Hamlet of Mile End Old Town.
Gentlemen,
Re 5, Knott Street.
1 have considered the report of the Medical Officer
of Health referred to me at your meeting held on the
11th day of June in respect of the house and premises
known as 5, Knott Street, under the piovisions of the
Artizans and Labourers' Dwellings' Act, 1868.
The complaint contained in the said report of the
Medical Officer of Health is—
That the roof is detective.
The walls are very damp.
The floor is defective.
The cause of the complaint is the age of the house and
the original defective construction.