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25 JUNE, 1890. 101
place the flooring and joists, and to insert ventilatuion flues front and back.
It these works be executed, it will not, in my opinion
be necessary to demolish the said house in order To
remove the comp[laint contained in the said report of the
Medical Officer of health.
I am, &c.,
(Signed) JNO. M. KNIGHT,
An Engineer appointed to report
on the said house under the
provisions of the said Act.
Vestry of the Hamlet of Mile End Old Town.
Vestry Hull, Bancroft Road, Mile End Road, E.
25th June, 1890.
To the Vestry of the Hamlet of Mile End Old Town.
Gentlemen,
Re 66, Knott Street.
I 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 66, Knott Street, under the provisions of the Artizans
and Labourers' Dwellings' Act, 1868.
The complaint contained in the said report of the
Medical Officer of Health is—
That the site has not been properly prepared for
the erection of a dwelling house.
The walls of the house are very damp.
The floor is defective.
The roof is defective.
The cause of the complaint is the age of the house and
the original defective construction.
The remedy for the complaint contained in the said
report of the Medical Officer of Health is to take up the
flooring boards and joists, excavate the ground beneath,
and to lay a bed of concrete at least tour inches in thickness
over the site. To insert a damp-proot course in the
walls. To repair the roof. To replace the joists and
flooring boards.To provide ventilation beneath the
same.
If these works be executed, it will not, in my opinion,
be necessary to demolish the said house in older to
remove the complaint contained in the said report ot the
Medical Officer of Health.
I am, &c.,
(Signed) JNO. M. KNIGHT,
An Engineer appointed to report
on the said house under the
provisions of the said Act.