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102 25 JUNE, 1890.
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 68, Knott Street.
I have considered the report of the Medical Officer
of Health referred to me at your meeting held on the
nth day of June, in respect of the house and premises
known as 68, 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 staircase is defective.
The walls of the house are very damp.
The floor boards upstairs are defective.
The cause of the complaint is the age of the house and
the original defective construction.
The remedy for the said complaint of the Medical
Officer of Health is to take up the flooring boards and
joists on the ground floor, to excavate a sufficient depth
so as to allow a depth of at least four inches of concrete
to be placed over the site. To insert a damp-proof
course in the walls. To repair the staircase. To repair
the flooring boards 011 the first floor. To relay the joists
and flooring on the ground floor and to provide proper
ventilation beneath same.
If these works be executed, it will not, in my opinion,
be necessary to demolish the said house in order to
remove the said complaint 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 Hall, Bancroft Road, Mile End Road, E.
25th June, 1890.
To the Vestry of the Hamlet of Mile End Old Town.
Gentlemen,
Re 23, Eagle Place.
I have considered the report of the Medical Officer
of Health referred to me at your meeting held on the