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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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118 23 JULY, 1890.
III. The Report of Committee No. 1 was brought up as follows:
To the Vestry of the Hamlet of Mile End Old Town.
Report of Committee No. 1.
For Finance, Parliamentary and General Purposes.
Wednesday, 23rd July, 1890.
Your Committee beg to report that they met this day, there
being present Messrs. Henley, Jacobson, Blowey, Cushen,
R. Kemp, and Lyon.
(1) That your Clerk submitted a Financial Statement a copy of
which is as follows :
Financial Statement, Wednesday, 23rd July, 1890.
Balance at Bankers £11,190 12 7
(2) That at a previous meeting your Clerk submitted the
following Accounts duly certified and approved which your
Committee recommend for payment, viz.:
Jarvis, T.
New wheels and tyreing
45
9
2
Whittingham, T.
Harness and repairs
27
19
6
Caton, H. W.
(Veterinary Surgeon).
Veterinary attendance to and shoeing
of horses
38
3
0
Carrots
3
15
0
41
18
0
Shove, Mrs. M. A.
Bran
13
10
0
Tuckwell, T. G. (Oilman)
Articles for Stables
7
7
4
East, J. ...
Timber
7
5
4
Crow, E. & Son
Repairs at Stables and Riga "Wharf, including
laying on gas at horsekeepers' dwellings
5
9
4
Powell, N. J. & Co. ...
Stationery
29
3
2
That your Committee resolved to recommend—That
cheques be drawn for the usual monthly salaries as follows:
Baxter, A. Superintendent of Labor
16
13
4
Cox, C. Sanitary Inspector
12
10
0
Greeves, A. Second Assistant Clerk
10
16
8
That your Committee resolved to recommend—That a
cheque for £400 be drawn in favor of your Surveyor on
account of labor.
(3) That your Clerk reported that he had received a letter from
Mr. Claxton, stating that he had made a mistake with regard
to the cleaning of the windows and asking for the amount of
payment for same to be increased.
That your Committee thereupon resolved that it would be
better to determine the arrangement with Mr. Claxton and
directed your Clerk to inquire of persons in the neighbourhood
as to their willingness to undertake the work.