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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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(2) That having regard to the Report of your Surveyor your
Committee resolved to recommend—That a contract be
entered into for supply of 10,000 feet of 3 inch York paving,
and that advertisements inviting tenders be issued; the
estimated cost being £300.
(3) That your Committee considered a letter of the 20th June
last from the London County Council as follows:
" London County Council,
" Spring Gardens, S.W.
20th June, 1890.
4766
J.C. 18:6.
" Sir,
" Referring to previous correspondence on
" the subject of widening Ben Jonson Road, I am directed
"by the Improvements Committee to inform you that if
"the Vestry of Mile End Old Town will, under its
" powers, carry out the widening of the road at the
" Stepney Green end, the Committee will be prepared to
" recommend the Council to contribute towards the cost.
" Should the Vestry decide to do this, it must please
" submit plans and estimates in the usual way.
" I am, &c.,
(Signed) "H. DE LA HOOKE,
" Clerk of the Council.
" The Clerk of
"The Vestry of Mile End Old Town.
and your Committee resolved to recommend–That the
London County Council be informed, m reply to their letter
of the 20th June, 1890, that this Vestry would be willing to
(2) That at a previous meeting your Clerk submitted the following Accounts duly certified and approved which your Committee recommend for payment, viz.:
| East, J. | Timber | 10 | 14 | 9 | |||
| Ginn, D. G. | Ironmongery | 18 | 18 | 7 | |||
| Shelitoe, E. | Timber | 6 | 18 | 7 | |||
| Mumford, M. J. | Fodder | 140 | 11 | 8 | |||
| Fox, W. & Co. | Repairs to sieves | 5 | 13 | 0 | |||
| Shorland, A. | Hose and shirts for sewers men | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Burnett & Co. | Disinfectants | 14 | 15 | 0 | |||
| Walden, H. W. & Co. | Flushing hose | 1 | 15 | 0 | |||
| Hart, H. | Sewer rods, &c. | 8 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Smith, T. & Son | Oil, &c., for paint | 7 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Tees Scoriæ Brick Co. | Blocks | 33 | 17 | 11 | |||
| Feunings, R. L. & J. | On account of contract for 1.500 tons of broken Guernsey granite | 244 | 7 | 9 | |||
| Gt. Eastern Railway Co. | Carriage of refuse | 35 | 8 | 6 | |||
| ,, blocks | 11 | 8 | 1 | ||||
| Gas and water to Mile End Dust Wharf | 1 | 15 | 0 | ||||
| 48 | 11 | 7 | |||||
| Matthew, J. | On account of cleaning works at Vestry Hall under contract | 40 | 0 | 0 | |||