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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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24 SEPTEMBER, 1890.
(7) That your Committee having further considered as to the
fixing of the urinal at Arbour Square resolved to recommend
—That the resolution of the Vestry of the 7th May last,
with regard to the erection of a urinal at Arbour Square, be
varied by directing that it shall accommodate four persons
instead of six, and that the estimated cost be reduced to
(8) That your Committee having regard to complaints, inspected
King John Street and found that the entrance thereat is used
as a urinal. Your Committee resolved to recommend—That
a dwarf wall with slope top properly cemented be erected
at the south entrance of King John Street, the estimated cost
being .£15.
(9) That your Committee beg to report that on the 9th ult., a
number of cocoa-nuts were seized on the Waste, Mile End
Road, and that Mr. Leshaw, your Inspector, took them to
Worship Street, where they were condemned by the magistrate
and were therefore destroyed.
Your Committee approved of such proceedings.
(10) That your Sanitary Inspectors reported that since the last
meeting, the following works had been performed, viz. :
Number of houses inspected
368
Notices served for sanitary works
162
Complaints received
41
Water supply provided to closets
109
Water supply for domestic purposes separated from
cisterns which supply the closets
35
Drains cleansed
12
Drains flushed
20
Drain tested
1
Drains trapped
6
Closets and pans cleansed
2
Houses cleansed
8
Houses disinfected
49
Yards paved
10
Offensive accumulation removed
1
Signed
g. f. burge.
t. e. robinson.
geo. coker.
Moved by Mr. Coker seconded by Mr. J. D. Kemp and
resolved—That the Report be received.
Moved by Mr. Coker seconded by Mr. J. D. Kemp and
resolved—That the Report down to and including clause No.
6 be adopted, and it was resolved accordingly.
urinal. arbour square.
Moved by Mr. Coker seconded by Mr. Burge—That that
part of the Report be adopted.