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29 OCTOBER, 1890.
(10) That your Medical Officer and Inspector (Mr. Leshaw)
reported that they had received serious complaints of bad
smells arising from the sewer in Burdett Road, near the " Cotton
Arms, and your Committee resolved to recommend—That
the attention of the London County Council be drawn to the
matter, as the main sewer there belongs to them, and the
means already taken by them to prevent the nuisance do not
appear to be effective.
(11) That your Sanitary Inspectors reported that since the last
report, the following works had been performed, viz.:
Number of houses inspected 148
Notices served for sanitary works 80
Water supply provided to closets 115
Water supply for domestic purposes separated
from cisterns which supply the closets 15
Drains cleansed 8
Drains flushed 2
Drain tested 1
Houses cleansed 9
Houses disinfected 19
Cause of dampness to walls removed 4
Yards paved 5
Receptacles for dust provided 9
T. G. LIVERMORE.
Singed CHARLES BIRKS.
GEO. COKER.
G. F. BURGE.
Moved by Mr. Coker seconded by Mr. Burge and resolved
—That the Report be received.
Moved by Mr. Coker seconded by Mr. Burge and resolved
—That the Report be adopted and it was resolved accordingly.
NOTICES, HOUSING OF THE WORKING CLASSES ACT, 1890.
Moved by Mr. Coker seconded by Mr. Burge and resolved
—That twenty-eight days be inserted in the notices referred
to in the fourth paragraph of the Report as the time within
which the several premises are to be made fit tor human
habitation, the Vestry being satisfied that the same are in a
state so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit tor
human habitation.
VII. Moved by Mr. Upton seconded by Mr. Browning and
resolved—That the Vestry at its rising do adjourn until this
day fortnight, at 7 p.m.
VIII. The Report of the Dusting and Cleansing Committee
was brought up as follows: