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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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12 NOVEMBER, 1890.
(2) That having regard to the Report of your Surveyor, your
Committee resolved to recommend—That notice be served
upon the owner of No. 430, Mile End Road, to break up the
present brick drain, and to connect with the new drain in the
rear of such house.
(3) That your Committee resolved to recommend—That Advertisements
be issued inviting tenders for supply of Gully
Grates and Frames, Ventilating Shafts, and Man-hole Covers.
(4) That your Medical Officer of Health brought up and read a
Report for which your Committee beg to refer your Board to
his Report Book.
That your Medical Officer reported as follows:
"During the fortnight ending October 25th the number
"of Births was 161; the number of Deaths from all causes
"was 119: 78 occurring in the Eastern district, 33 in the
"Western District, and 8 in the outlying Institutions,
"giving a death-rate of 27.4 per 1,000 per annum, that of
"the Metropolis being 20.0 for the same period."
(5) That your Inspectors of Nuisances brought up and read
Reports for which your Committee beg to refer your Board
to their Report Books.
That having regard to the Reports of your Medical Officer
and Inspectors your Committee resolved to recommend—That
notices be served upon the owners of the following houses and
premises, requiring them to perform the following works, viz.:
(a) Nos. 2 to 24, 38 to 48, Rutland Street; 11, 13, 19,
21, 39, Cadiz Street; 1, 2, 6, 7, 9, Antill Terrace; 13
and 15, Philpot Street—
To provide water supply to the closets thereat.
(b) Nos. 4, 20, and 30, Cadiz Street—
To repair the defective flushing apparatus to closets thereat.
(c) Nos. 29 to 43, 49, Willow Street; 4, Antill Terrace;
and 238, Jubilee Street—
To disconnect the water supply for domestic purposes from
that used for flushing the closets.
(d) Nos. 3, Willow Street; and 16, Cadiz Street—
To repair the flooring of the closets thereat.
(e) Nos. 16 and 38, Cadiz Street—
To repair the closets thereat.
(f) No. 16, Cadiz Street—
To cleanse the closet thereat.
(g) Nos. 10 and 59, Cadiz Street—
To cleanse the pans of the closets thereat.
(h) Nos. 25, Willow Street; 15, 39, 45, 53, 59, 54, 64,
Cadiz Street; 17, Bedford Street; 106, Rutland
Street; and 238, Jubilee Street—
To trap the drains and sinks thereat.