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12 NOVEMBER, 1890.
"Before coming to any conclusion on the application,
"it is essential that the Committee should know whether
"the several Vestries and District Boards will co-operate
"with the Council for this purpose, and I am therefore to
"ask your Vestry to be good enough to state their views
"on the subject.
"I am, &c.,
(Signed) "H. DE LA HOOKE,
"Clerk of the Council.
"The Clerk of the
"Vestry of the Hamlet of
"Mile End Old Town."
And your Committee resolved to recommend—That the
London County Council be informed that in the opinion of
the Vestry it is not necessary for that Council to collate the
particulars of all prosecutions for adulteration which may take
place in the Metropolis.
(7) That your Clerk took out summonses against owners and
occupiers of houses of which there were underground rooms
used as sleeping apartments, but the summonses were
dismissed as it was impossible to prove that the rooms were
separately occupied.
(8) That your Clerk also took out summonses against the owners
of Nos. 53, 55, 57, and 70, Knott Street, under the Nuisances
Removal Act, and the Magistrate made orders in each case
for the execution of the works.
(9) That your Sanitary Inspectors reported that since the last
report, the following works had been performed, viz.:
Number of houses inspected
163
Notices served for sanitary works
99
Water supply provided to closets
56
Water supply for domestic purposes separated
from cisterns which supply the closets
163
Drains cleansed
8
Drains tested
5
Houses disinfected
22
Receptacles for dust provided
11
Summonses taken before Magistrate
19
Magistrates' orders obtained
3
Signed
g. f. burge.
charles birks.
s. lyons.
alfred druitt.
geo. coker.
Moved by Mr. Coker seconded by Mr. Burge and resolved
—That the Report be received.
Moved by Mr. Coker seconded by Mr. E. Kemp and resolved
—That the Report with exception of clause 6 be adopted, and
it was resolved accordingly.