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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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7 JANUARY, 1891. 235
Moved by Mr. Coker seconded by Mr. Hirst and resolved
— That the Report be received.
Moved by Mr. Coker seconded by Mr. Hirst and resolved
I licit the Report be adopted, and it was resolved accordingly.
IV. [Resumed] cheque for £200 for surveyor for
removal of snow.
The Surveyor having arrived the consideration of that part
of the Report of Committee No. 1 with regard to cheque for
£200 for removal of snow was proceeded with.
Alter considerable discussion and answers by the Surveyor
to a number of questions,
It was moved by Mr. Calton seconded by Mr. Chidgey and
unanimously agreed to—That the words " and that Mr. Baxter
" do take his instructions from the Surveyor with reference to
" the employment of the labour in which this sum will be
"spent" be added to the Report.
The Report having been amended accordingly,
The motion for the adoption of that part of the Report
was then put and carried and it was resolved accordingly.
Moved by Mr. Steadman seconded by Mr. J. Brown—That
the extra men taken on for removal of snow be paid 6d. per
hour.
The Chairman submitted the motion to a show of hands
and there were
In favor 4 votes
Against 19 „
The Chairman declared it lost.
IX. Moved by Mr. W. A. Kemp seconded by Mr. Coker and
resolved—That it be referred to No. 2 and the Dusting and
Cleansing Committees to jointly consider and report as to
the propriety of the Superintendent of Labour being under
the jurisdiction of the Surveyor to the Vestry.
X. The Clerk submitted a notice of a nuisance existing at
Nos. 13, 14, and 15, Leslie Street, signed by Mr. Cox, the
Inspector of Nuisances.
Moved by Mr. Hirst seconded by Mr. Coker and resolved
—That the Inspector do serve the necessary notices to abate
the nuisance within fourteen days from the service of the
notices, and that the Chairman sign the necessary orders in
each particular case empowering the said Inspector to make
complaint and take proceedings on behalf ot the Vestry in
case of non-compliance with the notices served.
XI. Moved by Mr. Henley seconded by Mr. Birks and resolved
—That the Vestry at its rising do adjourn until this day fortnight
at 7 p.m.