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4 FEBRUARY, 1891. 253
(2) That your Medical Officer of Health brought up and read a
Report tor which your Committee beg to refer your Board to
his Report Book.
I hat your Medical Officer reported as follows :
"During the fortnight ending January 17th, the num"ber
of Births was 158 : the number of Deaths from all
"causes was 131 ; 36 occurring in the Western district, 83
"in the Eastern district, and 12 in the outlying Institu"tions,
giving a death-rate of 29.0 per 1,000 per annum:
"that of the Metropolis being 29.1 for the same period."
(3) 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 such Reports 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. 18, 20, 26 to 32, 36 to 52, Yarden Street; 2 and
4, Spring Garden Place—
To provide water-supply to closets thereat.
(b) Nos. 47 and 66, Varden Street—
To repair flushing apparatus to the closets thereat.
(c) Nos. 1, 2, 4 to 14, 16, Cordelia Street; 1 to 9, 12, 13,
Salmen Street; 3, 9, 10, 12, South Grove; 4, 22, and
24, Varden Street—
To disconnect the water-supply for domestic purposes from
that used for flushing the closets.
(d) Nos. 9 to 16, Cordelia Street; 10 to 13, Salmen
Street; 3, 5 to 7, South Grove; and 26 to 32, Varden
Street—
To disconnect the waste pipes of sinks from direct communication
with the drains thereat.
(c) Nos. 15, Salmen Street; 126, Duckett Street; and
85, Sidney Street—
To cleanse and repair the drains thereat.
(/) No. 15, Canal Road—
To cleanse the drain thereat.
(g) Nos. 9, 10, Salmen Street; 11, South Grove; 15,
Canal Road; 85, Sidney Street; and 117, Old Church
Road—
To cleanse and purify such houses.