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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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266 18 FEBRUARY, 1891.
called upon to carry out the terms of the Order of the London
County Council in the matter referred to.
(2) 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 January 31st, the num"ber
of Births was 161: the number of Deaths from
"all causes was 114; 29 occurring in the Western district,
"72 in the Eastern district, and 13 in the outlying Insti"tutions,
giving a death-rate equal to 25.2 per 1,000 per
"annum: that of the Metropolis being 23.9 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. 53, 55, 59 to 65, 7, Copperfiekl Road; 94, Burdett
Road; 6, 7, Cannon Place; 35, 51, 59, 67, 44, New
Road; and 59, Raven Row—
To provide water supply to the closets thereat.
(b) Nos. 8, Cannon Place; 79, New Road; 3, 6, 8, 10,11,
16, 23, 24, 28 to 31, 33, 34, 36, & 37, Lydia Street—
To repair the flushing apparatus to closets thereat.
(c.) Nos. 16, 18, 34, 36, Longnor Road; 1, 2, 3, 3a, 5, 7,
8, 19 to 25, & 35, Copperfield Road—
To disconnect the water supply for domestic purposes from
that used for flushing the closets thereat.
(d) Nos. 25, 27, 49, 8 to 12, 16 to 24, 28 to 46, Longnor
Road; 1, 2, 3, 3a, 4, 5, 7, 7 to 25, 29 to 45, 51, Copperfield
Road; 171, Canal Road; 10 and n, Cannon
Place—
To disconnect the waste pipes of sinks from direct communication
with the drains thereat.
(e) Nos. 13 to 15, Lydia Street; 49 and 55, Raven Row—
To repair the drains thereat.
(f) Nos. 13 to 15, Lydia Street; 49, Raven Row; 10,
Lomas Buildings; and 53 to 59, Emmott Street—
To cleanse the drains thereat.
(g) Nos. 94, Burdett Road; 9, Cannon Place, 89, New