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23 APRIL, 1890.
(2) That your Clerk read a letter of the 3rd, instant, from Mr
J. Lazarus tenant of No. 43, Yalford Street, and a letter of
the same date from Mr. J. P. Garrett, Solicitor, on behalf of
the owner, Mr. J. Abrahams, claiming compensation for
damage to work and rooms, consequent upon the alleged
stoppage of the sewer thereat, and your Committee resolved
to recommend—That your Clerk write Mr. Lazarus and
Mr. Garrett, denying the liability of your Board in the matter.
(3) 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 three weeks ending April 5th, the number
"of Births was 210: the number of Deaths from all causes
"was 121—41 occurring in the Western, 70 in the Eastern
"district, and 10 in the outlying institutions, giving a
"death rate equal to 17.9 per 1,000 per annum: that of
"the Metropolis being 18.1 for the same period."
(4) That your Sanitary Inspectors 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 Sanitary 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) No. 6, Coke Street—
To cleanse passages, staircase and rooms all through the
house.
(b) Xos. 60, Greenfield Street; 7$, Yalford Street—
To lime-white walls of water closets.
(c) Nos. 85, 86, 87 and 88, Greenfield Street—
To disconnect sinks from direct communication with the
drains, and properly trap same.
(d) Nos. 85, Greenfield Street; 34 and 36, Emmott
Street—
To properly trap the drains and sinks thereat.
(e) Nos. 85, Greenfield Street; and 36, Plumbers' Row-
To cleanse the kitchens thereat.
( f) Nos. 87, 89, Greenfield Street; 7½ Yalford Street;
109, Ely Terrace; and 46, Emmott Street—
To repair the flushing apparatus to the closets thereat.
(g) No. 89, Greenfield Street—
To cleanse passages and staircase.