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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 may, 1890.
at the South-east corner of the garden opposite Cross Row,
Stepney Green, the estimated cost being £20.
(9) That a new Urinal to accommodate six persons, with
entrances at each end be fixed in West Arbour Street, the
estimated cost being £60.
(10) That your Sanitary Inspectors reported that since the last
meeting, the following works had been performed, viz.:
East. West. Total.
Water supply provided to closets 17 51 68
Water supply tor domestic purposes
separated from that which supply the
closets 10 0 10
Receptacles for dust provided 7 3 10
Houses cleansed 4 0 4
Drains cleansed 0 4 4
Drains tested 2 0 2
Stable drained 0 1 1
Offensive accumulations removed 022
G. F. BURGE.
Signed E. KEMP.
T. G. LIVERMORE.
Moved by Mr. Coker seconded by Mr. Hirst and resolved
—That the Report be received.
Moved by Mr. Martin seconded by Mr. Coker and resolved
—That the Report down to and including clause 7 be adopted
and it was resolved accordingly.
URINAL, REMOVAL FROM WEST ARBOUR STREET TO
STEPNEY GREEN.
Moved by Mr. Burge and seconded by Mr. Coker—1 hat
that part of the Report be adopted.
Moved by Mr. Peacock and seconded by Mr. Thomas as an
amendment—That the present urinal at West Arbour Street
be removed and that the question of its disposal be referred
back to the Committee for further consideration.
After discussion the amendment was submitted to a show of
hands and declared by the Chairman to be carried, and it was
then put as a substantive motion and declared carried.
NEW URINAL, WEST ARBOUR STREET.
Moved by Mr. Coker and seconded by Mr. Burge I hat that
part of the Report be adopted.
Moved by Mr. W. A. Kemp and seconded by Mr. Henley
as an amendment—That the matter be referred back to the
Committee for further consideration and report.
The Chairman submitted the amendment to a show of hands
and declared it lost, and then submitted the motion for the