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21 MAY, 1890.
If these works be executed it will not in my opinion
be necessary to demolish any portion of the said premises
in order to remove the complaint contained in the Report
of the Medical Officer of Health.
I am, &c.,
(Signed) JNO. M. KNIGHT.
A Civil Engineer appointed to report
on the said premises under the
provisions of the said Act.
Vestry of the Hamlet of Mile End Old Town.
Vestry Hall, Bancroft Road, Mile End Road, E.
May 21 st, 1890.
To the Vestry of the Hamlet of Mile End Old Town.
Gentlemen,
Re 442, Mile End Road.
I have considered the report of the Medical Officer
of Health referred to me at your meeting held on the
7th day of May, in respect of the house and premises
known as 442, Mile End Road, under the provisions of
the Artizans and Labourers' Dwellings' Act, 1868.
The complaint contained in the said report of the
Medical Officer of Health is—
That the roof is defective.
That the staircase is defective.
That the floor boards are damp and decayed.
That there is no ventilation under the floor boards.
That the walls are damp and dilapidated.
The cause of the complaint made in the said report of
the Medical Officer of Health is partly owing to defects
in the original construction of the house, and partly to
its age and natural decay.
The remedy for the complaint contained in the said
report of the Medical Officer of Health is to take up the
ground floor of the house, and excavate the earth to a
sufficient depth to allow of a space of 6 inches between
a bed of concrete and the underside of the joists. To
put a bed of concrete 6 inches in thickness over the site
of the house, and to construct ventilating pits to allow of
the circulation of air beneath the floor. To cut out the
footings and so much of the party and other walls, as
may be built with porous or decayed bricks, and to rebuild
the same, inserting a proper damp-proof course at
the top of the footings.
To lay new flooring joists and floor.
To take off the roof and remove all decayed plates
and rafters, and recover same.
To repair the staircase where defective.