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21 MAY, 1890.
To construct pits for ventilation beneath the ground
floor joists.
To repair the treads, risers to stairs, handrail and
balusters of the staircase where defective. To repair the
roof by substituting new timbers for all decayed ones.
If these works be executed, I am of opinion that it
will not be necessary to demolish any portion of the
said house, in order to remedy the evil complained of in
the said 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 21st, 1890.
To the Vestry of the Hamlet of Mile End Old Town.
Gentlemen,
Re 446, 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 446, 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 walls are damp and defective.
That the staircase is defective.
That the floor boards are decayed.
That there is no ventilation beneath the floor boards.
The cause of the complaint contained in the said
Report of the Medical Officer of Health is that the house
was originally constructed with defective materials and
in such a manner as not to allow any ventilation or space
below the ground floor of the house and partly owing to
its age and natural decay.
The remedy for the evil complained of in the said
Report is to take up the ground floor and joists and
excavate the ground for a depth of nine inches.
To cut out all the defective and damp brickwork and
the footings thereof, and to substitute the same with new,
inserting a damp proof course above the level of the
ground.