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21 MAY, 1890. 61
To replace the joists and flooring boards.
To build pits and put in gratings for ventilation
To thoroughly repair the strings, treads, risers' handrail,
and balusters of staircase, or replace the same with
new .
If these works be executed it will not be necessary to
demoish any part of the said premises in order to remove
the evil complained of 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 3, Exmouth Court.
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 3, Exmouth Court, 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 floor is defective, and there is no proper
ventilation beneath the boards.
That the ceilings are defective and dilapidated.
The cause of the complaint contained in the said report
of the Medical Officer of Health is owing to the walls
being built of material pervious to moisture, and without
any damp-proof course, and also owing to the age and
natural decay of the materials of which the house is
built.
The remedy for the evil complained of in the said
report is to Cut out all detective brickwork and substitute
new, and to insert a damp-proof course above the lootings.
To provide proper ventilation beneath the ground floor
joists and to build proper pits lor same.
To pull down, re-lath, lay and set the defective ceilings.