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21 MAY, 1890.
of Health referred to me at your meeting held on the
7th day of May, in respect of the house and premises
known as 6, 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 walls and ceilings are very dirty.
That there is no ventilation under the floor boards.
The cause of the complaint contained in the said report
is the fact that the walls are composed of material pervious
to moisture, and have no damp-proof course.
That the premises have not been kept properly cleansed
and repaired, and that no ventilation has been arranged
for in the original construction of the house.
The remedy for the complaint contained in the said
report of the Medical Officer is to cut out the defective
portions of the brick-work and insert a damp proof course
in the walls.
To cleanse the walls and ceilings of the house.
To provide ventilation under the ground floor of the
house.
If these works be executed, it will not be necessary
to demolish 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.
Moved by Mr. Henley seconded by Mr. Coker and resolved
—That copies of the Reports of the Medical Officer of Health
and Surveyor on the subject of the houses and premises Xos.
438, 442, 444, & 446, Mile End Road, and 3, 4, 5, & 6,
Exmouth Court, be furnished by the Clerk to the owners of
such houses respectively, and that the Vestry proceed to consider
the same at the Vestry Hall, on Wednesday the nth
day of June next, at 7.15 p.m. o'clock, and that the several
owners be informed thereof.
IX. The Clerk read a letter of the 19th inst. from the Limehouse
District Board of Works, enclosing copy of resolution
of that Board as follows:
"That as it would be illegal for this Board to contribute
"towards the cost of any works outside the district, the
"County Council be urged to carry out the proposed Ben
"Jonson Road and Victoria Bridge scheme, as a County
"Improvement."