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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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25 JUNE, 1890. 95
(b) Nos. 1 to 26, Lyall Road; 1 to 6, Stanfield Road:
and 1, Copperfield Road—
To separate the water supply for domestic purposes from
that used for flushing the closets.
(c) Nos. 1 to 26, Lyall Road—
To disconnect sink pipes from direct communication with
the drains thereat.
(d) Nos. 16 to 36, 42 to 58, 72, 94,106 to 112, Exmouth
Street; 79 and 81, Old Church Road—
To provide water supply to the closets thereat.
(e) No. 86, Exmouth Street—
To properly repair the flushing apparatus to closet.
(f) Nos. 37 to 49, Old Church Road—
To provide receptacles for the dust for the use of the
tenants thereat.
(g) Nos. 79, 81, 100, and 106 to 112, Old Church Road—
To properly trap the sinks and drains thereat.
(h) No. 75, Old Church Road—
To cleanse walls and ceilings of staircase and back bedroom,
and repair plastering where defective.
(i) No. 100, Old Church Road—
To pave the yard thereat.
(j) Nos. 91, 93, Stepney Green; and 32, New Road—
To abolish old drains and provide proper pipe drains
thereat.
(6) That your Sanitary Inspectors reported that since the last
meeting* the following works had been performed, viz. :
East.
West.
Total.
Number of houses inspected
118
174
292
Notices served for sanitary works
43
49
92
Second Notices served
0
10
10
Complaints received
7
11
18
Water supply provided to closets
0
74
74
Water supply for domestic purposes
separated from cisterns which supply
the closets
11
7
40
New Closets built
0
3
3
Dust receptacles provided
7
2
9
Sink pipes disconnected from drains
9
0
9
Drains cleansed
7
4
11
Drain flushed
1
0
1
Swine removed
0
1
1
Requests for the removal of dust
0
0
52
Houses disinfected
4
0
4
Signed
geo. coker.
g. f. burge.
t. G. livermore.