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Mile End 1891

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hamlet of Mile End Old Town]

Published
1892
Pages
353
Tables
125

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    SLOP VANS. Tenders were then opened for supply of three Slop Vans as follows:
    For the three.Keeping in repair for 2 years after 1st year. per annum.
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    HORSES CARTS AND DRIVERS. Tenders were then opened as follows, for the supply of Horses, Carts and Drivers.
    One Horse Cart & Driver.Two Horses Cart and Driver.One Horse for water or slop carts1 Horse and Driver for water or slop cartsLaborfor Carting at per Ton.Laborfor Carting at per yd. Cube.
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    (2) That your Clerk at a previous meeting submitted the following Accounts duly certified and approved, which your Committee recommend for payment, viz.:
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    Continued from previous page...
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    Sale of Food and Drugs' Act, 1875. Report of the Public Analyst appointed for the Hamlet of Mile End Old Town, upon the articles analysed by him under the above Act, during the quarter ending the 25th March, 1891.
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    Continued from previous page...
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    That your Committee examined samples and considered tenders for the supply of Oats as follows:
    All at 40 lbs.
    No. 1.No. 2.No. 3.
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    Present —MR. CHURCHWARDEN BIRKS in the Chair.
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    (1) That your Clerk submitted a Financial Statement a copy of which is as follows: Financial Statement, Wednesday, 22nd April, 1891.
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    (5) That your Sanitary Inspectors reported that since the last meeting, the following works had been performed, viz.:
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    Present— MR . CHURCHWARDEN BIRKS in the Chair.
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    (1) That your Clerk submitted the following Accounts duly certified and approved, which vour Committee recommend for payment, viz.:
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    (6) That your Sanitary Inspectors reported that since the last meeting, the following works had been performed, viz.:
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    Present — MR . CHURCHWARDEN BIRKS in the Chair.
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    (2) That at that and a previous meeting your Clerk submitted the following Accounts duly certified and approved, which your Committee recommend for payment, viz.:
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    Continued from previous page...
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    (1) That your Committee examined samples and considered tenders for the supply of fodder as follows:
    Clover.Hay.Straw.
    lst cut.2nd cutOats.Wheat.
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    That your Committee examined samples and considered tenders for the supply of Oats as follows:
    All at 4olbs.
    No. 1.No. 2.
  • Page 69
    (3) That your Clerk submitted the following Accounts duly certified and approved, which your Committee recommend for payment, viz.:
  • Page 69
    That your Committee resolved to recommend—That a cheque for £240 16s. 6d. be drawn in favour of the London County Council for one quarter's interest on following loans, due 1st prox., viz.:
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    SALARIES.
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    (2) That your Clerk submitted the following Accounts duly certified and approved, which your Committee recommend for payment, viz.:
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    Continued from previous page...
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    (2) That your Clerk submitted the following Accounts duly certified and approved, which your Committee recommend for payment, viz.:
  • Page 111
    (2) That your Clerk submitted the following Accounts duly certified and approved, which your Committee recommend for payment, viz.:
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    Continued from previous page...
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    That your Committee resolved to recommend—That a cheque for £2 2 IIs. 6d. be drawn in favour of the London County Council for costs of Mortgages as follows:
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    (2) That your Clerk submitted the following Accounts duly certified and approved, which your Committee recommend for payment, viz.:
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    Continued from previous page...
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    (7) That your Sanitary Inspectors reported that since the last meeting, the following works had been performed, viz.:
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    Present—Mr. churchwarden birks in the Chair.
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    (1) Financial Statement, Wednesday, 28th October, 1891.
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    (2) That your Clerk submitted the following Accounts, duly certified and approved, which your Committee recommend for payment, viz.:
  • Page 165
    The names were then submitted to show of hands with the following results:
    1 st voting.2nd voting.3rd voting.4th voting.Final vote.
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    Continued from previous page...
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    (8) That your Sanitary Inspectors reported that since the last meeting, the following works had been performed, viz.:
    East. West.Total.
  • Page 172
    (1) That your Committee examined samples and considered tenders for supply of Oats as follows :
    No. 1. 40 lbs.No. 2. 38 lbs.No. 3. 40 lbs.
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    Present —mr. churchwarden birks in the Chair.
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    Financial Statement, Wednesday, IIth November, 1891.
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    (2) That your Clerk submitted the following Accounts, duly certified and approved, which your Committee recommend for payment, viz.:
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    (2) Financial Statement, Wednesday, 25th November, 1891.
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    ( 2 ) That your Clerk submitted the following Accounts, duly certified and approved, which your Committee recommend for payment, viz.:
  • Page 188
    (9) That your Sanitary Inspectors reported that since the last report, the following works had been performed, viz.:
    East.West.Total.
  • Page 189
    25 NOVEMBER, 1891.
    East.West.Total.
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    That your Committee considered tenders for supply of Shovels as follows:
    Per doz. No. 3.Per doz. No. 4.
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    25 NOVEMBER, 1891.
    No. 3. Per doz.No. 4. Per doz.
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    (1) Financial Statement, Wednesday, 16th December, 1891.
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    (2) That your Clerk submitted the following Accounts, duly certified and approved, which your Committee recommend for payment, viz.:
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    16 DECEMBER, 1891.
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    That your Committee resolved to recommend—That a cheque for £ 226 7/- be drawn in favour of the London County Council, for one quarter's Interest on following loans, due 1st prox., viz.:
  • Page 198
    16 DECEMBER, 1891. SALARIES.
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    (12) That your Sanitary Inspectors reported that since the last meeting, the following works had been performed, viz.:
    East.West.Total.
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    Your Committee beg to report that they met this day, there being present Messrs. Padfield, Cushen, and Lyon.
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    (8) That your Sanitary Inspectors reported that since the last meeting, the following works had been performed, viz.:
    East.West.Total.
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    That your Committee examined samples and considered tenders for supply of Fodder as follows:
    Clover.Hay.Straw.
    1st cut.2nd cut.Wheat.Oat.
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    (2) That your Committee examined samples and considered tenders for supply of Oats as follows:
    All at 40 lbs.
    No. 1.No. 2.No. 3.
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    (3) That your Committee on the 7th day of December, ult., examined samples and considered tenders for supply of Beans as follows:
    No. 1. 63 lbs.No. 2.
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    Your Committee beg to report that they met on Friday, the 15th day of January inst., there being present Messrs. Peacock, R. Kemp, and Chidgey.
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    That your Clerk submitted the following Accounts, duly certified and approved, which your Committee recommend for payment, viz.:
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    Cole, T. & W
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    That your Committee resolved to recommend—I hat a cheque for £51 2s. 1d. be drawn in favour of the London County Council for Interest on following Loans, due 31st inst., viz.:
  • Page 223
    Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1875. Report of the Public Analyst appointed for the Hamlet of Mile End Old Town, upon the articles analysed by him under the above Act, during the Quarter ending the 25th December, 1891.
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    Butter 96c Genuine.
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    (6) That your Sanitary Inspectors reported that since the last meeting, the following works had been performed, viz.:
    East.West.Total.
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    (1) Financial Statement, Wednesday, 3rd February, 1892.
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    (2) That your Clerk submitted the following Accounts, duly certified and approved, which your Committee recommend for payment, viz.:
  • Page 241
    At a Special and Adjourned Meeting of the Vestry of the Hamlet of Mile End Old Town, held at the Vestry Hall, Bancroft Road, on Wednesday, the 17th day of February, 1892. Present-
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    (2) That your Clerk submitted the following Accounts, duly certified and approved, which your Committee recommend for payment, viz.:
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    17 FEBRUARY, 1892.
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    (7) That your Sanitary Inspectors reported that since the last Report, the following works had been performed, viz.:
    East. West. Total.
    Notices served for sanitary amendments346296
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    (2) That your Clerk submitted the following Accounts, duly certified and approved, which your Committee recommend for payment, viz.:
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    Continued from previous page...
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    (4) That your Sanitary Inspectors reported that since the last meeting, the following works had been performed, viz.:
    East. West. Total.
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    At an Adjourned Meeting of the Vestry of the Hamlet of Mile End Old Town, held at the Vestry Hall, Bancroft Road, on Wednesday, the 16th. day of March, 1892.
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    (2) That your Clerk submitted the following Accounts, duly certified and approved, which your Committee recommend for payment, viz.:
  • Page 273
    That your Committee resolved to recommend—That a cheque for £225 8s. 3d. be drawn in favour of the London County Council for interest on loans as follows, one Quarter due 1st prox., viz.:
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    SALARIES.
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    Continued from previous page...
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    (4) That your Clerk submitted an Estimate of the amounts required for the Half-year ending Michaelmas Day next, as follows:
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    (6) That your Sanitary Inspectors reported that since the last meeting, the following works had been performed, viz.:
    East.West.Total.
  • Page 283
    (1) That your Committee examined samples and considered tenders for supply of Oats as follows:
    All at 40 lbs.
    No. 1.No. 2.No. 3.No. 4.
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    (2) That your Committee examined samples and considered tenders for supply of Beans as follows:
    All at 63 lbs.
    ( " No. 1.No. 2.
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    ABSTRACT OF ACCOUNTS, 1891-92.
    Receipts.fo.ref.£s.d.Expenditure.fo.ref.£s.d.
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    General Purposes Account— Continued.
    Receipts.£s.d.Expenditure.fo.ref.£s.d.
  • Page 292 293
    G eneral P urposes A ccounts— Continued.
    Receipts.£s.d.Expenditure.fo.ref.£s.d.
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    G eneral P urposes A ccount— Continued.
    Receipts.£s.d.Expenditure.fo.ref.£s.d.
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    GENERAL PURPOSES ACCOUNT- continued.
    Receipts.£s.d.Expenditure.fo.ref.£s.d.
  • Page 298 299
    Lighting Account.
    Receipts.fo.ref.£s.d.Expenditure.fo.ref.£s.d.
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    Sewers Account.
    Receipts.fo.ref.£s.d.Expenditure.fo.ref.£s.d.
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    Sewers 1 Account.— Continued.
    Receipts.£s.d.Expenditure.fo.ref.£s.d.
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    General P urposes Account.
    Liabilities.£s.d.Assets.£s.d.
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    General Purposes Account— Continued.
    Liabilities.£S.d.Assets,£s.d.
  • Page 308 309
    General Purpose Account— Continued.
    Liabilities.£s.d.Assets.£s.d.
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    Lighting Account.
    Liabilities.£s.d.Assets.£s.d.
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    Sewers Account.
    Liabilities.£S.d.Assets.£s.d.
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    Special Liabilities.
    fo.ref.£s.d.
  • Page 314 315
    List of Contracts entered into during the Year ended 25th March, 1892.
    Date.Navies of Contractors.Nature of Contracts,Amounts paid or to be paid to the Contractors.
    1891.£s.d.
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    List of Contracts entered into during the Year ended 25th March, 1892— Continued.
    Date.Names of Contractors.Nature of Contracts.Amount paid or to be paid to the Contractors.
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    HORSE KEEPING. The cost of keeping the Vestry's horses was as follows:–
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    ROAD WATERING.
    1890.1891.1892.
    £s.d.£s.d.£s.d.
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    ROAD REPAIRS.
    1890.1891.1892.
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    DRAWING MATERIALS.
    1890.1891.1892.
    £S.d.£s.d.£s.d.
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    SCAVENGING.
    1890.1891.1892.
    £s.d.£s.d.£s.d.
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    REMOVAL OF DUST. The quantity of refuse collected from houses by your carts and men during the year was 15,983 loads, being 540 loads more than were collected in 1890-1. Table Shewing Cost for past Three Years.
    1890.1891.1892.
    £s.d.£s.d.£s.d.
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    The total cost of disposing of the Refuse was as follows:
    £s.d.
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    DISPOSAL OF STREET REFUSE.
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    DISTRICT OF MILE END OLD TOWN.—CENSUS, 1891. WARDS FORMED UNDER THE METROPOLIS LOCAL MANAGEMENT ACT, 1855, (18 & 19 Vict., cap. 120.)
    wards.population, 1891.houses, 1891.Tenements of not more than five rooms, Census, 1891.
    Males.Females.Total.Inhabited.Uninhabited.BuildingTotal.
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    RETURNS OF MORTALITY IN THE HAMLET OF MILE END OLD TOWN. Including the Deaths occurring in the Workhouse Infirmary and excluding the Deaths in the Deaths occurring in outlying Public Institutions which belong to Mile End Old Town City of London Union.
    Diseases.Quarter ending April 4th. AGES.Quarter ending July 4th. AGES.Quarter ending October 3rd. AGES.Quarter ending Jan. 2nd, 1892. AGES.Quarter ending April 4th. AGES.Quarter ending July 4th. AGES.Quarter ending October 3rd. AGES.Quarter ending Jan. 2nd, 1892. AGES.Totals. AGES.
    0 11 55 1515 3030 6060 900 11 55 1515 3030 6060 900 11 55 1515 3030 6060 900 11 55 1515 3030 6060 900 11 55 1515 3030 6060 900 11 55 1515 3030 6060 900 11 55 1515 3030 6060 900 11 55 1515 3030 6060 900 11 55 1515 3030 6060 90
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    RETURN AS REQUIRED BY THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD. TABLE OF DEATHS during the Year 1891, in the Mile End Old Town Sanitary District of London, classified according to DISEASES, AGES, and LOCALITIES.
    Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; Public Institutions being shown as separate localities.Mortality from all causes, at subjoined Ages.Mortality from subjoined causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children under Five Years of Age.
    At all ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 55 and under 415 and under 2525 and under 60.60 and upwards.123456789101112131415l6171819202122
    Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membraneous Croup.fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Measles.Whooping Cough.Diarrhoea and Dysentery.Rheumatic Fever.Ague.Phthisis.Bronchitis, Pneumonia and Pleurisy.Heart Disease.Injuries.All other DiseasesTotal
    Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal
    (a)(b)(c)(d)(e)(f)(g)(h)(i)
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    The subjoined numbers have also to be taken into account in judging of the above records of mortality.
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    That we compare very favourably with the Metropolis, and also other East End districts, the following table will show :
    Total number of Deaths from all causes for year 1891.Population according to the Census.Death Rate per 1,000 inhabitants.
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    Infectious Diseases notified under the Infectious Diseases Notification Act, during year 1891.
    Name of Disease.Quarter ending March.Quarter ending June.Quarter ending September.Quarter ending December.Cases removed to Isolation Hospital.Cases treated at their own homes.TOTAL.
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    The following Table shows a list of the four principal Infectious Diseases notified by various medical men during the year 1891:—
    MILE ENDSCARLET FEVER.TYPHOID FEVER.DIPHTHERIA.SMALL POX.
    OLD TOWN. District.Quarter ending March.Quarter ending June.Quarter ending September.Quarter ending December.Total, 1891.Quarter ending March.Quarter ending June.Quarter ending September.Quarter ending December.Total, 1891.Quarter ending March.Qiiarter ending June.Quarter ending September.Quarter ending December.t otal, 1891.Quarter ending March.Quarter ending June.Quarter ending September.Qiiarter ending December.total, 1891.
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    THE RESULT OF INSPECTION OF PREMISES, as to their sanitary condition after Infectious Disease.
    1st Qr.2nd Qr3rd Qr.4th Qr.
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    Under the "Nuisances Removal Act, 1855," in their respective districts.
    N. & E. wards,s.,w.& C.wards.Total.
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    PROCEEDINGS TAKEN UNDER THE NUISANCES REMOVAL ACT DURING THE YEAR 1891.
    Situation of Premises.Nature of Complaint.Date and Order of Vestry.Date and Result of Re-inspection.Summons taken out Police Courts.Result.Name of Inspector.
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    PROCEEDINGS TAKEN UNDER THE HOUSING OF THE WORKING CLASSES ACT. Premises reported to the Sanitary Committee by the Medical Officer ot Health as being dangerous or injurious to health, so as to be unfit for human habitation.
    Situation of Property.Date of Representation.Nature of Representation.Order of Committee to make premises habitable wnich wn served on the nwm-iReinspectedResult reported to Committee.Result of Action ordered to be taken by Committee.State of Premises on December jtst, 1891.
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    In the Grove buildings some or the lower rooms are dark, but various alterations are in progress which will remedy this defect, and in the Mile End Buildings sanitary defects were found which have now been remedied.
    Name and Situation of Building.Total number of Rooms.Total number of Letting.Maximum and minimum weekly Renial of Lodgings.Occupants.
    Adults.Children under ten.Total.
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    LONDON.—DEATHS FROM INFLUENZA.
    Year.First Quarter.Second Quarter.Third Quarter.Fourth Quarter.Total.
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    Continued from previous page...
    Tear.First Quarter.Second Quarter.Third Quarter.Fourth Quarter.Total.
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    MORTALITY FROM INFLUENZA IN MILE END OLD TOWN AND LONDON RESPECTIVELY.
    Week ending 1891.MILE END OLD TOWN.LONDON.
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    In consequence of your Medical Officer of Health having to report under the Local Government Act for the year ending 1891, it will be found that the figures enumerated will not correspond with those contained in the Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
    North and EastSouth, West and Centre
    Wards.Wards.Total.
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    North and East Wards. South, West and Centre Wards. Total.