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Mile End 1891

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

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2 OCTOBER, 1891. 143
"lowered, and what expense they consider Mrs. Nott
"should bear.
"Yours, &c.,
(Signed) "J. WARBURTON & DE PAULA.
"The Chairman of the Sanitary Committee,
"Vestry Hall, Mile End."
That your Clerk and Surveyor entirely deny the accuracy
of the statements with regard to the proofs and admissions as
contained in the letter, and your Surveyor further reported
that the sewer in Frimley Passage is in good condition, and
amply sufficient for the purposes required of it, and that if the
same were lowered it could only be done at considerable
danger of causing damage to the adjoining properties, and
your Committee therefore recommend—That a reply be sent
to Messrs. Warburton and de Paula denying the accuracy of
their statements, and stating that the Vestry must decline to
lower the sewer for the reasons above set out.
(13) That your Sanitary Inspectors reported that since the last
meeting, the following works had been performed, viz.:
Notices served for sanitary amendments 137
„ „ Re infectious diseases 85
Houses inspected 153
„ re-inspected 226
„ disinfected 44
„ cleansed 5
„ connected with sewers 3
Drains cleansed 20
„ trapped 3
„ tested 8
Waste pipes of sinks disconnected from direct
communication with the drains 64
Water supplies for domestic purposes disconnected
from those which supply the closets 84
Water supplies provided to closets 7
Flushing apparatus to closets repaired 7
Signed T. J. SMITH.
ALFRED LLOYD.
T.G. LIVERMORE.
Moved by Mr. T. J. Smith seconded by Mr. Burge and
resolved—That the Report be received.
Moved by Mr. T. J. Smith seconded by Mr. Livermore and
resolved—That the Report be adopted, and it was resolved
accordingly.
X. The Clerk submitted three certificates of the Public Analyst
as follows: