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14 OCTOBER, 1891.
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(2) That your Medical Officer of Health, brought up and read
a Report for which your Committee beg to refer your Board
to his Report Book.
That your Medical Officer reported as follows:
"During the fortnight ending September 26th, the num"ber
of Births was 172: the number of Deaths from all
" causes was 71:46 occurring in the Eastern district, 13
"in the Western district, and 12 in the outlying Institutions;
giving a death rate equal to 17.1 per 1,000 per
"annum, that of the Metropolis being 16.0 for the same
"period."
and your Committee resolved to recommend—That the same
be received.
(3) That having regard to the Report of your Medical Officer,
vour Committee are of opinion that the houses Nos. 2 to 24,
and 26 to 35, (consecutive and inclusive) Lydia Street, should
be placed under the Regulations adopted by your Board with
respect to houses let in lodgings, or occupied by members of
more than one family, and resolved to recommend—That your
Board do take the necessary steps for so doing.
(4) That vour Inspectors of Nuisances brought up and read
Reports for which your Committee beg to refer your Board
to their Report Books.
That having regard to such Reports your Committee
resolved to recommend—That notices be served upon the
owners of the following houses and premises, requiring them
to perform the following works, viz.:
(a) No. 42, Ely Terrace—
To cleanse the drain thereat.
(b) Nos. 18, Ernest Street; and 215, Jubilee Street—
To amend the defective drains thereat.
(c) Nos. 1, 7, 40, 41, Jupp's Road; 17, 21, 26 to 30,
Longfellow Road; and 6, Spring Garden Place—
To disconnect the waste pipes of sinks from direct communication
with the drains thereat.
(d) Nos. 1 46, Ely Terrace; 16, 140, 17 to 23, 35, 83,
Ernest Street; and 6, Spring Garden Place—
To properly trap the sinks and drains thereat.
(e) Nos. 2 to 7, Jupp's Road; 17, and 21 to 30,
Longfellow Road—
To disconnect the water-supplies domestic purposes
on those used for flushing the closets thereat.
(f) Nos. 1, 7, 46 to 62, Ely Terrace—
10 provide water-supplies to the closets thereat.