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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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14 OCTOBER, 1891.
158
(6) That having regard to the Report of Mr. Leshaw your
Inspector your Committee resolved to recommend—That one
of Knight's patent deodorisers be placed at the ventilating
grate in Norfolk Street, Globe Road, the estimated cost being
£3 4/-
(7) That your Sanitary Inspectors reported that since the last meeting, the following works had been performed, viz.:
| Notices served for sanitary amendments | 95 |
| 36 | |
| Houses inspected | 259 |
| „ ,, placed under Regulations for houses let in lodgings or to members of more than one family | |
| Houses re-inspected | 139 |
| „ disinfected | 19 |
| „ cleansed | 24 |
| Drains cleansed | 7 |
| Drain tested | 1 |
| „ constructed (new) | 1 |
| Waste pipes of sinks disconnected from direct communication with the drains | 9 |
| Water supplies for domestic purposes disconnected from those which supply the closets | 7 |
| Water supplies provided to closets | |
| Roofs repaired | 4 |
| Receptacles for dust provided | 8 |
| Yards paved | 9 |
Signed
t. j. smith.
g. f. burge.
t. g. livermore.
Moved bv Mr. Burge seconded by Mr. T. J. Smith and
resolved—That the Report be received.
Moved bv Mr. A. Lloyd seconded by Mr. Burge and
resolved—That the Report be adopted, and it was resolved
accordingly.
Resolved—That it appearing to this Vestry that the
several houses known as Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, n,
12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29,
30, 31, 32, 33, 34, and 35, Lydia Street, in this Hamlet, are
houses which are let in or lodgings to members of more than
one family, and that it is expedient that the same should be
made subject to the Regulations made under the Sanitary Act,
1866, and the Sanitary Law Amendment Act, 1874, by this
Vestry in respect of houses so let, this Vestry doth hereby
resolve and order that the said Regulations shall be applicable
to the said houses in Lydia Street aforesaid, and every of
them.