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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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25 NOVEMBER, 1891.
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and on the 18th inst. as follows:
"During the fortnight ending November 7th, the num"ber
of Births was 157: the number of Deaths from all
"causes was 73; 39 occurring in the Eastern district, 18
"in the Western district, and 16 in the outlying Institu"tions
belonging to this Hamlet; giving a death-rate equal
"to 17.6 per 1,000 per annum, that of the Metropolis
"being equal to 17.3 for the same period."
and your Committee resolved to recommend—That the reports
be received.
(3) That your 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 the Reports of your Medical Officer
and Inspectors, 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) Nos. 6 Lydia Street; 54, 55, Greenfield Street; 51,
Wellesley Street; 1 and 3, Knott Street—
To cleanse the drains thereat.
(b) Stable adjoining No. 55, Copley Street; Nos. 310,
Oxford Street; and 52, Wellesley Street—
To repair the defective drains thereat.
(c) Nos. 1, Nelson Street; 32, Lydia Street; Stable adjoining
55, Copley Street; 310, Oxford Street; 75,
77, Old Church Road; 52, Wellesley Street; 38, 66,
and 72, Knott Street—
To properly trap the sinks and drains thereat.
(d) Nos. 125a, 125 to 129, 137, 139, 143 to 147, 163, 249
to 267, Bow Common Lane; 1 to 7, 11 to 17, 31, 33,
39 to 45, 57, 30 to 48, 52 to 64, 74 to 84, Bloomfield
Road; 55, Copley Street; 76, St. Ann's Road; 52,
Wellesley Street; and 78, Jubilee Street—
To disconnect the waste-pipes of sinks from direct communication
with the drains thereat.
(e) No. 55, Copley Street—
To repair closet trap thereat.
(f) No. 15, Old Church Road—
To provide new closet pan thereat.
(g) Nos. 133 to 139, 143 to 147, 179, 181, 249 to 267,
Bow Common Lane; 29, 31, 35 to 45, 49, 51, 55, 57,
12, 30 to 48, 52 to 82, Bloomfield Road; 1, 3, 13 to
21, and 39 to 44, Lichfield Road—
To disconnect the water supplies for domestic purposes from
those used for flushing the closets thereat.