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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.
"tion and disinfection of articles which have become
"infected by any dangerous infectious disease, and I am
"directed to invite your Vestry, and each of the Sanitary
"Authorities of the adjoining districts of Whitechapel and
"Limehouse, to appoint three delegates, with their
"Medical Officer of Health, to confer with representatives
"of my Vestry, as to the best means of carrying out the
"duty cast upon them by the section referred to, and
"more especially to consider whether any arrangement
"can be made for two or more districts to combine for
" the purpose named.
"I shall be glad to be informed at your convenience,
"whether your Vestry will join in the proposed con"ference,
"I am, &c.
(Signed)" H. THOMPSON,
" Vestry Clerk"
"Millner Jutsum, Esq.
"Vestry Clerk,
"Mile End Old Town, E."
Your Committee resolved to recommend—That the Vestry
of St. George in the East be informed that this Vestry do not
deem it necessary to join with other Boards in providing
premises, &c., for the destruction and disinfection of articles
infected by infectious disease.
(8) Your Committee beg to report that Mr. Cox, your Inspector
of Nuisances, took out summonses under the Nuisances
Removal Acts against the owners of—
No. 41, Raven Row; and
Nos. 4, 9, 12, 15, 16, and 17 Exmouth Court,
for non-compliance with the sanitary orders of your Board,
with the result that the Magistrate made orders for the works
to be done in the cases of Nos. 41, Raven Row; 9, 15, 16,
and 17, Exmouth Court, within 14 days with costs.
That in the cases of Nos. 4 and 12, Exmouth Court, the
works having been done after the service of the summonses,
the summonses were withdrawn.
(9) That your Sanitary Inspectors reported that since the last
report, the following works had been performed, viz.:

(9) That your Sanitary Inspectors reported that since the last report, the following works had been performed, viz.:

East.West.Total.
Notices served for sanitary amendments7041120
" " Re infectious diseases282149
Houses inspected254262516
Houses re-inspected9437131
„ disinfected141832
„ cleansed437