Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hamlet of Mile End Old Town]
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202 16 DECEMBER, 1891.
"38 in the Western district, and 15 in the outlying In"stitutions
belonging to this Hamlet, giving a death-rate
"equal to 19.6 per 1,000 per annum: that of the
"Metropolis being 19.8 for the same period."
and your Committee resolved to recommend—That the same
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. 11, Grebe Court; and 85 to 89, Greenfield
Street—
To cleanse the drains thereat.
(b) Nos. 7, Little Holloway Street; 16, 52, 64, 66, 78,
47, Duckett Street; 2, Tillotson Street; and 85 to 89,
Greenfield Street—
To properly trap the drains and sinks thereat.
(c) Nos. 6 to 16, 40, 46 to 50, 9, 13 to 25, Bradwell
Street; 58, 60, 61, 64, 69, 70, 75, 84, 85, 87, 92, 93,
Lichfield Road; 35, Latimer Street; and 18, Arbour
Square—
To disconnect the waste pipes of sinks from direct communication
with the drains thereat.
(d) Nos. 4, 6, 14, 22 to 30, Latimer Street; 2, 3, 4, and
5, Tillotson Street—
To disconnect the water supply for domestic purposes from
those used for flushing the closets thereat.
(e) Nos. 1 to 3, Pelican Passage; 1a, Bromehead Road;
31, Duckett Street; 35, Latimer Street; 151, Jubilee
Street; 37 to 43, Hawkins Street; and 85 to 89.
Greenfield Street—
To provide water supplies to the closets thereat.
(f) Nos. 6, Little Holloway Street; 14, 36, 74, 80, 19,
47, 123 Duckett Street; and 16, Latimer Street—
To repair the flushing apparatus to the closets thereat.
(g) Nos. 14, 52, and 92, Duckett Street—
To repair the roofs thereof.
(h) Nos. 1 to 4, 7, 9, 10, 16, 17, 19, 20, Driver's Buildings,
20, 22, 38, Bradwell Street; 7, Little Holl0-
way Street; 52 to 56, 70, 80. 35, 47, 51, 53, 57, 59,
63, 67, Duckett Street; and 4, Cadiz Street—
To cleanse and purify such houses.