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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2 MARCH, 1892.
"During the fortnight ending February 13th the num"ber
of Births was 146: the number of Deaths from all
"causes was 119; 76 occurring in the Eastern district, 35
" occurring in the Western district, and 8 in the outlying
" Institutions, giving a death-rate equal to 28.7 per 1,000
"per annum: that of the Metropolis being 27.6 for the
" same period."
and your Committee recommend—That the same be received.
(2) That your Sanitary Inspectors 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 Sanitary Inspectors your Committee resolved to recommend—That
Notices requiring the abatement of the following
nuisances existing at the under-mentioned premises respectively,
be served by the Sanitary Inspectors pursuant to the
Public Health (London) Act, 1891:
(a) No. 115, Globe Road—
Foul drain thereat.
(b) Nos. 24, 30, 48, King Street; 12, Doveton Street;
21, 23, 29, 51, 53, 55, 57, 61, 63, 79, 129, 135,
Devonshire Street; 102, 108, 103, "Little Wonder"
P.H., Old Church Road; 6, Union Street; 3,
Plumber's Row; 7, Little Holloway Street; and 14,
Jewel Street—
The gullies and sinks thereat improperly trapped.
(c) "Little Wonder" P.H., Old Church Road—
The urinal thereat without proper trap to drain.
(d) Nos. 1, 2, 6, 7, 9, 28, 33, 34, King Street; 17,
Doveton Street; 29, 33, 73, 79, 95, 97, 101 to 105,
113, 117 to 123, 127, 131 to 135, 145, 153, 155, 159,
Devonshire Street; and 41, Wilson Street—
The waste-pipes of sinks in direct communication with the
drains thereat.
(e) No. 37, Ely Terrace—
The house without a supply of water.
(/) Nos. 9,11 to 21, Cressy Place; 9, 20, 48, King Street;
15, 159, Devonshire Street; 25, 31, Old Church
Road; 1, Freeman's Cottages, Old Church Road;
40, 42, 70, 49, Plumber's Row; 14, Philpot Street;
and Wheelwright's shop in rear of Dempsey Street—
The closets thereat without proper water supplies.
(g) Nos. 9, King Street; 8, Doveton. Street; and 101 to
105, Devonshire Street—
The water supplies for domestic purposes connected with
those used for flushing the closets thereat.