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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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272 16 MARCH, 1892.
Moved by Mr. R. Kemp seconded by Mr. Hirst and resolved
—That the Minutes of those meetings are correctly recorded
and be confirmed.
II. The Report of Committee No. 1 was brought up as follows:
To the Vestry of the Hamlet of Mile End Old Town.
Report of Committee No. 1.
For Finance, Parliamentary and General Purposes.
Wednesday, 16th March, 1892.
Your Committee beg to report that they met this day,
there being present Messrs. Hasted, Peacock, R. Kemp, and
Jacobson.
(1) That your Clerk submitted a Financial Statement a copy of
which is as follows :
Financial Statement, Wednesday, 16th March, 1892.
Balance at Bankers .£3,131 18 11
(2) That your Clerk submitted the following Accounts, duly certified and approved, which your Committee recommend for payment, viz.:
| Weston & Westall | Salt for melting snow | £11 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Davis, C. | Dust baskets | 3 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Gt. Eastern Railway Co. | Gas to Dust Wharf | 0 | 11 | 2 | |||
| Water to ditto | l | 8 | 3 | ||||
| 1 | 19 | 5 | |||||
| Hawirings, S. W. | Further on account of contract for reconstruction of Sidney Street sewer | 400 | 0 | 0 | |||
| St. George-in-the-East Vestry | Further moiety on account of cost of reconstruction of Commercial Road sewer | 391 | 3 | 8 | |||
| Emerson, H. J | Taking of manure (sewer stuff) | 10 | 0 | 9 | |||
| Doughty & Co. | Disinfectants | 8 | 8 | 0 | |||
| Bentley & Smith | 10,179 feet of 3 inch tooled York Paving (as per contract and extra quantity) | 301 | 11 | I | |||
| Tees Scoriæ Brick Co. Ld. | Blocks | 33 | 14 | 1 | |||
| Aird, J. & Sons | Repairs to hydrants | 34 | 14 | 10 | |||
| Shelitoe, E | Timber (yellow) | 9 | 6 | 6 | |||
| Taplin, G. | Supply and planting of plane trees in the Hamlet | 7 | 12 | 0 | |||
| Girling, J. & H | Coals (2 tons) for Vestry Hall | 2 | 12 | 0 | |||
That your Clerk submitted particulars of the expenses of
the Assessment Committee (including the salary of the clerk)
for the Quarter ending the 25th inst., amounting to £20 9s. 1d.
and your Committee resolved to recommend—That a cheque
for £20 9s. 1d. be drawn in favour of your Clerk for payment
of such expenses.