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Moved by Mr. Hirst seconded by Mr. R. Kemp and resolved
—That the Report be adopted, and it was resolved accordingly.
V. The Report of Committee No. 3 was brought up as follows:
To the Vestry of the Hamlet of Mile End Old Town.
Report of Committee no. 3.
For Drainage, Sewerage and Nuisances.
Wednesday, 22nd April, 1891.
Your Committee beg to report that they met on Wednesday,
the 15th day of April, inst., there being present Messrs.
Coker, Birks, Burge, Livermore, A. Druitt, and E. Kemp.
That your Medical Officer of Health, brought up and read
a Report for which your Committee beg to refer your Board
to his Report Book.
(1) That your Medical Officer reported as follows:
" During the fortnight ending April 4th the number
"of Births was 157: the number of Deaths from all
"causes was 102; 71 occurring in the Eastern district, 23
" in the Western district, and 8 in the outlying Institu"tions;
giving a death rate equal to 22.4 per 1,000 per
"annum, that of the Metropolis being 20.1 for the same
" period."
(2) 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 such Reports 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. 22, Trafalgar Square; 3, Sidney Square; 27,
Varden Street; & 120, Clark Street —
To cleanse and amend the drains thereat.
(b) Nos. 6, 20, Eagle Place; 45, 47, Robeson Street;
152, Charles Street; & 5, Plumber's Row—
To properly trap the drains and sinks thereat.
(c) No. 5, Plumber's Row—
To properly pan and trap the closet thereat.
(d) No. 5, Coke Street—
To properly cleanse the pan of closet thereat.
(e) Nos. 2 to 10, 34 to 72, 27, 29, & 39, Robeson Street—
To disconnect the waste pipes of sinks from direct communication
with the drains thereat.