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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Mile End 1891
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hamlet of Mile End Old Town]
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16 MARCH, 1892.
Tools, &C. £41
Timber 5
Urinals 80
Works of reparation to sewers 400
Water 110
£1,736
(6) That your Sanitary Inspectors reported that since the last meeting, the following works had been performed, viz.:
| East. | West. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Houses inspected | 241 | 186 | 427 |
| „ found to be in a good sanitary condition | 148 | 87 | 235 |
| Houses in which nuisances were found to exist | 93 | 89 | 182 |
| Houses re-inspected | 82 | 24 | 106 |
| Orders of Vestry complied with | 82 | 24 | 106 |
| Notices served for sanitary amendments | 73 | 87 | 160 |
| 3 | 9 | 12 | |
| Drains cleansed | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| „ &c., trapped | 30 | 4 | 34 |
| Drain, new, constructed | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Houses cleansed | 26 | 7 | 33 |
| Water supplies provided to closets | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Water-supplies for domestic purposes disconnected from those used for flushing the closets | 34 | 11 | 45 |
| Waste pipes of sinks disconnected from direct communication with the drains | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Yards paved | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| Ashpits provided | 0 | 2 | 2 |
t. j. smith.
Signed t. G. livermore.
G. F. BURGE.
ALFRED LLOYD.
Moved by Mr. T. J. Smith seconded by Mr. Burge and
resolved—That the Report be received.
Moved by Mr. T. J. Smith seconded by Mr. Burge and
resolved—That the Report be adopted, and it was resolved
accordingly.
VII. The Report of the Committee for Dusting and Cleansing
was brought up as follows: