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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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22 APRIL, 1891.
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(3) That your Committee resolved to recommend—That proceedings
be taken against the owners of such of the houses
and premises who fail to carry out the orders of your Board
in respect of—
(a) Cleansing drain within forty-eight hours, and
(b) The other sanitary works within twenty-eight days
from the service of the notice, and that the Chairman sign
the necessary orders in each particular case, empowering
the Inspector of Nuisances for the district in which the
premises are situate to make complaints and take proceedings
on behalf of the Vestry.
(4) That your Committee resolved to recommend—That tenders
be invited for the supply and delivery of two new trucks
(to be lined with copper), for use in connection with the
disinfection of articles of clothing &c, the estimated cost
being £20.

Table: (5) That your Sanitary Inspectors reported that since the last meeting, the following works had been performed, viz.:

(5) That your Sanitary Inspectors reported that since the last meeting, the following works had been performed, viz.:

Notices served for sanitary amendments74
,, ,, Re infectious diseases13
Houses inspected145
,, re-inspected117
„ disinfected22
Drains cleansed4
,, tested and found to be all right2
Water supplies provided to closets43
Water supplies for domestic purposes disconnected from cisterns which supply the closets32
Waste pipes of sinks disconnected from direct communication with the drains18
Receptacles for dust provided6
Yards paved2

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Signed
GEO. COKER.
G. F. BURGE,
T. G. LIVERMORE.
Moved by Mr. Coker seconded by Mr. R. Kemp and resolved
—That the Report be received.
Moved by Mr. Cushen seconded by Mr. Coker and resolved
—That the Report be adopted and it was resolved accordingly.
COMMERCIAL ROAD SEWER.
As a matter of emergency the Clerk submitted a statement
on behalf of No. 3 Committee with reference to the estimated
cost of carrying out the Order of the London County Council,
with regard" to the Commercial Road Sewer, as presented by
the St. George in the East Vestry.