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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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| Situation of Premises. | Nature of Complaint. | Date and Order of Vestry. | Date and Result of Re-inspection. | Summons taken out Police Courts. | Result. | Name of Inspector. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19, Knott Street | House dirty and dilapidated. | Oct.20, 189O,to abate nuisance in 28 days. | Dec. 20,1890, nuisance still existing. | Jan. 7, 1891. | Magistrate made an order to do work in 28 days. | C. Cox. |
| 1, Wades Place | No water on W.C.; no dustbin; yard unpaved. | Jan. 7, to abate nuisance in 28 days. | February 9, nuisance still existing. | February 13. | do. | do. |
| Do. do. do. | do. | do. | do. | do. | do. | |
| 3 » | No water on W.C.; no dustbin. | do. | do. | do. | do. | do. |
| 4 » | No water on W.C.; no dustbin; house dirty. | do. | do. | do. | do. | do. |
| No water on W.C.; no dustbin. | do. | do. | do. | do. | do. | |
| 7, » | Do. do. | do. | do. | do. | do. | do. |
| 8 „ | Do. do. gully not properly trapped. | do. | do. | do. | do. | do. |
| No water on W.C. | do. | do. | do. | do. | do. | |
| House dirty and dilapidated; no dustbin. | Jan. 11, to abate nuisance in 28 days. | do. | do. | do. | do. | |
| House dirty; yard unpaved; no dustbin. | do. | do. | do. | do. | do. | |
| N0 water on W.C.; house dirty and dilapidated. | do. | do. | do. | do. | do. | |
| 26, ,, | House dirty and dilapidated; yard unpaved. | do. | do. | do. | do. | do. |
| 43 ” | House dirty and dilapidated. | do. | do. | do. | do. | do. |
| House dirty; floorboards decayed; no water on W.C.; roof defective. | Feb. 4, to abate nuisance in 28 days. | March 31, nuisance still existing. | June 11. | do. | do. | |
| 4 ” | No water on W.C.; house dirty. | do. | do. | do. | do. | do. |
| 17 Lomas Buildings. | Walls damp and dilapidated; no water on W.C.; no dustbin. | Mar. 4, to abate nuisance in 28 days. | April 30, nuisance still existing. | May 8. | Magistrate adjourned case 14 days, and as nothing had been done in meantime, ordered premises to be closed forthwith. | do. |
| Walls damp and dilapidated. | do. | do. | do. | do. | do. | |
| Do. no water on W.C.; no dustbin. | do. | do. | do. | do. | do. | |
| No water on W.C.; house dilapidated. | do. | do. | do. | do. | do. | |
| No water on W.C.; walls damp and dilapidated. | do. | do. | do. | do. | do. | |
| No water on W.C.; yard unpaved. | Apl. 8, to abate nuisance in 28 days. | May 20. | Nuisance having been a-bated summons was withdrawn. | do. | ||
| N0 water on W.C.; house dirty. | do. | do. | do. | Magistrate made order to do work forthwith. | do. | |
| No water on W.C.; yard unpaved; gully not trapped. | do. | do. | do. | do. | do. | |
| 1, Eagle Place | No water on W.C.; house dirty and dilapidated. | Apl. 22,to abate nuisance in 28 days. | June 26. | Magistrate order to do work in 21 days. | H. Leshaw | |
| House dirty and dilapi-dated. | do. | do. | do. | do. | do. | |
| 19, ” | Do. yard unpaved: W.C. tumbling down; and no water on. | do. | do. | do. | do. 42 days. | do. do. |
| No water on W.C no | do. | do. | do. | do. 21 days. | ||
| House dirty and dilapidated; walls damp. | July 22, to abate nuisance in 28 days. | Sept. 21, nothing done | November 6. | Nuisance having been a-bated, summons withdrawn. | C. Cox. | |
| 9, | do. | do. | do. | do. | Magistrate made an order to do work in 14 days. | do. |
| do. | do. | do. | do. | Nuisance having been a-bated, summons withdrawn. | do. | |
| 15,” | do. | do. | do. | do. | Magistrate made an order to do work in 14 days. | do. |
| do. no water on W.C. | do. | do. | do. | do. | do. | |
| 17, ” | House dirty and dilapidated; yard gully not trapped. | do. | do. | do. | do. | do. |
| No water supply to W.C.; no dustbin; premises dirty and dilapidated. | Aug. 5, to abate nuisance in 28 days. | October 23. | do. | do. | do. |