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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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36 6 MAY, 1891.
(5) That your Committee resolved to recommend—That proceedings
be taken against the owners ot such of the houses
and premises who fail to carry out the orders of your Board
in respect of—
(a) Cleansing drains within forty-eight hours, and
(b) The other sanitary works within twenty-eight days
(6) That your Sanitary Inspectors reported that since the last meeting, the following works had been performed, viz.:
| Notices served for sanitary amendments | 122 |
| 8 | |
| Houses inspected | 131 |
| „ re-inspected | 188 |
| „ disinfected | 4 |
| Drain constructed | 1 |
| Drains cleansed | 7 |
| ,, tested | 4 |
| Water supplies provided to closets | 35 |
| Water supplies for domestic purposes disconnected from cisterns which supply the closets | 25 |
| Waste pipes of sinks disconnected from direct communication with the drains | 16 |
| Houses cleansed | 5 |
Moved by Mr. Coker seconded by Mr. Burge and resolved—
—That the Report be received.
Moved by Mr. Coker seconded by Mr. Burge and resolved
—That the Report be adopted and it was resolved accordingly.
VI. Moved by Mr. Richardson seconded by Mr. Hirst and
resolved That the minutes of No. 2 Committee of the
Survey last week be read.
The minutes were then read.
VII. NUISANCES INJURIOUS TO HEALTH.
The Clerk submitted two notices (in addition to those
lefened to in the Committee's Report) from Mr. Cox,
Inspected of Nuisances, complaining of nuisances injurious to
health existing at 120 Duckett Street, and 118, Skidmore
Street.
Moved by Mr Coker seconded by Mr. Burge and resolved—
That the requisite notices to abate the nuisances complained