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Mile End 1892

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hamlet of Mile End Old Town]

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3 AUGUST, 1892.
145
"causes was 97; 60 occurring in the Eastern district, 26
" in the Western district, and 11 in the outlying Institutions
belonging to this Hamlet, giving a death-rate
" equal to 23.4 per 1,000 per annum: that of the Metropolis
"being 18.0 for the same period."
and your Committee recommend—That the same be received.
That your Sanitary Inspectors brought up and read
Reports for which your Committee beg to refer your Board
to their Report Books.
(2) That having regard to the Reports of your Medical Officer
and Sanitary Inspectors, your Committee resolved to recommend—That
notices requiring the abatement of the following
nuisances existing at the under-mentioned premises, respectively,
be served by your Sanitary Inspectors pursuant to the
Public Health (London) Act, 1891 :
(a) Nos. 129, 131, 142, Oxford Street; and 24, Bedford
Street—
Drinking-water from foul butts or cisterns.
(b) Nos. 5, 9, Bermuda Street; 73, 121, 123, 129, 76, 82,
Grafton Street; 9, Maidmans Street; 66, 74, 78, 92,
108, 112, 114, Duckett Street; 4, Assembly Mews;
86, 88, Jamaica Street; 304, Mile End Road; 34,
Wellesley Street; 35, Stainer's Road; 75, 87, 89, 99,
103,127,145,155 to 161,165, 203, 209, 225, 255, 257,
267, 269, 275, 289, 291, 58, 78, 80, 120, 128, 166, 168,
178, 198, 216, 218, 222, 256, 260, 290, 296, 298, 316,
Oxford Street; 395, 397, 559, Commercial Road; 44,
Hawkins Street; 45, Heath Street; 66, Nelson
Street; and 130, Jubilee Street-
Closets thereat without proper water supply.
(c) Nos. 3, 15, 25, 31, 33, 47, 53, 55, 59 to 67, 106, 116,
118, Grafton Street; 187, Turner's Road; 22 to 26,
Duckett Street; 11, Bale Street; 37, Diggon Street;
24, Emmott Street; 277, 281, 283, Oxford Street; 60
to 66, Bedford Street—
Water supplies for domestic purposes in direct communication
with those used for flushing the closets thereat.
(d) Nos. 3, 29, 35 to 41, 47, 51 to 55, 54 to 60, 70, 72,
78 to 110,112,118 to 122,128 to 144, Gratton Street;
90, 134, Duckett Street; 14, Floriston Street; 1, 3,
Tillotson Street; 33, Copley Street; 283, Mile End
Road; 34 to 48, 56, 60, 62, 66, 72, 76, Wellesley
Street; 35, Stayner's Road; 87, 93, 99, 105, 119, 133,
143 to 153, 157, 161, 165, 173 to 177,195, 203 to 209,
221, 239, 241, 259 to 263, 267, 271, 273, 277, 281 to
293, 108, 110, 130, 132, 166, 172, 196, 206 to 210,
216, 224, 228, 260 to 270, 274, 284, 302, so6, 310 to