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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 1892

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

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Table: 21 SEPTEMBER, 1892.

21 SEPTEMBER, 1892.

Districts.Total.
No. 1.No. 2.No. 3.
Water-supplies for domestic purposes disconnected from those used for flushing closets5308
Waste pipes of sinks disconnected from direct communication with drains22124983
Rain-water pipes ditto ditto002929
W.C's. (new) provided002828
Closet pan provided (new)1001
Yards paved953347
Ashpits provided22304597
Ashpit repaired and covered0011
Accumulations removed0123
Miscellaneous repairs—floors, roofs, gutters, &c.001010
Occupation of underground rooms discontinued0022

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Signed T. J. SMITH.
ALFRED DRUITT.
J. W. KING.
Moved by Mr. T. J. Smith seconded and resolved—That the
Report be received.
Moved by Mr. T. J. Smith seconded by Mr. Coker and
resolved—That the Report down to and including paragraph
6 be adopted, and it was resolved accordingly.
ESTIMATES.
Moved by Mr. T. J. Smith seconded by Mr. Coker and
resolved—That that part of the Report be adopted, and it was
resolved accordingly.
SALARY OF MR. COX, SANITARY INSPECTOR.
Moved by Mr. T. J. Smith seconded by Mr. Steadman—That
that part of the Report be adopted.
Moved by Mr. Catmur seconded by Mr. Brown as an amendment—That
Mr. Cox be required to give to the performance
of his duties the number of hours fixed by the Vestry for the
other Sanitary Inspectors, and that no increase be now made
in his salary.
The amendment was submitted to a show of hands and
the Chairman declared it lost.
A division was demanded and upon such division there
were
For the amendment—Messrs. Baxter, Booth, Brown,
Browning, Catmur, Chidgey, A. Druitt, J. Druitt, Emery,
Hancock, C. Howe, A. Moore, Ockelford, Peacock.—14 votes.