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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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12 OCTOBER, 1892. 179
The amendment was put to a show of hands and there
were
In favour 15 votes
Against 5 „
The Chairman declared the amendment carried, and then
submitted the recommendation as amended and declared it
carried and it was resolved accordingly.
VIII. The Report of the Committee for Dusting and Cleansing
of 21st September was brought up as follows:
To the Vestry of the Hamlet of Mile End Old Town.
Report of Committee for Dusting and Cleansing.
Wednesday, 21st September 1892.
Your Committee beg to report that they met on Monday,
the 5th day of September, inst., there being present Messrs.
Upton, Bull, T. Cook, Taylor, Furness, and A. Howe.
(1) That your Committee resolved to recommend—That, in
future, the practice of sending a Horse, Cart and Men to the
Waste, Mile End Road, be discontinued until otherwise
ordered by the Vestry.
(2) That your Committee considered the Tenders for Wheels
and Tyreing, referred by your Board, and resolved to recom
mend—That the Tender of Mr. T. Jarvis for Wheels and
Tyreing be accepted.
(3) That your Committee considered the Memorial of the
Furnacemen at the Dust Yard asking for an increase in their
present wages, and your Committee having regard to the fact
that their wages have lately been increased, and being ot
opinion that they are sufficiently paid, resolved to recommend
—That the wages of the Furnacemen, viz.: 4/8 per day the
first and 4/4 per day the other two men, be not altered.
That your Committee met again on Wednesday, the 14th
day of September, inst., there being present Messrs. Upton,
Browning, Taylor, A. Howe, and Thomas.
That your Surveyor brought up and read a Report lor
which your Committee beg to refer your Board to his Report
Book.
(4) That your Surveyor submitted and your Committee considered
and approved an Estimate ot the amounts required
for the Half-year ending Lady Day next as follows, and which
your Committee recommend tor approval by your Board, viz.;