Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hamlet of Mile End Old Town]
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182 12 OCTOBER, 1892.
Your Committee approved of his proceedings and beg to
submit same for confirmation by your Board.
(2) That your Medical Officer of Health brought up and read
a Report for which your Committee beg to refer your Board
to his Report Book.
That your Medical Officer reported as follows:
"During the three weeks ending September 24th the
"number of Births was 216: the number of Deaths from all
"causes was 134; 83 occurring in the Eastern district, 30
"in the Western district, and 21 in the outlying Institutions
belonging to this Hamlet, giving a death-rate
"equal to 21.5 per 1,000 per annum: that of the Metropolis
"being 16.2 for the same period."
and your Committee recommend—That the same be received.
(3) That your Sanitary Inspectors brought up and read
Reports for which your Committee beg to refer your Board
to their Report Books.
That having regard to such Reports 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) No. 11, Mulberry Street—
Drinking-water from foul cistern.
(b) Nos. 8, Maritime Street; 22, Grove Road; 14,
Clinton Road;.16, 20, 34, 58, 70, Maplin Street; 23,
Greenfield Street; 36, Dempsey Street; 61a, Sidney
Street; 12, Union Street; 24, Perth Street; 40, 42,
88, Charles Street; 161, Jubilee Street; 120, Clark
Street; Sion House, Sion Square; 58a, Bedford
Street; 77, Heath Street; 9, Cannon Place; 19,
Leslie Street; 11, 15, 42, Russell Street; 38, 39, 48,
Smith Street; 96, 98, Jamaica Street; 2, Little
Bridge Street; 132, Devonshire Street; 41, 6, 14 and
24, Ann Street—
Closets thereat without proper water-supply.
(c) Nos. 64, 65, Lyall Road; 44, Russell Street; 57, St.
Peter's Road ; and 33, King Street—
Water-supplies in direct communication with the drains
thereat.
(d) Nos. 43, Tredegar Square; 35, Morgan Street; 10,
Salisbury Street; 12 to 16, 20, 24, 58, 60, 64, Maplin
Street; 61a, Sidney Street; 20, Leslie Street; 3,
Walden Street; 6, 8, 22, 24, 40, 44, 52, Russell
Street; 9, 10, 11, Cannon Place; 17, 18, 21, Leslie
Street; 96, 98, Jamaica Street; 128, Stepney Green;
27, Pole Street; and 14, Ann Street—