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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. 187
separately, be served by the Sanitary Inspector upon the
owners and occupiers, pursuant to the Public Health (London)
Act, 1891.
(7) That Mr. Cox, your Inspector under the Adulteration of
Food, &c., Acts, submitted certificates of your Analyst, and
your Committee resolved to recommend—That proceedings
be taken against the persons who sold to your Inspector:
(a) No. 213.—A sample of Butter admixed with about 70
per cent, of foreign fat (margarine).
(b) No. 212.—Ditto ditto 90 per cent. ditto.
(c) No. 210.—A sample of Milk admixed with about 25
per cent. of added water.
(8) That the person who sold to the Inspector a sample of Milk
admixed with about 8 per cent. of added water be cautioned.
(9) That your Sanitary Inspectors reported that since the last meeting, the following works had been performed, viz.:
| Districts. | Total. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. 1. | No. 2. | No. 3. | ||
| Houses, &c., inspected | 111 | 105 | 185 | 401 |
| „ measured | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| „ reinspected | 96 | 226 | 361 | 683 |
| Workshops inspected and measured | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Notices served for sanitary amend-merits | 83 | 107 | 114 | 304 |
| Notices served re infectious diseases | 35 | 49 | 34 | 118 |
| Drains tested | 16 | 21 | 21 | 58 |
| „ found defective | 8 | 11 | 8 | 27 |
| „ cleansed and repaired | 0 | 0 | 15 | 15 |
| „ properly trapped | 101 | 75 | 237 | 413 |
| New W.C. pans provided | 2 | 6 | 18 | 26 |
| Houses cleansed | 9 | 47 | 14 | 70 |
| Water-supplies provided to closets | 2 | 20 | 43 | 65 |
| Water-supplies for domestic purposes disconnected from those used for flushing closets | 0 | 7 | 21 | 28 |
| Cisterns cleansed | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Waste pipes of sinks disconnected from direct communication with drains | 2 | 14 | 70 | 86 |
| Rain-water pipes ditto ditto | 0 | 3 | 44 | 47 |
| Stables properly drained | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Yards paved and paving repaired | 20 | 20 | 33 | 73 |
| Ashpits provided and repaired | 3 | 40 | 94 | 137 |
| Damp walls remedied | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |