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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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26 OCTOBER, 1892. 199
"During the two weeks ending October 8th the num"ber
of Births was 157: the number of Deaths from all
"causes was 86; 46 occurring in the Eastern district, 22
"in the Western district, and 18 belonging to this Ham"let
in the outlying Institutions, giving a death-rate
"equal to 207 per 1,000 per annum: that of the
" Metropolis being 15.8 for the same period."
and your Committee recommend—That the same be received.
(5) 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. 30, Mulberry Street; and "Grosvenor Arms,"
Grosvenor Street—
Drinking-water from foul cisterns.
(1b) Nos. 3, Eastbury Terrace; 8, 26, Wellesley Street;
3, Cornwall Square; 69, Stepney Green; 1, Cecil
Street; 1, 10, Harlow Place; 21, 27 to 35, Charles
Street; and 30, Mulberry Street—
Closets thereat without water-supply.
(c) Nos. 6, 12, Cecil Street; and 43, Charles Street—
Closets thereat improperly flushed.
(d) Nos. 46, St. Dunstan's Road; 5, Gateshead Place ;
and 3a, Union Street—
Flushing apparatus to closets thereat defective.
(e) Nos. 11 to 21, 41, 45 to 49, Maplin Street; 67 to 101,
White Horse Lane; and "Earl of Warwick," Whitechapel
Road—
Water-supplies for domestic purposes in direct communication
with those used for flushing the closets thereat
(/) Nos. 3, 23 to 33, 41, 43, 55 to 65, Maplin Street; 76,
80, 82, Canal Road; 11, Colmar Street; 1, 2, 3, Lastbury
Terrace; 101, White Horse Lane; 14, 17, 20,
22, 24, Louisa Street; 49, 57; 61, Stepney Green;
53, Copley Street; 13, Nicholas Street; 1 to 4, 6 to
9, Cecil Street; 7, 17, 31, 39 to 45, Charles Street;
21, 23, 27, 29, 35, 41, 43; 10, 46, New;
Wellesley Street; 190, "Earl ot Warwick, W lutechapel
Road; 18, Baker Street; 581 Commercial
Road; "Grosvenor Arms," Grosvenor Street; and
30, Mulberry Street—
Waste-pipes of sinks in direct communication with the
drains thereat.