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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13 APRIL, 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 two weeks ending March 26th the number
"of Births was 157: the number of Deaths from all
"causes was 115;71 occurring in the Eastern district, 28
"in the Western district, and 16 in the outlying Institutions
belonging to this Hamlet; giving a death-rate
"equal to 27.7 per 1,000 per annum, that of the Metropolis
"being 22.9 for the same period."
and your Committee recommend—That the same be received.
(3) That your Sanitary Inspector brought up and read a
Report for which your Committee beg to refer your Board
to his Report Book.
That having regard to the Reports of your Medical Officer
and Sanitary Inspector, 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 Inspector pursuant to the
Public Health (London) Act, 1891:
(a) Nos. 1, 4, Neat's Cottages (Charles Street); 77,
Commercial Road; 2 and 4, Exmouth Court—
Yard gullies thereat not or improperly trapped.
(b) Nos. 8, 10, Mossford Street; and 61, Sceptre Street—
Yard gullies thereat defective.
(c) Nos. 8, Moody Street; and 1, Exmouth Court—
Stables thereat not or improperly drained.
(d) No. 13, Colmar Street—
Waste pipe of sink in direct communication with the drain
thereat.
(e) Nos. 2 to 8 (consecutive), Cantrell Road; and 32,
Longfellow Road—
Water supplies for domestic purposes in direct communication
with those used for flushing the closets thereat.
(f) Nos. 1, Goveys Place; 8, 10, Mossford Street; 51, 75,
95, ll5, I23, 32I, 327, 413, 415, 419, 421, 455, 467,
475, Commercial Road; 8, King Street; 4 and 17,
Exmouth Court—
Closets thereat without water supply.
(g) Nos. 85, Bancroft Road; 2 and 6, Exmouth Court—
Roofs thereof defective.
(h) Nos. 1, Neat's Cottages; 2, 3, 4, 5, Goveys Place;
61, Sceptre Street; 43, 97, 115, 467, Commercial