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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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236 23 NOVEMBER, 1892.
That the Vestry pass the requisite Resolutions and direct a
scheme to be prepared under Section 39 of the Housing of the
Working Classes Act, 1890, for the improvement of the area
comprising a small block of buildings in Sidney Street,
Lewin's Buildings, and Adelina Grove, as shewn on a plan
which will be submitted to the Vestry.
(11) That your Committee beg to report that summonses were
taken out against the owners of the following premises with
regard to the non-performance of sanitary works ordered by
your Board, with the following results:
(a) Nos. 15, Sidney Street, and 57, Greenfield Street—The
works having been performed by the day of hearing, the
summonses were withdrawn.
(b) Nos. 129 and 131, Oxford Street—The Magistrate
made Orders for the execution of the works within seven
days, with costs.

(12) That your Sanitary Inspectors reported that since the last meeting, the following works had been performed, viz.:

Districts.
no. 1.no. 2.no. 3.total.
Houses, &c., inspected124127170421
„ reinspected87211133431
Workshop inspected and measured1001
„ re-inspected0011
Notices served for sanitary amendments745171196
Notices served re infectious diseases20123163
Drains tested321419
„ found defective1157
„ cleansed and repaired0235
„ properly trapped447658178
Closets (new) provided001111
Closet pans provided0202
Water-supplies provided to closets2131429
Water-supplies for domestic purposes disconnected from those used for flushing closets93012
Waste pipes of sinks disconnected from direct communication with drains0191130
Rain-water-pipes ditto ditto010616
Houses cleansed26210
Yards paved or paving repaired1171533
Ashpits provided, repaired, or covered2252956
Miscellaneous repairs— Roofs, &c.05i6