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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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13 APRIL, 1892.
(8) That your Sanitary Inspector reported that since the last meeting, the following works had been performed, viz.:
| Houses inspected | 330 |
| „ found to be in a good sanitary condition | 258 |
| Houses and premises in which nuisances were found to exist | 72 |
| Houses re-inspected | 206 |
| Orders of Vestry complied with | 131 |
| Notices served for sanitary amendments | 68 |
| 13 | |
| Drains cleansed | 5 |
| „ tested and found alright | 2 |
| „ „ „ defective | 4 |
| „ trapped | 24 |
| Houses cleansed | 62 |
| Ashpits provided | 24 |
| Water supplies provided to closets | 35 |
| Waste-pipes of sinks disconnected from drains | 21 |
| Yards paved | 19 |
| Cesspools abolished | 10 |
| Workshops inspected and measured | 11 |
Signed
g. f. burge.
alfred druitt.
alfred lloyd.
Moved by Mr. Burge seconded by Mr. Upton and resolved
—That the Report be received.
Moved by Mr. Burge seconded by Mr. A. Lloyd and
resolved—That the Report be adopted, and it was resolved
accordingly.
IX. It was referred to No. 3 Committee to consider as to the
sanitary state of Heath Street generally, but specially the
W.C.'s at Nos. 61 and 63 and the accumulations of dust
thereat.
X. The Clerk submitted a notice (in addition to those referred
to in the No. 3 Committee's Report) from the Medical Officer
of Health, complaining of a nuisance caused by stopped drain
existing at No. 142, Charles Street.
Moved by Mr. Burge seconded by Mr. J. J. Musto and
resolved—That the requisite notice to abate the nuisance
complained of, within 48 hours be served upon the owner of
such premises; and that the Chairman sign the necessary order
empowering the Inspector to make complaint and take proceedings
on behalf of the Vestry, before the Magistrate, in
case of default in complying with the notice.