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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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18 JANUARY, 1893. 279
stating that the lessons are greatly hindered on one
"side of the building by the traffic, and that a wood or
"asphalte pavement would be a great relief to the
"teachers.
"I shall be glad to hear, for the information of
"the Sub-Committee, that your Vestry will take steps to
"provide a pavement of the kind suggested bv the
"Inspector, in order that the lessons may not be "inter"fered
with by the noise outside.
"Yours, &c.,
"G. H. Croad,
W.H.H.
"The Vestry Clerk, "Clerk of the Board.
"Vestry Hall,
"Bancroft Road, Mile End, E."
and your Committee resolved to recommend—
(3) That the School Board for London be informed that the
Vestry will be willing to accede to the application to repave
with wood or asphalte, provided that Board pay the cost
thereof.
That, having regard to a communication and copy of
counsel's opinion from the Vestry of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
as to the present powers of Vestries and District Boards as to
the erection of lamps and other projections over the public
footways, your Committee resolved to recommend—
(4) That this Vestry urge the London County Council to insert
in one of their various Powers Bills a clause which will enable
Local Authorities effectually to regulate projections overhanging
footways beyond the general line of buildings.
That your Committee resolved to recommend—
(5) That trees be planted on the south side of Mile End Road,
between Jubilee Street and Sidney Street.
jabez druitt.
Signed j. loftus.
j. smith.
Moved by Mr. J. Druitt seconded by Mr. R. Kemp and
resolved—That the Report be received.
Resolved—That it be considered seriatim.
lamp, corner of lincoln street
and mile end road.
Moved by Mr. J. Druitt seconded by Mr. J. J. Musto and
resolved—That that part of the Report be adopted and it was
resolved accordingly.