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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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1 FEBRUARY, 1893.
301
That with regard to Section 16 your Committee think
that this Vestry should dissent entirely therefrom, for the
reasons that they are much more stringent than is necessary,
and that it carried out would entail an expense tar exceeding
any good which would result therefrom.
w. upton.
Signed Thos. browning.
Alfred furness.
The Vestry then proceeded to consider paragraph 8 of the
Report of Committee No. 3, and the recommendation of the
Dusting and Cleansing Committee.
Moved by Mr. Richardson seconded by Mr. Brown—That
the recommendations in the Reports be referred back to the
Committees for joint consideration.
Moved by Mr. Cushen seconded by Mr. Browning as an
amendment—That the words " and that the Committees be
empowered to make such representations to the London
County Council in reference to the matter as they may deem
proper, and that the Committee do report their proceedings
to the Vestry " be added to the resolution.
The amendment was accepted by the mover of the
resolution, and the resolution with the added words was then
put to a show of hands, and declared by the Chairman to be
carried.
IX. The Report of Special Committee re Unemployed was
brought up as follows :
To the Vestry of the Hamlet of Mile End Old Town.
Report of Special Committee,
Re Unemployed.
Wednesday, 1st February, 1893.
Your Committee beg to report that they met on Wedes
day the 25th day of January ult., there being present Messrs.
Loftus, J. Druitt, Steadman, A. Moore, Reilly (Dr.), Toye,
T. J. Smith, and Revd. E. Hoskyns.
That your Committee beg to report that since the last
meeting 10s have been added to the register, making a total ot
905. That 455 have been struck oft, leaving at the present
time 450 men.
That your Committee considered as to the advisability of
continuing or otherwise of the Special Committee, an
resolved to recommend—