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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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15 FEBRUARY, 1893. 311
(8) That proceedings be taken against the owners of the following
premises in case of their failing to comply with the
sanitary notices ser\ed by direction ol your Committee, viz.;
Nos. 6, Union Street; 16, Heath Street; 44, Varden
Street; 61, 62, 63, Longfellow Road; 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,
8, 9, 10, 11, Colmar Street; 24, 26, 28, 30 and 7,2,
Bradwell Street.
(9) 1 hat your Committee beg to report that Summonses were
taken out against the owner of Xos. 21, 23, 27, 29 and 31,
Edwards Road, with regard to the non-performance of
sanitary works ordered by your Board, with the result that
the Magistrate made Older for the execution of the works
within fourteen days with costs.
(10) 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., inspected | 112 | 71 | 44 | 227 |
| „ reinspected | 33 | 69 | 51 | 153 |
| Workshops inspected | 8 | 16 | 0 | 24 |
| „ measured | 8 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| ,, re-inspected | 0 | 0 | 124 | 124 |
| Notices served for sanitary amendments | 50 | 87 | 70 | 207 |
| Notices served re infectious diseases | 12 | 14 | 9 | 35 |
| Drains tested | 7 | 7 | 8 | 22 |
| „ found defective | 2 | 6 | 4 | 12 |
| „ cleansed and repaired | 1 | 6 | 2 | 9 |
| „ reconstructed and ventilated | 0 | 4 | 21 | 25 |
| „ properly trapped | 15 | 18 | 25 | 58 |
| „ (new) to areas | 18 | 2 | 0 | 20 |
| Closet pans and traps provided | 0 | 10 | 1 | 11 |
| „ ventilated | 0 | 0 | I | 1 |
| Closets (additional) provided | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 0 |
| Water-supplies provided to closets | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| „ for domestic pur | ||||
| poses disconnected from those used for flushing closets | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Waste-pipes of sinks disconnected from direct communication with drains | 15 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
| Rain-water-pipes ditto ditto | 0 | 7 | 1 | |
| Houses cleansed | 0 | 7 | 1 | 16 |
| ., provided with water-supply | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Urinals reconstructed and provided with water-supply | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Cisterns cleansed | 0 | |||
| Yards paved or paving repaired | 9 | 34 | ||