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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.

Districts.
No. 1.No. 2.No. 3.Total.
Ashpits provided, repaired, or covered160117
Damp walls remedied0404
Miscellaneous repairs08210
Offensive accumulation removed0011
Occupation of underground rooms discontinued0011
Summonses re Public Health Act5005
Magistrate's Orders obtained5005

alfred lloyd.
Signed charles birks.
alfred druitt.
Moved by Mr. Coker seconded by Mr. Birks and resolved
—That the Report be received.
Moved by Mr. Birks seconded by Mr. Hirst and resolved
—That the Report be adopted and it was resolved accordingly.
VI. The Report of Committee for Dusting and Cleansing was
brought up as follows:
To the Vestry of the Hamlet of Mile End Old Town.
Report of Committee for Dusting and Cleansing.
Wednesday, 15th February, 1893.
Your Committee beg to report that they met on Wednesday,
the 8th day of February, inst., there being present Messrs.
Browning, Bull, A. Howe, T. Cook, Furness, and Dorras.
That your Committee, puisuant to the reference of your
Board, have considered as to what steps should be taken with
regard to the filling up of the vacancy caused by the dismissal
of Mr. Alfred Baxter (Superintendent of Labour), and resolved
to recommend—
(1) That Alfred Foster, who has hitherto been styled a
horsekeeper, be appointed Chief Road Foreman, at a salary
of £2 per week, with residence and gas as at present, and
that he reside in the house on Riga Wharf.
(2) That it be his duty to receive and carry out the instructions
of the Surveyor, and to supervise the sweeping of the streets
and the removal of dust and street refuse.