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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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30 march, 1892.
several sums following, at the times and for the purposes
following ; that is to say : the sum of £23,000 for the General
Purposes of the Vestry by two instalments, the first of £"10,000
to be paid on or before the 1st day of June next, and the
balance of £ 13,000 on or before the 1st day of September
next; the sum of £ 1,900 for Lighting the Hamlet, on or before
the 1st day of June next; and the sum of £2,000 for the
purposes of Sewers, on or before the 1st day of June next.
(4) That 011 the 7th May, 1890, your Board resolved that Ben
Jonson Road and Harford Street (from the Gas Works to
Commodore Street) be repaved, at an estimated cost as
follows:
Ben Jonson Road £1,982
Harford Street 2,261
Together £4,243
As the matter has since been standing over, and your
Surveyor having reported that the works ought really to be
done, your Committee resolved to recommend—That the sum
of £4,200 be borrowed, the repayments to be spread over a
number of years.
Your Committee also considered the question of the cost
of the re-construction of Commercial Road Sewer, which your
Committee estimate will cost £1,500 as the share of your
Board, and your Committee resolved to recommend—That
the amount be borrowed ; and
That application be made to the London County Council
requesting their consent to the borrowing of the beforementioned
sums, and that your Committee be empowered to
make the necessary arrangements.
(5) That your Committee considered a letter from your
Medical Officer of Health, stating that it was necessary that
a desk with pigeon holes, &c., should be provided for the use
of your Sanitary Clerk, and your Committee having invited
tenders for supply of same, received tenders as follows:
Ridpath, C £9 1o/-
Jenkins, S 5 10/Howlett,
S 5 15/-
and beg to recommend—That the tender of Mr. S. Jenkins be
accepted.
Signed
V. J. HASTED.
MATTHEW LYON.
ROBERT KEMP.
Moved by Mr. Hasted seconded by Mr. Upton and
resolved—That the Report be received.
Resolved—That it be considered seriatim.