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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 JUNE, 1892.
To the Vestry of the Hamlet of Mile End Old Town.
Report of Committee No. 3.
For Drainage, Sewerage and Nuisances.
Wednesday, 8th June, 1892.
Your Committee beg to report that they met on Wednesday,
the 1st day of June, inst., there being present Messrs.
T. J. Smith, Birks, A. Lloyd, and Coker.
(1) That your Surveyor brought up and read a Report for
which your Committee beg to refer your Board to his Report
Book.
That your Surveyor reported that he had received notices
from the following persons of their intention to drain the
following houses and premises into the sewers, viz.:
Rider, T. & Son Additional Stables at Messrs.
Charrington's Brewery, Mile
End Road.
Harper, W No. 6, Sidney Street.
Wood, F. & F. J. „ 328, Oxford Street.
and that on behalf of your Board he had given such directions
with respect to the same as appear by his Books and the plans
submitted.
Your Committee approved of his proceedings and beg to
submit same for confirmation by your Board.
(2) That your Medical Officer of Health brought up and read
a Report for which your Committee beg to refer your Board
to his Report Book.
That your Medical Officer reported as follows:
"During the four weeks ending May 21st the num"ber
of Births was 345 : the number of Deaths from all
"causes was 180; 101 occurring in the Eastern district, 58
"occurring in the Western district, and 21 in the outlying
"Institutions belonging to this Hamlet, giving a death"rate
equal to 217 per 1,000 per annum: that of the
"Metropolis being 19.4 for the same period."
and your Committee recommend—That the same be received.
(3) That your Sanitary Inspector brought up and read a
Report for which your Committee beg to reler your Board
to his Report Book.
That having regard to the Reports of your Medical Officer
and Sanitary Inspector, your Committee resolved to recommend—That
notices requiring the abatement of the following
nuisances existing at the under-mentioned premises, respectively,
be served by your Sanitary Inspector pursuant to the
Public Health (London) Act, 1891: