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The licensed house is in good order.
Knacker's Yard, Creeksmouth.— This has been systematically
and frequently inspected during the year, and generally has
been found in fairly good order.
Rivers and Streams of District.
Several times during the year the Roding river and the
Loxford water have been in a very grossly polluted condition, but
generally there has not been nearly so much nuisance as in
former years.
Owing to the coolness and amount of rainfall during the
summer the water courses intersecting the marshes have not been
complained of.
Chief Industries of District.
1. Beckton Gas Works.—This includes all kinds of
labour, skilled and unskilled, coal porters, general labourers,
stokers, engineers, etc.
2. Chemical Manure Works.—Including—
(a) Manufacture of Manure and Disinfectants.
(b) Manufacture of Sheep Dip.
(No complaint of arsenical poisoning).