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SECTION C.
SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA.
1. WATER.
Water is supplied to the area by the South Essex Waterworks Company, and,
generally speaking, is drawn from the River Stour. The water is of satisfactory purity.
Four samples of water were taken during the year from various services.
2. RAINFALL.
The rainfall for the year ended December 31st, 1933, was 17.23 inches. This
compares with 13.88 inches in the very dry year of 1921.
Rain fell on 158 days in the year 1933.
3. DRAINAGE AND SEWERAGE.
Further considerable progress has been made in the work of sewering the district,
to convey the sewage of Ilford and Barking to the Northern Outfall Works of the
London County Council at Barking.
The Barking Sewage Disposal Works, situated at Gascoigne Road, Barking, continued
in operation during the year.
4. RIVERS AND STREAMS.
The rivers and streams running through the area are controlled by the River Roding
Catchment Board, whilst the River Thames, your southern boundary, and one of its
tributaries, the River Roding, which flows through Barking, is under the control of the
Port of London .
Within the tidal limits the River Roding receives the sewage effluents from the
works of three authorities, and higher upstream the effluents from the works of three
further authorities.
I wish once more to say that on no account should anyone bathe in the River Roding.
5. CLOSET ACCOMMODATION.
At the end of the year there remained a total of 22 premises unconnected with the
sewer. Ten of these were factory premises.
Of these 22 premises, 12 have cesspools and 10 have pail closets.
Seven premises were connected to the sewer during the year, without cost to the
Corporation.
The premises still unconnected are isolated properties, some of which are likely
to be demolished soon. Cleansing is carried out by means of covered vehicles and
suction pumps.