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Adoptive Acts.
Public Health Act (Amendment) Act 1890 Part
—5/12/27.
Infectious Disease (Prevention) Act 1890.—1/3/23.
Private Street Works Act, 1892.
Public Health Act (Amendment) Act 1907 (except Sections
19, 61, 78, 79. 82 86 and 92/94.)
Small Dwellings Acquisitions Acts.
Public Health Act 1925.
Local Acts.
Dagenham Urban District Council Act, 1928 (3/8/28).
The purpose is to enable the compulsory acquisition of
scheduled lands.
(a) For purposes of Public Walks and Pleasure Grounds
(b) For purposes of Cemeteries, with reservations of portions
for playing fields, for municipal purposes, etc.
Under this Act the following areas have been acquired.
Open Spaces.
Chadwell Heath Ward 20 acres
Beacontree Heath Ward 124 „
Housing Sites.
Becontree Ward 11 „
Cemeteries.
East brook End 26 „
These lands were obtained at an average figure of £154
per acre.
SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA.
Water.
See the report of 1927.
Water has been laid on from the main to two cottages in
Eastbrookend Lane, as the spring which provided the original
supply has been drained by the Rom River Gravel Pit some
quarter of a mile distant.