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Members of the Hornchurch Urban District Council
Chairman: Councillor F. H. R. Davis.
Vice-Chairman: Councillor C. L. Parker.
Councillors:—Mrs. E. M. Field, Messrs. E. G. Bratchell,
F. L J. Cole, J. S. Everson, A. Ferguson, C. J. Fielder, J. W.
Mathews, E. T. Potter, W. Stanton, B. L. Tarr.
Representatives on the Romford Joint Hospital Board
Councillor F. H. R. Davis, ex-offico.
„ E. G. Bratchell,
,, F. L. J. Cole.
Representatives on the Guardians Committee
On the Southern Area Guardians Committee are two members
of the Council:
Councillor E. G. Bratchell, Chairman of the Committee, appointed
by the County Council and Councillor F. L. J. Cole, nominated
by the Hornchurch Council.
In addition Councillor Bratchell is a member of the Public
Assistance Committee.
Public Health Officers of the Authority
(a) Medical.
The Medical Officer of Health holds a combined appointment
under three Local Authorities, being the Medical Officer of Health
for the Hornchurch Urban District Council, the Romford Urban
District Council, and the Romford Rural District Council.
(b) Sanitary Inspector.
There is one whole time Sanitary Inspector, Mr. H. Bousfield,
who holds the Sanitary Inspector's Certificate of the Royal Sanitary
Institute.
This officer carries out the inspection of meat and other foods,
and he is also the Inspector under the Petroleum Act, 1928, and the
Shops Acts and Regulations, 1912 to 1930.
Statistics and Social Conditions of the Area
Area of the District in acres (land and inland water) 6,783
Registrar-General's estimate of resident population, 1931 28,590
Number of inhabited houses (end of 1931) according to
Rate books 8,757
Rateable value (September, 1931) £216,618
Sum represented by a Penny Rate (September) £773 3s. 2d.