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SECTION C.
SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA.
Water.
The South Essex Waterworks Company provide a constant supply of
water which is satisfactory in quality.
It is understood that previously the main source of supply was from
deep wells but the water is now mainly derived from the River Stour.
The Company has been able to meet all demands as to quantity.
Sewerage and Sewage Disposal.
During the year the main trunk sewers in the Ingrebourne and
Ravensbourne valleys were constructed.
The extensions to the Outfall Works at Bretons Farm were completed
and were put into use in the early part of May. The Harold Wood, Upminster,
and Rainham Road works thereupon ceased to be used and the
ground occupied by them will be retained as open spaces after the apparatus
has been removed and the ground levelled and made suitable.
There are now two sewage disposal works namely Bretons Farm and
Berry Farm which serve the greater part of the district. In addition some
houses in Rainham and South Hornchurch are drained to the Riverside
Works by agreement with the Dagenham Urban District Council.
DRAINAGE OF THE WHYBRIDGE ESTATE.
Foul sewers were laid in all the roads on the Whybridge Estate and
the occupants of the houses were requested to connect up their premises
thereto. This is a great improvement which has resulted in the abolition
of 238 cesspools.
BRANCH SEWERS.
The Surveyor informs me that 23,887 feet of 9 inch and 2,950 feet
of 12 inch soil sewers; also 8,227 feet of 9 inch and 3,700 feet of 12 inch
surface water sewers and 280 feet of concrete culvert 3 feet in diameter
were laid during the year.
New Streets—Made up and Taken Over.
The Highway Surveyor has supplied the following list of streets made
up and taken over from the 1st January to the 31st December, 1936,