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d. Rainham and Wennington.
The main sewer from these parishes extends to the Riverside
works.
e. Great Warley.
North part of parisli is sewered, the main passing to the
Harts Wood outfall works.
Valleys to the north of the Woodman Road which are
sewered are connected to the Billericay system.
Closet Accommodation.
In general the district is well sewered and the majority
of the houses are provided with water closets which are connected
to the sewers. In the populous parts the conservancy system is
not in use but in the parts where the houses are more scattered,
cesspools and pail closets are provided.
Where new sewers have been extended owners of adjacent
property are requested to have their houses connected.
In the case of 92 houses, pail closets were converted to
water closets.
In 107 cases, closets were connected to sewers during
the year 1925.
Scavenging.
The Council enter into contracts for the removal of
house refuse and the contents of privy pails weekly.
The Contractors provide horses and open carts for the
removal of house refuse to tips in the district while the Council
provide closed receptacles for the removal of night soil.
Complaints as to irregularity of collection of house
refuse are occasionally received and these are dealt with by the
Surveyor who now has the supervision of the collection of house
refuse.
Cesspools are emptied by the Council, generally by motor
cesspool emptiers. In the Hog Hill area a horse drawn emptier is
used while in the case of some inaccessable cesspools in different
parts of the district they have to be emptied by hand by contract.