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ditches, and, with the brewery, pollute the neighbouring stream to a
considerable extent. Birth-rate, 33.6. Death-rate, 140. Death-rate
from zymotic disease, 1.0. A system of sewearage for the whole of
this district is now in course of construction, which will much improve
its sanitary condition.
Upminster, Cranham, and Corbets Tey.—Adjacent villages,
standing on high ground, mostly brick earth, some gravel. Population
2,020. Agricultural. Privies and cesspools. Some few of the latter
polluting roadside ditches. Water supply mostly from South Essex
Company; some wells. Birth-rate, 25.4. Death-rate, 15.3. Deathrate
from zymotic disease, 0.9. A system of sewerage for the locality
has been carried out and is now in operation.
Great Warley stands high on London clay. The most thicklypopulated
part of the parish joins the town of Brentwood, in the
Billericay Union, the larger area of the parish having scattered houses
and groups of houses. Population 1,970. Agricultural. A system
of sewerage has been recently adopted for the populous portion of this
locality, the sewage being taken at a distance and treated on the
septic principle of purification. This, so far, is a great success, there
is not the least nuisance in the locality of the Sewage Works, and
the effluent, after running over land in furrows, is perfectly clear
and inodorous. Water supply for the locality mainly from the
South Essex Works; some wells. The more sparsely-populated rural
part of the locality is badly supplied, ponds being a main source of
supply in some parts. Birth-rate, 35.5. Death-rate, 15.2. Deathrate
from zymotic disease, 0.5.
Rainham and Winnington lie low on gravel and alluvium at
the edge of the Thames. Marshy. Village of 2,300 inhabitants.
Agricultural and river traffic. Tidal stream runs through Rainham
to the Thames, about one mile distant. No system of sewage removal.
Privies and cesspools. Foul state of atmosphere frequent from factories
on river bank (manure, candles, glue, &c.), some on the Essex, most
on the Kent side of the river. Water supply mostly from South
Essex Company; some wells. Birth-rate, 33 4. Death-rate, 9 6.
Death-rate from zymotic disease, Nil.