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Birth-rate, 358. Death-rate, 11.08. Death-rate from zymotic
disease, 1.5 per 1,000 of the population. A complete system of
sewage removal has been decided upon, and now rests with the Local
Government Board.
Noak Hill stands high on London clay. Population, 250.
Birth-rate, l6. Death-rate, 16. Death-rate from zymotic diseases,
Nil. Water supply from private wells.
Havering stands high on pebble sand, bounded by London and
boulder clay. Population, 508. Agricultural. Privies. Water
supply from wells and from South Essex Company. Some of the
out-lying parts of the parish badly supplied, the source in these
instances being from ponds. Birth-rate, 137. Death-rate, 114.
Death-rate from zymotic disease, 1.9.
Hornchurch.—Large village and scattered groups of houses
extending over a large parochial area. Part of the parish adjoining
the town of Romford, and really constituting a portion of that town.
Stands mostly on gravel and partly on London clay, some small
portion of the parish running down to the Thames and alluvial.
Population, 6,400, principally agricultural, foundry works and a
brewery in the village. A very extensive system of sewerage for the
village is now completed (March, 1903), and when all connections
are made which is now (March) being done, a sanitary improvement
of great value will have been effected. A system of sewerage for the
outlying locality of Harold Wood is also nearly in operation. Birthrate,
27.6. Death-rate, 12.19. Death-rate from zymotic disease, 1.2.
Upminster, Chanham, and Corbets Tey.—Adjacent villages,
standing on high ground, mostly brick earth, some gravel. Population,
1,900. Agricultural. Water supply mostly from South Essex
Company; some wells. Birth-rate, 22.1. Death-rate, 10.0. Deathrate
from zymotic disease, 21.
Great Warley stands high on London clay. The most thickly
populated part of the parish joins the town of Brentwood, in the
Billericay Union, the larger area of the parish having scattered houses