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II.—An account of the Sanitary condition of the Diitrict
at the end of 1903.
In complying with this section of the Local Government Board's
instruction to Medical Officers of Hoalth, I proceed to give, as in
previous years, a short account of the sanitary state of the District,
under the same heads of localities as are given in the statistical tables.
Dagenham, Beacontree Heath, and Chadwell Heath.Villages
and scattered groups of houses, all situate in the parish of
Dagenham, and occupying a very wide area, standing on gravel and
on London clay, some (part of Dagenham village and immediate
neighbeurhood) on alluvium. Population, 6,500. Agricultural.
Water supply mainly from South Essex Company. The village of
Dagenham is in a bad sanitary condition, owing to the ground being
saturated by years' overflowing cesspools and slop-water. Most of
the cottages supplied with pail closets, emptied once a week by the
Sanitary Authority. A system of scavenging is iu force. Dust-bins
are periodically emptied hy the Authority. There still exists a
condition of soil sodden by sewage overflow from cesspools, and
which nothing but some system of drainage will relieve and until
this is done the village must continue to be in a bad sanitary
condition. Birth-rate, 35.2 Death-rate, 12.7. Death-rate from
zymotic disease, 0.9 per 1,000 of the population. A complete system
of sewage removal has been decided upon, and now rests with the
Local Government Board, but delayed by local opposition.
Noak Hill stands high on London clay. Population, 260.
Birth-rate, 23 07. Death-rate, 11.5. Death-rate from zymotic
disease, Nil. Water supply from private well.
Havering stands high on pebble sand, bounded by London and
boulder clay. Population, 400. 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, 10. Death-rate, Nil,
Death-rate from zymotic disease, Nil.