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Hornchurgh.—Large Tillage 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 aud partly on London clay, some small
portion of the parish running down to the Thames and alluvial.
Population, 6,800, principally agricultural, foundry works and a
brewery in the village. A very extensive system of sewerage for the
village is now completed and a sanitary improvement of great value
has been effected. A system of sewerage for the outlying locality of
Harold Wood is also nearly in operation. Birth-rate, 27.9. Deathrate,
8.5. Death-rate from zymotic disease, 07.
Upminster, Cranham, and Corbets Tey.—Adjaeent villages,
standing on high ground, mostly brick earth, some gravel. Population,
1,910. Agricultural. "Water supply mostly from South Essex
Company; some wells. Birth-rate, 21.4. Death-rate, 12.04. Deathrate
from zymotic disease, 2.09.
Great Warlby 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.
Groups of houses. Population, 1,920. Agricultural. Water supply
mainly from South Essex Water Company; some of the more sparsely
inhabited part badly from wells and ponds. Birth-rate, 29.9. Deathrate,
14.7. Death-rate from zymotic disease, 2.03.
Rainham and Wennington lie low on gravel and alluvium at
the edge of the Thames. Marshy. Village of 2160 inhabitants.
Agricultural, Factories some offensive, and river traffic. Tidal stream
runs through Rainham to the Thames, about one mile distant. A
very offensive factory (manufacturers of fish oil and from decomposing
fish and shell-fish), which last year caused serious pollution of the
stream and caused a great nuisance, has been closed. Foul state of
atmosphere frequent from factories on the river bank (manure,
candles, glue, &c.), some on the Essex, most on the Kent side of the
Thames. Water supply mostly from South Essex Company; some
few wells. A very serious prevalence of Diphtheria has existed at
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