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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 portiou 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, 6,800, principally agricultural, foundry works and a
brewery in the village. A very extensive system of seweragn fur the
village is now completed and a sanitary improvement of gi eat value
has been effected. A system of sewerage for the outlying locality of
Harold Wood is also now in operation. Birth-rate, 24.7. Deathrate,
117. Death-rate from zymotic disease, 0.2.
Upminster, Cranham, and Corbets Tey.—Adjacent villages,
standing on high ground, mostly brick earth, some gravel. Population,
1,950. Agricultural. Water supply mostly South Esome wells. Birth-rate, 23 5. Death-rate-14.3 Death-rate from
zymotic disease, 0.5. Part of the system of sewerage in Coibets Tey
is, in my opinion, insufficiently ventilated. This has been reported to
Council by me, and is now in course of being remedied by the
erection of several ventilating shafts. Complaints are frequent from
residents of the bad smell given off at the sewage outfall works.
Great Warley stand 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, 2,000. Agricultural. Water supply
mainly from South Essex Water Company; some of the more sparsely
inhabited part badly from wells and ponds. Birth-rate, 26-5. Deathrate,
7.0 Death-rate from zymotic disease, nil.
Rainham and Wennington lie low on gravel and alluvium at
the edge of the Thames. Marshy. Village of 2,200 inhabitants.
Agricultural, Factories, some offensive, and river traffic. Tidal stream
runs through Rainham to the Thames, about one mile distant.
A very serious outbreak of Diphtheria prevailed here in 1903, and was
continued up to about April, 1904. This formed the subject of reports
and caused an official inspection from Dr. Mivart, oue of H.M Inspec-
e