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It has been noted that in nearly all cases of Diphtheria occurring in a
family on the Sanitary Inspector testing the drains, as in such
cases is the practice, faulty structural conditions have been found to
exist.
Upminster, Cranham, and Corbets Tey.—Adjoining villages
standing on high ground. Mostly brick earth, some gravel. Population
2,310. Birth-rate, 18.1. Death-rate, 9.09. Death-rate from
zymotic disease, 0.8. A large estate for good-class residences being
now developed, many houses having been erected during the last
two or three years. Water supply mainly from South Essex Co.
Some outlying parts formerly badly supplied by private wells and
ponds have recently been supplied by an extension of the South
Essex Co.'s mains.
Great Warley stands high on London clay. The most thickly
populated part of the parish forms part of the town of Brentwood, the
large and less populated area having scattered houses and groups of
houses. Population, 2,340. Agricultural. Water supply mainly
from South Essex Water Company. Birth-rate, 26 9. Death-rate,
9.08. Death-rate from zymotic disease, Nil.
Rainham and Wennington lie low on gravel and alluvium at
the edge of the Thames Marshy. Villages of 2,480 inhabitants,
employed in agriculture, factory, and riverside work. Tidal stream
runs through Rainhanm to the Thames, about a mile distant. Birthrate,
31.07. Death-rate, 10.08. Death-rate from zymotic disease,
Nil, Rainham, in years past, has borne an unenviable reputation for
infectious disease, notably Diphtheria. There has been a marked
improvement the last three years in this respect, and the village has
been much improved during the last year by the Council making
several incompleted roads into roads of the first order.
III.—An account of the enquiries as to the conditions injurious to health
existing in the district, and of the proceedings relating to such conditions
in which advice has been given, &c., &c.
In addition to the cases of infectious diseases recorded in Section 1
of this report, the following insanitary conditions, &c., necessitated
official interference by the Sanitary Inspectors, who called in my