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Dec. 9th.—Upminster.—Water from Hunt Hill Cottages, Bramble
Cottages, and Wheal Hall Cottages analysed. Good.
Dec. 10th.—Cranham School.—Lavatories insanitary. Notice. Remedied.
Dec. 24th.-—Cranham.—Foul ditch. Notice. Remedied.
Great Warley.
Jan. 9th.—Great Warley, Ingrave Road.—Several houses, good
class, and cottages drain into cesspool, which overflowed and polluted
ditches. Water in danger of becoming contaminated, though found to
be good at present. Sewerage of locality not practicable at present,
owing to expense. Negotiations with the South Essex Water Co. as
to extending their service here failed, also owing to prohibitive cost.
Arrangements made to periodically cleanse cesspools.
Jan. 9th.—Ditto.—Foul ditch. Notice. Remedied.
Jan. 31st.—Ditto.—Defective w.c. Notice. Remedied.
Feb. 7th.—Great Warley.—Urinal connected with public-house close
to barrack gates foul. Caused by a blocked drain on barrack grounds.
Notice. Remedied.
Feb. 7th.—Ditto.—Foul ditch. Notice. Remedied.
Mar. 6th.—Ditto.—Water from cottage analysed and found good.
April Nth.—Ditto.—Cow shed and dairy insanitary. Notice. Remedied.
April 24th.—Ditto.—Foul ditch from cesspool overflow. Ditch piped
so as to conduct the sewage further away.
April 30th.—Ditto.—Foul pond on private ground. Fouled by sewage
overflow from neighbouring works (Ilford, Ltd.). Notice. Remedied.
May 3rd.—Ditto.—Four cottages without dustbins. Notice. Remedied.
May 7th.—Ditto.—Cow shed and dairy insanitary. Notice. Remedied.
June 12th.—Ditto.—Defective drain. Notice. Remedied.
June 12th.—Ditto.— Refuse accumulation. Notice. Remedied.
Sept. 24th.—Ditto.—Overflowing cesspool. do. do.
Oct. 8th.—Ditto.—Six cottages insanitary. do do.
The various bake-houses, workshops, cow sheds and dairies, and
slaughter-houses have been periodically inspected, and where sanitary
defects (few) have been found these have been remedied under notice
served by the Sanitary Inspector, as detailed in the preceding account of
work done in the various parishes of the district. The Council receives
at its meetings reports from the Sanitary Inspectors as to work done in
removal of sanitary defects, and is prompt in giving instructions and
authority to carry out all steps necessary to amend insanitarv conditions
as they occur. A report of the work done by the Inspectors during the