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year is printed with this report, and will show the energy displayed by
Messrs. Cornell and Carter in the discharge of their duties. Personal
visits are paid by me in many of the insanitary conditions reported, and
periodical visits are made by me in the various parts of the district.
When instructed by the Council, special reports are made by me, in regard
to insanitary conditions of dwellings and other matters, as occasion
requires. These special reports have referred mainly to houses insanitary
and requiring amendment, a few cases of overcrowding, complaint
of nuisance caused by the Council contractor's dust shoot, the
deposit of scavenging refuse from the Ilford Urban District in an unsuitable
locality in this district, the recent formation of an enormous
refuse shoot at Rainham Ferry, the fish-manure factory of Mr. Hempleman
at Rainham Ferry, a fish skin drying business at Wennington,
samples of well water taken for analysis, etc., etc. These subjects have
received the consideration of the Council, and with the exception of the
Rainham dust shoot, satisfactory amendment of the insanitary conditions
has been effected.
1.—Physical features and general character of the district and
general conditions of its population, the chief occupations of the
inhabitants and the influence of any particular occupation on public
health.
This information is given in Part II. of this Report. There is no
particular occupation of the inhabitants influencing to any special degree
the public health.
2.—House accommodation, etc., especially for the working classes.
House accommodation is fairly good, except in certain
localities, for the working classes. I think it is the need of
those of the working classes whose work lies in the locality
that is most patent; the better class of artizan dwellings are, to
a considerable extent,- taken up by those whose work is not in the
locality, and it is mainly the people whose work is local who find difficulty
in obtaining house accommodation. The building of cottages has,
for some reason or other, in recent years, been very limited. The
Council is erecting eighteen cottages close to Hornchurch village,
the money being borrowed by consent of the Local Government
Board. It is to be hoped that, if this experiment proves successful,