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good order. Most of the milk is sent to London new. The
larger dairies and cowsheds are always found in good order;
in the smaller ones, containing from 1 to 3 or 4 cows, is
where defects are found.
Bye-laws in force
and Acts of
Par1iament
adopted
Public Health Act, 1875; Notification of Diseases Act;
Dairy, Cowsheds and Milkshops' Order; Model Bye-laws as
to Nuisances; New Streets and Buildings (for Aveley,
Stifford, Chad well-St -Mary, West Thurrock and Little
Thurrock); Housing for the Working Classes' Act; all of
which are enforced.
Periodicallnspection
The public wells were all examined, both as to quantity
and quality of supply; the water was found good in both respects.
Systematic inspection of part of district has been made—about
400 houses in all.
Number of
houses unfit
for habitation
The number of houses found unfit for habitation was 41,
of which 15 were closed, and 26 repaired and made fit for
habitation.
Sanitary improve
ments effected,
or about to be
effected
The scheme for draining the district round Tilbury
Docks (being parts of Chadwell-St -Mary and Little Thurrock),
the main sewers of which had been laid from Tilbury
station, and from Little Thurrock to the confines of the
district, and there joined on to the system of tanks in connection
with the Grays drainage works, remains in much the
same state as last year, owing to unforseen difficulties.
The enlargement of the Isolation Hospital has been
proceeded with in accordance with plans sanctioned last year,
and the first patient was received into them on August 19th.
The resolution to ask for "Urban powers" for the
remainder of the district—carried last year, owing to some
informality has not been promulgated.
Action taken to
prevent spread
of Infectious
Disease
Removal of cases of Small-pox to the Infectious
Hospital and cases of Scarlet and Typhoid fevers. All other
cases were isolated (as well as they could be), and disinfected
and treated at home—calling attention to the necessity
for the vaccination and re-vaccination of all persons who had
been in contact with cases of Small-pox.
Cause and Distribution
of
Disease
The most unhealthy part of the district is round Tilbury
Docks here the soil is peaty and water-logged; cesspits
continually overflowing, back yards frequently under water,
houses damp—these conditions sufficiently account for the
heavy death-rate, especially of the Zymotic or preventable
class. When the cottages are all connected with the sewer