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rain-fall in South Essex is not large enough to make it
certain that enough water will be able to be collected from
the roof of an ordinary house to give a constant supply for
an ordinary family. The Council has consequently, at
present, refused to grant certificates. Just lately two wells
have been dug which appear to give a good supply and will
prove to be of good quality, The source of the water is the
cap of bagshot beds on the top of the hill.
A sewer is laid from Tilbury Station to join the Grrays
system, draining the houses and buildings at Tilbury Docks,
and parts of Chadwell-St.-Mary and Little Thurrock. The
sewer at Little Thurrock has been extended, and now drains
the part near Palmer's Schools, Chadwell Road and the
" Slips." At Stanford-le-Hope the sewer has been laid, and
bacteria beds formed, and are now in use, 150 connections
have been made. At Digby Road, Corringham, about 80
houses are drained down to bacteria beds, near the junction
of Corringham and Fobbing. In no other parish is there a
proper sewerage system. At Orsett, the Union House and
about 28 cottages are connected with a sewer discharging into
a subsidence tank, which also receives the sewage from 25 to
30 houses and cottages to the East of the Church, the overflow
runs into a ditch some 300 yards away. At Horndon-onthe-Hill,
South Ockendon, Aveley, and West Thurrock, some
few cottages are connected with drains, which empty themselves
into the nearest ditch.
Public scavenging is in force at West Thurrock, Little
Thurrock, Stifford, Tilbury Docks, and Stanford-le-Hope.
Moveable galvanized dust-bins have been provided. At
South Ockendon, Stifford, West Thurrock and Purfleet tankvans
are now employed to empty the cess-pools.
Villages with
Public Sewers,
mode of disposal,
&c.,
W.C.'s,privies,
ash pits
Considerable attention has for years been given to the
condition of cottages. Many have been condemned and
closed, and many more put into a good state of repair.
Overcrowding does not prevail to any great extent.
Condition of
Cottages overcrowding
The industries carried on largely in the District are Oil
refineries.—Paper making —Explosives.—Cement making.
Industries carried
on
The only streams in the District are the Mardyke and
Stanford Brook. The Mardyke rises in Warley and enters
this District between Bulphan and North Ockendon, flows
Southward between Orsett and South Ockendon, then turns
to the West through Stifford and between West Thurrock
and Aveley, and empties itself into the Thames above
Purfleet. It occasionally overflows and submerges parts of
Character of
Streams