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half-way down the West Hill has been enclosed and
domed over and gives a constant supply of good
water. To the North of Laindon Hills, there is a
considerable amount of building going on, and
application has been made for water certificates, the
supply being rain-water, caught from the roofs of
the houses. I have advised my Council, that the
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. Both the South Essex Water Co. and the
Southend-on-Sea Water Co. are at present being
approached by the District Council, with a view of
getting a supply of water from one or other of these
companies.
A sewer is laid from Tilbury Station to join the
Grays 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, 363
connections having 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-on-the-Hill,
Villages with.
Public Sewers,
mode of disposal,
& e.,
W.C.'s, privies,
ash pits.