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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 galvanised dust-bins
have been provided. At South Ockendon, Stifford,
West Thurrock and Purfleet tank-vans are now
employed to empty the cesspools.
Condition of
Cottages overcrowding.
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.
Industries carried
on.
The industries carried 011 largely in the District
are Oil refineries—Paper making—Explosives—
Cement making.
Character of
Streams.
The only streams in the District are the Mar dyke
and Stanford Brook. The Mardyke rises in Warley
and enters this District between Bulplian 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
Bulplian and Orsett Fens, and the land adjoining
its banks through Stifford to its junction with the
Thames—not polluted. Stanford Brook drains the
Southern and part of the Western slope of Laindon
Hills, it runs between Horndon-ou-the-Hill and
Stanford-le-Hope, and then between Mucking and
Stanford-le-Hope, joining the Thames in the Lower
Hope. It is a tidal stream as high as Stanford
Bridge.
Condition of
Burial Grounds
Some of the burial grounds are overcrowded,
especially so at Horndon-on-the-Hill. At Orsett,