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water is the cap of Bagshot beds on the top of the
hill. The negotiations mentioned last year are
still going on with the Sonthend-on-Sea Water
Company with a view to getting a supply of water
here.
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, 400
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
running into a ditch some 300 yards away. At
Horndon-on-the-Hill, 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,
Little and West Thurrock and Purfleet tank-vans
are now used to empty the cesspools.
Villages with
Public Sewers,
mode of dis~
p o s a 1, &c.,
W.C.'s,privies,
ash pits. -
Considerable attention has for years been given
to the condition of cottages. Many have been
Condition of
Cottages overcrowding.