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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 on largely in the district
are oil refineries — paper making — explosives —
cement making.
Character of
Streams.
The only streams in the district are the Mardyke
and Stanford brook. The Mardyke rises in Warley
and enters this district between Bnlphan 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
Bulphan and Orsett Feus, 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-on-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
At Orsett, Chadwell-St.-Mary, Little Thurrock,
North Ockendon, Bulphan, Stanford-le-Hope,
Stifford, South Ockendon and Horndon-on-the-Hill
additions to burial grounds have been recently
made. There is a cemetery in Little Thurrock
belonging to Grays.
Bakehouses
Slaughter
-houses.
Bakehouses and slaughterhouses have been found
in good order.
CowshedsDairies
and Milkshops
Cowsheds, dairies and milkshops are frequently
inspected by the Inspector of Nuisances and