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Hills is badly supplied with water, Dry street, to
the east, obtaining its supply from a spring in a
pool at Well Green, which was liable to pollution
from surface water, but has now been enclosed
and gives a supply of good water. A spring
half-way down the west hill has been enclosed and
domed over and gives a constant supply of good
water. To the north of Lain don 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
rainfall 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. Last year two wells were dug
which give a good supply and are of good quality.
The source of the water is the cap of Bagshot beds
on the top of the hill. The negotiations mentioned
last year are still going oil with the Southend-onSea
Water Company and South Essex Water
Company with a view to getting a supply of water
here, but I am afraid the cost will be more than
the small rateable value of Laindon Hills will be
able to bear.
Seven new Wells have been dug during the year
and give a good supply of good water, and I am of
opinion that a supply from the same source, i.e. the
Bagshot Beds of the top of the Hill, is sufficient for
at least six times the present population.
Villages "with
Public Sewers,
mode of disposal,
& c.,
W.C.'s,privies,
ash pits.
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, Chad well-road and the "Slips."