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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 110 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.
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.
Condition of
Cottages overcrowding.
The industries carried on largely in the district
are oil refineries—paper making—explosives —
cement making.
Industries carried
on.
The only streams in the district are the Mardyke
and Stanford brook. The Mardyke rises in Warley
and enters this district between Bulphan 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
Character of
Streams.