Burnham Urban District Council ran the local affairs of Burnham on Crouch and its surrounding villages.

The members in 1937 were

Charles Gibson Gains ( Chairman)

Roland Belsham

Joseph A Cole

Charles E Marsh

John Bigmore Page

Phanuel Petticrow

Thomas Rice

William George Robinson

Alfred Charles Sparks

Officers were

Lawrence Henderson - Clerk  and Rating & Valuation Officer

James Leslie Miller Wood- Medical Officer of Health

T H Chambers - Surveyor and Sanitary Inspector

Treasurers- Barclays Bank ltd

Interim Registrar of Births and Deaths for Southminster Sub District- Miss  Watt

Medical Officer & Public Vaccinator for Burnham District - Harold Drew Lander

Medical Officer Burnham Urban District - Edward Miles

Town Crier- Eric Stokes