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Orsett 1894
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Orsett]
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(B) TABLE OF
Population, Births, and of New Cases of Infectious Sickness during 1894.
| NAMES OF LOCALITIES. | Population at all Ages. | Registered Births. | Aged under 5 or over 5, | New Oases of Sickness in each Locality, coming to the knowledge of the medical officer of Health. | Oases treated in Isolation Hospit'l | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Census 1891. | Estimated to middle of 1894. | Small-pox | Scarlatina | Diphtheria | Membranous Croup | Enteric or Typhoid Fever | Puerperal Fever | Erysipelas | Small-pox | Enteric or Typhoid Fever | ||||
| Little & West Thurrocks (h) | 3,314 | 3,550 | 108 | Under 5 | 3 | 6 | 4 | |||||||
| 5 upwards | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| Aveley & Stifford | 1,396 | 1,596 | 46 | Under 5 | ||||||||||
| 5 upwards | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| west Tilbury & chadwell-St.-Mary | 3,399 | 3,800 | 166 | Under 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | |||||||
| 5 upwards | l | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | |||||||
| north and South Ockendons and Bulphan | 1,716 | 1,716 | 46 | Under 5 | 2 | |||||||||
| 1 3 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| orsett | 1,379 | 1,379 | 38 | Under 5 | ||||||||||
| 5 upwards | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Stanford-le-Hope | 1,085 | 1,275 | 38 | Under 5 | ||||||||||
| 5 upwards | 1 | 6 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Corringham, Fobbing, East Tilbury and Mucking | 1,330 | 1,300 | 27 | Under 5 | ||||||||||
| 5 upwards | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Laindon Hills and horndon-on-the-Hill | 759 | 759 | 17 | Under 5 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 5 upwards | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Union House | Included in Orsett | 5 | Under 5 | |||||||||||
| 5 upwards | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Under 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 14,378 | 15,375 | 491 | Under 5 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| 5 upwards | 10 | 17 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 17 | 5 | 1 | ||||||
"Notification of Infectious Disease" has been compulsory in the District since December 15th, 1889.
(H) Locality in which Hospital is situated.
Isolation Hospital used by the sick of the District — Orsett Rural District Council Isolation Hospital.