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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Orsett 1895
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Orsett]
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[B] TABLE OF
| NAMES OF LOCALITIES. | Population at all Ages. | Registered Births. | Aged under 5 or over 5, | New Cases of Sickness in each Locality, coming to the knowledge of the medical Officer of Health. | Cases treated in Isolation Hospital. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Census 1891. | Estimated to middle of 1895. | Small-pox | Scarlatina | Diphtheria | Membranous Croup | Enteric or Typhoid Fever | Puerperal Fever | Erysipelas | Small-pox | Scarlatina | Enteric or Typhoid Fever | |||
| Little & West Thurrocks (h) | 3,314 | 3,600 | 113 | Under 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 5 upwards | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | ||||||||
| Aveley & Stifford | 1,396 | 1,620 | 57 | Under 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
| 5 upwards | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | ||||||||||
| West Tilbury & Chadwell-St.-Mary | 3,399 | 3,800 | 147 | Under 5 | 1 | |||||||||
| 5 upwards | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||
| North & South Ockendons and Bulphan | 1,716 | 1,716 | 51 | Under 5 | 19 | 1 | ||||||||
| 5 upwards | 42 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Orsett | 1,379 | 1,379 | 26 | Under 5 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 5 upwards | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Stanford-le-Hope | 1,085 | 4,325 | 49 | Under 5 | ||||||||||
| 5 upwards | 1 | 4 | 2 . | |||||||||||
| CoRRINGHAM, FoBBBNG, EAST TlL bury and Mucking | 1,330 | 1,300 | 36 | Under 5 | ||||||||||
| 5 upwards | ||||||||||||||
| Laindon Hills and Horndon-on-the-Hill | 759 | 759 | 22 | Under 5 | ||||||||||
| 5 upwards | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Union House | Included ir Orsett | 2 | Under 5 | |||||||||||
| 5 upwards | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Grays Urban District Council | Under 5 | |||||||||||||
| 5 upwards | 4 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Romford Rural District COUNCIL (of Rainham) | Under 5 | |||||||||||||
| 5 upwards | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Totals | 14,378 | 15,375 | 503 | Under 5 | 2 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| 5 upwards | 10 | 63 | 9 | 14 | 18 | 15 | 2 | i | ||||||
"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.