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Orsett 1895
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Orsett]
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Orsett Rural Sanitary District.
MEDICAL OFFICER'S
ANNUAL REPORT, i895.
General Sanitary Condition of District.
Extent of
District
The Orsett Rural Sanitary District consists of the whole
of the Orsett Poor Law Union, with the exception of
the parish of Grays Thurrock.
Population
It contains 39,803 acres, and a population—Census,
1891—of 14,378. I estimated the population to middle of
1895 at 15,499, the increase since Census being as follows:—
Chadwell-St.-Mary and West Tilbury District. .401
"West and Little Thurrocks 286
Aveley and Stifford 224
Stanford-le-Hope 240
Increase during year 124, the increase being at
Stanford-le-Hope 50, Thurrocks 50, and Aveley
and Stifford 24.
Number of
Births and
Deaths Registered
The number of Births registered during the year was 503,
of which 251 were boys and 252 girls; the number of Deaths,
227.