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Orsett 1902
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Orsett]
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TABLE I.
For Whole District.
| YEAR. | Population estimated to Middle of each Year. | BIRTHS. | DEATHS under One Year of Age. | DEATHS at all Ages. Total. | Deaths in Public Institutions. | Deaths of Nonresidents registered in District. | Deaths of Residents registered beyond District. | DEATHS at all Ages. Nett. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number. | Rate. † | Number. | Rate per 1,000 Births registered. | Number. | Rate.† | Number. | Rate.† | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 1892 | 15,299 | 538 | 35.63 | 78 | 143 | 290 | 19.20 | 30 | 10 | .. | 280 | 18.55 |
| 1893 | 15,359 | 491 | 31.97 | 60 | 122 | 261 | 16.98 | 37 | 12 | 2 | 251 | 16.34 |
| 1894 | 15,375 | 491 | 31.93 | 52 | 105 | 191 | 12.42 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 182 | 11.83 |
| 1895 | 15,499 | 503 | 32.31 | 56 | 109 | 227 | 14.45 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 220 | 14.10 |
| 1896 | 15,649 | 474 | 30.29 | 58 | 122 | 205 | 13.09 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 205 | 13.09 |
| 1897 | 16,134 | 483 | 29.93 | 74 | 153 | 256 | 15.86 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 245 | 15.18 |
| 1898 | 16,774 | 544 | 31.23 | 72 | 132 | 266 | 15.85 | 36 | 14 | 5 | 257 | 15.32 |
| 1899 | 18,124 | 572 | 31.55 | 84 | 146 | 306 | 16.88 | 37 | 31 | 3 | 278 | 15.33 |
| 1900 | 18,890 | 568 | 30.07 | 92 | 161 | 341 | 18.05 | 70 | 38 | 10 | 313 | 16.57 |
| Census 1901 | 19,912 | 695 | 35.96 | 88 | 121 | 324 | 16.76 | 56 | 20 | 1 | 305 | 15.78 |
| Averages for years 1892-1901 | 16,901 | 536 | 32.08 | 71 | 130 | 266 | 15.95 | 34 | 16 | 3 | 253 | 15.20 |
| 1902 | 20,400 | 657 | 32.31 | 106 | 161 | 386 | 19.01 | 103 | 51 | 6 | 341 | 16.71 |
† Rates in Columns 4, 8, and 13 calculated per 1,000 of estimated population,
Note.—The deaths to be included in Column 7 of this table are the whole of those registered during the year as having actually occurred within the district or division. The
deaths to be included in Column 12 are the number in Column 7, corrected by the subtraction of the number in Column 10 and the addition of the number in Column 11.
By the term "Non-residents" is meant persons brought into the district on account of sickness or infirmity, and dying in public institutions there; and by the term
" Residents" is meant persons who have been taken out of the district on account of sickness or infirmity, and have died in public institutions elsewhere.
The "Public Institutions " to be taken into account for the purposes of these Tables are those into which persons are habitually received on account of sickness or infirmity,
such as hospitals, workhouses and lunatic asylums. A list of the Institutions in respect of the deaths in which corrections have been made should be given on the back of this Table.
Area of District in acres (exclusive of area covered by water)—39,803.
Total population at all ages—19,325.
Number of inhabited houses—3,602.
Average number of persons per house—5.36
At Census of 1901
(uncorrected)
[see over.