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Orsett 1905

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Orsett]

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ionally by myself. All, with trifling exceptions,
have been found in good order. Most of the milk
is sent to London, new. The larger dairies and
cowsheds are always in good order; in the smaller
ones containing 1 to 3 or 4 cows, it is that defects
are found.
Public Health Act, 1875; Notification of Diseases
Act; Dairies, Cowsheds, and Milkshops' Order;
Model Bye-laws as to New Streets and Buildings;
Houses for the Working Classes' Act; Clauses of
Public Health Act Amendment Act, 1890; all of
which are enforced.
Bye-laws in
force and Acts
of Parliament
adopted
A house to house inspection of part of Aveley,
Orsett and the Docks has been made, about 160
houses having been inspected and many defects
found, which have almost all been rectified. In
other parts over 400 inspections have been made.
Periodical Inspection
The number of houses found unfit for habitation
was three, all of which were repaired and made fit
for habitation.
Number of
Houses unfit
for habitation
Making up and curbing streets at the Docks and
Stauford-le-Hope Supply of water to Fobbing,
and enclosing the spring at Well Green, Laindon
Hills. Scheme prepared for drainage of West
Thurrock and South Stifford.
Sanitary 1 mprovements
Water supply to Laindon Hills. Drainage of
West Thurrock and Aveley.
Chief Sanitary
requirements
Removal of 90 cases to the Orsett and Grays
Joint Isolation Hospital. The isolation and disinfection
of those treated at home, and disinfection
of all houses where cases of infectious disease have
Action taken to
prevent spread
of Infectious
Disease