[D8820ABE], Letter from Thomas Maguire (Edison Employee) to Alfred Ord Tate, November 20th, 1888
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[D8820ABE], Letter from Thomas Maguire (Edison Employee) to Alfred Ord Tate, November 20th, 1888
Editor's Notes
"I enclose herewith a map of the Oranges, also a copy of the annual reports of City officers of Orange, N.J. for 1887-1888, which includes Board of Health report. The latter, however, is very meagre, and if you desire exhaustive data, the only way would be to collect it from the several members of the Board. I called to see Dr. Buttner, who is one of the Board of Health Officers, with the intention of interviewing him and obtaining the necessary particulars, but when I visited his office he was out. There does not seem to be any health report published for East, West, or South Orange. Perhaps the Town Clerks of the respective places could supply the desired information. ### There has been no census taken in the State of New Jersey since 1885. The population of the Oranges then was as follows:-- ### Orange 15,231 ### East Orange 10,328 ### West Orange 3,812 ### South Orange 4,225 ### Below is appended the estimated population in 1888: ### Orange 17,000 ### East Orange 12,000 ### West Orange 4,300 ### South Orange 4,500 ### In regard to the number of Doctors in the Oranges, according to the Directory published by the Chronicle Printing Co. (1888), there are fifty-one, or, taking the estimated population in 1888, one physician to every 741 persons. From this it would appear that there is room for a few more enterprizing physicians." Respectfully, Thomas Maguire
Recipient
Date
1888-11-20
Type
Folder/Volume ID
D8820-F
Microfilm ID
122:675
Document ID
D8820ABE
Publisher
Thomas A. Edison Papers, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University