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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
Dagenham 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Dagenham]
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would therefore be 55,400 plus 10% of 21,600=57,000. That
is five to the house of those let on 2nd July, 1928.
The deaths in the group 15 to 25 were only 17 against an
expected 35, further evidence of a relative paucity at this age
The following table shows the distribution of the population
of 67,500, being roughly 52,500 in the Estate houses, with this
abnormal age distribution, and 15,000 being assumed to be
normally distributed. The last column shows a population
of 66,000 divided out according to the normal age distribution.
| Ages. | Normal distribution. | Allocation in Estate Houses. | Presumed distribution in Entire Area. | Normal distribution. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0/1 | 250 | 1,600 | 1,850 | 1,120 |
| 1/5 | 1,000 | 6,300 | 7,300 | 4,250 |
| 5/14 | 2,500 | 16,000 | 18,500 | 11,200 |
| 15/24 | 2,650 | 5,200 | 7,850 | 12,000 |
| 25/44 | 4,300 | 20,500 | 24,800 | 19,350 |
| 45 & up. | 4,050 | 2,650 | 6,700 | 18,220 |
| 14,750 | 52,250 | 67,000 | 66,140 |
1,792 births were registered during the year grouped as follows in respect of sex and legitimacy.
| Males. | Females. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legitimate | 886 | 859 | 1,745 |
| Illegitimate | 32 | 15 | 47 |
| 918 | 874 | 1,792 |
The birth rate per 1,000 of population was thus 26.5 compared
with 16.7 for England and Wales. The fertility rate is
105 compared with 106 for England and Wales for 1927 for
the same ages.
The illegitimate rate is 2.92%. The figure for this district
for last year was 2.1 and for England and Wales in 1925, 4.07.