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Dagenham 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Dagenham]
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early 1926, whereas the lowest average figures, namely, 5.13, 5.16
and 5.40, were found in those sections completed in 1929, 1930
and later 1928.
The average per house of those 1,116 houses in which cases of
notifiable infectious disease occurred in the last three years was
5.05, while of a few hundred houses whose population was obtained
from other sources the average was 5.04 4.9 then is taken as
the average population per Estate house.
Growth of the Estate.
The calculation of the population under 15 is obtained by assuming the number of persons under 15 to be 45% of the total population :—
TABLE III P opulation in D agunham.
| Year. | Ilouses (mid-year). | Population. | Population under 15. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1921 | 18 | 88 | 40 |
| 1922 | 509 | 2,495 | 1,122 |
| 1923 | 1,185 | 4,591 | 2 223 |
| 1924 | 2,027 | 9,932 | 4,470 |
| 1925 | 3,376 | 16,543 | 7,444 |
| 1926 | 5,142 | 25,196 | 11,338 |
| 1927 | 7,900 | 38,710 | 17,420 |
| 1928 | 11,625 | 58,009 | 26,104 |
| 1929 | 14,341 | 71,562 | 32,203 |
| 1930 | 1 5,265 | 70,172 | 34,278 |
Tables IV and V show for diphtheria and scarlet fever for
each year:—
(a) The total number of cases of these diseases which have
occurrcd in the Estate houses. The figures do not. include
those infections which occurred in houses other than the
Estate.
(b) The rate per 1,000 population and the rate per 1,000 of
susceptible population on the Estate.
(c) The rate per 1,000 population and the rate per 1,000
of susceptible population in England and Wales. The
proportion of persons under 15 to the whole population
is calculated on the assumption that the rate of decrease
occurring in the past few years still holds.