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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 1941
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Dagenham]
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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF
THE AREA.
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Area (in acres) 6,556
Number of inhabited houses (end of 1941)
according to Rate Books 25,797
Rateable value (December 31st, 1941) £595,355
Sum represented by a penny rate (approximate
1941-42) £2,290
Social Conditions of Inhabitants.
The progress of the war has necessitated the employment
of large numbers of women in both light and heavy
industries. Reference is made in a later part of the
Report to the facilities offered for care of children of
women now employed.
Extracts from Vital Statistics for the Year.
Live Births:—
Total. Male. Female.
Legitimate -17640 843 797 Birth rate per 1,000
of the estimated
Illegitimate 52 34 18 resident popula-
tion, 19.08.
Stillbirths:—
Legitimate 45 23 22 Rate per 1,000 total
(live and still)
Illegitimate 2 1 1 births, 27.03.
Death rate per
Deaths 755 412 343 1,000 of the esti-
mated resident
population, 8.51.