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Death Rate of Infants under one year of age:–
All infants per 1,000 live births 59.25
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 58.06
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 121.21
Deaths from Measles (all ages) 23
,, Whooping Cough (all ages) 12
,, Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 19
The only diseases in which a marked increase of the death
rate occurred were measles, of which there was a severe outbreak
in the early part of the year, and infantile diarrhoea. The death
rate from measles per 1,000 population was 0.23, compared with
a figure of 0.08 for the country as a whole; and the death rate
for diarrhoea in those under two years of age, per 1,000 live births,
was 9.8, compared with the figure of 6.6 obtaining for England
and Wales.
Population.
The following items have been taken from the RegistrarGeneral's
publication "Census of England and Wales; Country of
Essex (Part I)."
"The most prominent of the intercensal changes is that
recorded against the Dagenham Urban District where the increase
of 80,235 persons is, numerically and proportionately (879.1 per
cent.) the highest recorded in the County"
"For the county as a whole, it will be seen that the population
gain of 19.4 per cent. consists of a gain by natural increase(i.e.,
the excess of births over deaths) of 7.5 per cent.; and a net gain
by immigration amounting to 11.9 per cent. In nearly all areas
there are positive increases in respect of natural increase, the
highest being 88.3 per cent. in Dagenham Urban District
33 of the areas there are gains, and in 24 areas losses by migration.
In 8 of these areas, these gains exceeded 50 per cent., the
highest percentage being found in Dagenham Urban District."