Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Dagenham]
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Housing and Population.
The following particulars were extracted from the Registrar-General's report on the Census returns for the County of Essex :—
Acreage and Population.
Ward | Acreage | Population | Private families and dwellings. | |||||
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Total | Per acre | Private families | Population in private families | Structurally separate dwellings occupied | Rooms occupied | Persons per room | ||
Total | 6,554 | 89,362 | 13.6 | 19,082 | 88,720 | 18,753 | 74,677 | 1.19 |
Becontree | 1,412 | 31,324 | 22.2 | 6,604 | 31,113 | 6,583 | 25,234 | 1.23 |
Chadwell Heath | 2,179 | 8,092 | 3.7 | 2,185 | 8,058 | 2,000 | 10,029 | 0.80 |
Dagenham | 2,963 | 49,946 1 | 16.9 | 10,293 | 49,549 | 10,170 | 39,414 | 1.26 |