London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Dagenham]
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Provisional Figures. The mortality rates for England and Wales refer to the whole population, but for London and the towns to civilians only.
| Rate per 1,000 total Population. | Annual Death-rate per 1,000 Population. | Rate per 1,000 Live Births. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births. | Still Births. | All Causes. | Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Whooping Cough. | Diphtheria. | Violence. | Influenza. | Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under two years). | Total Deaths (under one year). | |
| England and Wales | 14.9 | 0.60 | 12.4 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.07 | 0.54 | 0.45 | 5.8 | 58 |
| 125 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London | 14.9 | 0.67 | 12.5 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.08 | 0.45 | 0.39 | 7.9 | 62 |
| 148 smaller towns (1931) resident populations 25,000-50,000 | 15.3 | 0.64 | 11.9 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.42 | 0.42 | 3.2 | 55 |
| London | 13.3 | 0.54 | 12.3 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.51 | 0.38 | 12.0 | 60 |
| Dagenham (estimated population 105,500) | 18.70 | 0.58 | 6.24 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.11 | 0.45 | 0.09 | 0.11 | 52.71 |