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Dagenham 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Dagenham]

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Table showing Birth-rate, Death-rate and Analysis of Mortality during the year 1938. 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-poxMeasles.Scarlet Fever.Whooping Cough.Diphtheria.Influenza.Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under two years).Total Deaths (under one year).
England and Wales15.10.6011.60.000.000.040.010.030.070.115.553
126 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London15.00.6511.70.000.000.050.010.030.070.107.857
148 smaller towns (1931) resident populations 25,000-50,(KM)15.40.6011.00.000.000.030.010.020.060.113.651
London13.40.4811.40.000.000.060.010.030.050.0613.157
Dagenham (estimated population 107,400)18.060.566.190.000.000.080.000.050.120.078.7750.51