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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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. | ||||||||||
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Live Births. | Still Births. | All Causes. | Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers. | Small-pox | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Whooping Cough. | Diphtheria. | Influenza. | Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under two years). | Total Deaths (under one year). | |
England and Wales | 15.1 | 0.60 | 11.6 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.07 | 0.11 | 5.5 | 53 |
126 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London | 15.0 | 0.65 | 11.7 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.07 | 0.10 | 7.8 | 57 |
148 smaller towns (1931) resident populations 25,000-50,(KM) | 15.4 | 0.60 | 11.0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.11 | 3.6 | 51 |
London | 13.4 | 0.48 | 11.4 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.06 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 13.1 | 57 |
Dagenham (estimated population 107,400) | 18.06 | 0.56 | 6.19 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.08 | 0.00 | 0.05 | 0.12 | 0.07 | 8.77 | 50.51 |