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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 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Dagenham]
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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF
THE AREA.
Area (in acres) 6,556
Registrar-General's estimate of:—
(a) resident population, mid-1039 109,300
(b) average population appropriate to
the calculation of death rates 104,500
Number of inhabited houses (end of 1039)
according to Rate Books 26,214
Rateable value (Dec. 31st, 1939) £608,698
Sum represented by a penny rate (approximate
1939-40) £2,400
Extracts from Vital Statistics for the Year.
Live Births ((B.R.) for calculating Birth Rates).
| Total. | Male. | Female. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legitimate | 1,891 | 972 | 919 | Birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population, mid-1939, 17.61. |
| Illegitimate | 34 | 14 | 20 | |
| Live Births ((I.M.) for calculating Infant and Maternal Mortalities). | ||||
| Legitimate | 1,851 | 950 | 901 | |
| Illegitimate | 34 | 14 | 20 | |
| Stillbirths:— | ||||
| Legitimate | 55 | 30 | 25 | Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births, 28.76. |
| Illegitimate | 2 | 1 | 1 | |