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Dagenham 1940

[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 1940. 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 CoughDiphtheria.Influenza.Diarrhœa and Enteritis (under two years)Total Deaths (under one year).
England and Wales14.60.5514.30.000.020.000.020.060.324.665
126 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London16.00.6415. 80.000.020.000.020.070.205.961
148 smaller towns (1031) resident populations 25,000—50,00015.70.5512.80.000.020.000.020.050.304.454
London13.70.4417.80.000.010.000.000.010.185.850
Dagenham—Estimated resident population mid-1940. 91.7401 18.770.628.910.000.010.000.000.080.054.2351.39