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Dagenham 1942

[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 1942. 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.Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under two years)Total Deaths (under one year).
England and Wales15.80.5411.60.00-0.010.000.020.050.095.249
126 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London17.30.6613.30.00-0.020.000.030.060.097.559
148 smaller towns (1931) resident populations 25,000-50,00018.40.6212.10.00-0.010.000.020.040.104.846
London14.00.4813.90.00-0.010.000.040.020.078.660
Dagenham20.370.466.850.00-0.010.000.070.010.010.0344.26