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Dagenham 1944

[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 1944.

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 Cough.Diphtheria.Influenza.Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under two years)Total Deaths (under one year)
England and Wales17.60.5011.60.00-0.010.000.030.020.124.846
126 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London20.30.6413-70.00-0.010.000.030.030.107.352
148 smaller towns (1931) resident populations 25,000-50,00020.90.6112.40.00-0.010.000.020.03O.114-444
London15.00.4215-70.00-0.000.000.040.010.0810.161
Dagenham22.260.507.810.00-0.000.000.040.020.024.8939.16