London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Dagenham]
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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 Wales | 19.1 | 0.53 | 11.5 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.15 | 4.4 | 43 |
| 126 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London | 22.2 | 0.67 | 12.7 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.13 | 6.1 | 46 |
| 148 smaller towns (1931) resident population 25,000-50,000 | 21.3 | 0.59 | 11.7 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.14 | 2.8 | 37 |
| London | 21.5 | 0.54 | 12.7 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.12 | 4.2 | 41 |
| Dagenham | 22.34 | 0.59 | 6.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.05 | 1.68 | 31.09 |