Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Dagenham]
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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 | ||||||||||
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Live Births | Still Births | All Causes | Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers | Smallpox | Measles | Scarlet Fever | Whooping Cough | Diphtheria | Influenza | Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under two years) | Total Deaths (under one year) | |
England and Wales | 17.9 | 0.42 | 10.8 | 0.00 | — | — | — | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 3.3 | 34 |
126 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London | 20.0 | 0.52 | 11.6 | 0.00 | — | — | — | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 4.5 | 39 |
148 smaller towns (1931) resident population 25,000-50,000 | 19.2 | 0.43 | 10.7 | 0.00 | — | — | — | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 2.1 | 32 |
London | 20.I | 0.39 | 11.6 | 0.00 | — | — | — | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 2.4 | 31 |
Dagenham | 19.15 | 0.28 | 6.15 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.34 | 29.04 |