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Dagenham 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Dagenham]
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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF
THE AREA
Area (in acres) 6,556
Registrar-General's estimate of resident population, 1949 113,800
Number of inhabited houses (end of 1949) according to
Rate Books 28,278
Rateable value (December 31st, 1949) £642,073
Sum represented by a penny rate (approximate 1949-50) £2,555
Extracts from Vital Statistics for the Year.
Live Births:—
Total Male Female
Legitimate 1,879 979 900 Birth rate per 1,000
of the estimated
Illegitimate 71 35 36 resident population,
17.14.
Stillbirths:—
Legitimate 27 9 18 Rate per 1,000 total
(live and still)
Illegitimate 2 1 1 births, 14.65.
Death rate per 1,000
Deaths 756 449 307 of the estimated
resident population,
6.64.
Deaths from puerperal causes:—
Rate per 1,000 total
Deaths. (live and still)
births.
Puerperal sepsis Nil —
Other puerperal causes Nil —
Total Nil —
Death rate of infants under one year of age:—
All infants per 1,000 live births 28.21
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 26.61
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 70.42