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 1950
[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 | Smallpox | Measles | Scarlet Fever | Whooping Cough | Diphtheria | Influenza | Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under two years) | Total Deaths (under one year) | |
| England and Wales | 15.8 | 0.37 | 11.6 | 0.00 | - | - | - | - | - | 0.10 | 1.9 | 29.8 |
| 126 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London | 17.6 | 0.45 | 12.3 | 0.00 | — | — | — | — | — | 0.09 | 2.2 | 33.8 |
| 148 smaller towns (1931) resident population 25,000-50,000 | 16.7 | 0.38 | 11.6 | 0.00 | - | — | — | — | — | 0.10 | 1.6 | 29.4 |
| London | 17.8 | 0.36 | 11.8 | 0.00 | — | — | — | — | — | 0.07 | 1.0 | 26.3 |
| Dagenham | 15.36 | 0.39 | 6.92 | 0.00 | — | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 1.69 | 29.33 |