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 1951
[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 | 15.5 | 0.36 | 12.5 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | - | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.38 | 1.4 | 29.6 |
| 126 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London | 17.3 | 0.45 | 13.4 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | - | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.36 | 1.6 | 33.9 |
| 148 smaller towns (1931) resident population 25,000-50,000 | 16.7 | 0.38 | 12.5 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | - | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.38 | 1.0 | 27.6 |
| London | 17.8 | 0.37 | 13.1 | - | - | - | - | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.23 | 0.7 | 26.4 |
| Dagenham | 15.25 | 0.23 | 7.42 | - | - | 0.01 | - | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.13 | 1.74 | 30.08 |