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Dagenham 1955

[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, 1955115,600
Number of inhabited houses (end of 1955) according to Rate Books30,269
Rateable value (December 31st, 1955)£713,853
Sum represented by a penny rate (approximate 1955-6)£2,927

Extracts from Vital Statistics for the Year.

Live Births :—

TotalMaleFemale
Legitimate1,448726722Birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population, 12.98.
Illegitimate532825
Stillbirths:—
Legitimate342014Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births, 23.42.
Illegitimate22
Deaths796421375Death rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population, 6.88.

Deaths from pregnancy, childbirth, abortion :—

DeathsRate per 1.000 total (live and still) births.
NilNil

Death rate of infants under one year of age :—

All infants per 1,000 live births29.31
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births28.31
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births56.60
Deaths from Cancer (all ages)189
,, ,, Measles (all ages)Nil
,, Whooping Cough (all ages)Nil
,, Gastritis, Enteritis and Diarrhoea (all ages)5