Dagenham Urban District Council Act 1928
WHEREAS by the Essex (Dagenham Urban District) Confirmation Order 1926 the parish of Dagenham in the Romford Rural District was converted into an urban district to be called the Dagenham Urban District (in this Act called "the district") under the local government of the urban district council of Dagenham (in this Act called "the Council");

And whereas since the census of 1921 the population of the district and the number of occupied houses therein have both increased nearly sevenfold and th...