Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]
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Table A
comparison of the rates op the finchley district with those of England and Wales, the 33 Great Towns and London generally, for the Year 1894.
General Death. rate | Rate of Infantile Mortality. | Birthrate. | Zymtc. Death. rate. | Smallpox D.R. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A* | Bt | |||||
England and Wales | 16.6 | 137 | 24.4% | 29.6 | 1.75 | 0.027 |
The 33 Great Towns | 18.1 | 152 | 20.0% | 30.7 | 2.43 | 0.042 |
London Generally | 17.8 | 143 | 24.3% | 30.1 | 2.66 | 0.020 |
The Finchley District | 12.2 | 110 | 25.7% | 28.5 | 1.55 | 0.055 |
Measles D.R. | Scarlet Fever D.R. | Whooping Couah. D.R. | Fever D.R. | Diphtheria D.R. | Diarrh. and Dysnty D.R. | |
England and Wales | 0.31 | 0.16 | 0.39 | 0.16 | 0.28 | 0.35 |
The 33 Great Towns | 0.62 | 0.21 | 0.48 | 019 | 0.38 | 0.50 |
London Generally | 0.76 | 0.22 | 0.48 | 0.15 | 0.61 | 0.41 |
The Finchley District | 0.26 | 0.00 | 0.61 | 0.055 | 0.22 | 0.22 |
* The number of deaths under 1 year of age to every 1,000 births,
The percentage which the number of deaths under 1 year of age
from the total number of deaths.
The lowest on record.
The Public Institutions within the District furnished
17 deaths, as follows:—
The Woodside Home 7
The Convent of the Good Shepherd 8
The Lunatic Asylum 2
These deaths were among persons who came to Finchley
from other Districts and they have therefore not been reckoned
with in estimating the Finchley Death.rate.