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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
Finchley 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]
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Showing the Mortality in Finchley from the Principal Epidemic Diseases during a Series of Years.
| Estimated Population. | Smallpox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria and Membranous Croup. | Whooping-cough. | Fever. | Diarrhoea. | Total Deaths. | Rate to every 1,000 Persons. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean of 1871-1880 | 2.13 | |||||||||
| Ditto of 1881-1890 | 1.60 | |||||||||
| Ditto of 1891-1900 | 1.53 | |||||||||
| 1891 | 16,419 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 1.21 |
| 1892 | 17,002 | ... | 4 | 2 | 6 | ... | 1 | 11 | 24 | 1.41 |
| 1893 | 17,500 | ... | 18 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 49 | 2.80 |
| 1894 | 18,015 | 1 | 5 | ... | 4 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 1.44 |
| 1895 | 18,598 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 1.18 |
| 1890 | 19,218 | ... | 1 | ... | 5 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 24 | 1.24 |
| 1897 | 20,064 | ... | 11 | ... | 1 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 34 | 1.69 |
| 1898 | 20,907 | ... | 6 | ... | ... | 6 | 3 | 24 | 39 | 1.86 |
| 1899 | 21,800 | 1 | ... | ... | 6 | 7 | ... | 16 | 30 | 1.37 |
| 1900 | 22,750 | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 27 | 1.18 |
| 1901 | 22,500 | ... | 12 | ... | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 1.06 |
| 1902 | 23,400 | ... | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 24 | 1.02 |
| 1903 | 24,125 | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | 5 | ... | 4 | 13 | 0.54 |
| 1904 | 25,564 | ... | 17 | 1 | 3 | 10 | ... | 13 | 44 | 1.72 |
| 1905 | 28,716 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 0.63 |
| 1906 | 30,750 | ... | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | ... | 31 | 47 | 1.53 |
| 1907 | 36,231 | ... | 16 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 45 | 1.22 |
| Mean of 1898 | 1907 25,683 | 0.1 | 6.2 | 1.1 | 2.8 | 7.0 | 1.6 | 12.3 | 31.1 | 1.21 |
| 1908 | 39,499 | ... | 10 | 4 | 4 | 3 | ... | 8 | 29 | 0.73 |