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The Natural Increase of the Population by excess
of births over deaths during the year was (466—210)=256,
as against 294 in 1894, and 255 in 1893.
Number of People to the Acre.—The area of the
District amounts to 3,384 acres, and this, divided among the
residents, represents only 5.4 people to the acre.
The area of East Finchley
is 1,219 acres, and the estimate is 5.9 people to the acre.
The area of North Finchley
is 788 acres, and the estimate is 5.9 people to the acre.
The area of Church End
is 1,002 acres, and the estimate is 3.9 to the acre.
The area of Whetstone
is 373 acres, and the estimate is 6.5 to the acre.
Births—Birth-rate. — During the year 1895 there were
466 births registered in the District; of these 248 were males,
and 218 were females. The birth-rate per 1,000 per annum
was 25.3, whereas that for England and Wales was 30.3, that
for London generally was 30.5, and the rate for the 33 great
towns was 31.3. The birth-rate is the lowest that has ever been
recorded in the District (vide Table A4), a fact which favours
the exceptionally low death-rate for the year, for the liability
to death among infants under one year of age is exceptionally
great. Allowance is made for this, however, in estimating
the "corrected death-rate."
Mortality.
General Mortality.—There were 198 deaths registered
of parishioners who were resident in the district, and 12 of
parishioners who died in public institutions without the district
—making a total of 210 deaths of parishioners. Of these deaths
114 were of females, and 96 were of males.
The Recorded General Death-rate is therefore 11.4, as
against 12.2 in 1894 and 12.7 in 1893. This ordinary deathrate,
however, cannot be taken as a true index of the conditions
affecting the healthiness of the population, nor can it be justly