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compared with the rates of other districts, unless some allowance
is made for the. relative proportions of persons of different ages
and sexes in the districts compared. For the purpose of making
a just comparison, therefore, it is necessary to correct the
recorded death-rate by means of a factor which is arrived at (just
after census returns are available), from a comparison of the proportions
of each sex at each age period in the different
sanitary areas, with those proportions which exist in England and
Wales taken as a standard. This so-called "factor for correction"
for the Finchley District is about 1.05, and the death-
rate corrected FOR age and sex distribution WOuld be
(11.4 x 1.05) 11.9. The rate for England and Wales for 1895
was 187; that for London generally was 19.8; and that for the
33 great towns, 20.6. In Croydon the rate was 14.4, in
Brighton 18.9, in Paris 21.3, and in Berlin it was 19.4. The
death-rate for the Finchley District is seen by Table A4 to be
even below the low rates that have obtained since 1891, and
with the exception of that year the lowest on record. It is
below the rate of any of the sanitary areas within the Metropolis.
Mortality Allotted to Each of the Sub-Districts:—
Among the residents in East Finchley the deaths numbered
96, and furnished a recorded rate of 13.1 per 1,000 per annum.
In North Finchley 47, and the rate was 9.9.
In Church End 38, and the rate was 9.6.
In Whetstone 29, and the rate was 11.9.
Infantile Mortality.—There were 46 deaths registered of
infants under 1 year of age, as against 466 births. The proportion
which the deaths under 1 year of age bear to 1,000 births is therefore
98.7, as against 110 in the preceding year. The corresponding
rate in England and Wales was 161; that in London
generally 166; and that in the 33 great towns, 182.
The deaths under 1 year of age form 21.9 per cent. of the
total deaths at all ages, whereas in 1894 they formed 25.7 per
cent. The rate for 1895 in England and Wales was 26 per cent.,
for London generally 25.5 per cent., and for the 33 great towns
267 per cent.