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If we take a general view of the figures for 1903 for
the country as a whole the interesting fact stands out that the
General Death-rate was the lowest on record, namely, 15.4
per 1,000; and compared with the average rate in the 10 years,
1893—1902, it shows a decrease of 2.2 per 1,000. The rate of
Infantile Mortality was 132, and in London it was 130—a very
low figure indeed. The Death-rate from Enteric Fever and
Summer Diarrhoea was well below the average, as was also
the Death-rate from Diphtheria. The statistics for 1903
also afford evidence of the continuation of general tendencies
shown during the last eight or nine years, namely, a declining
Birth-rate, a declining Death-rate, and a relatively slight
decline in the Infantile Mortality.
The deaths from Scarlet Fever and Enteric Fever were the
fewest on record; those from Diphtheria are the lowest totalled
since 1881.
Mortality Allotted to Each of the Sub-Districts:—
Among the residents in East Finchley the Deaths numbered
97, and furnished a rate of 10.6 per 1,000 per annum.
In North Finchley the Deaths numbered 67, and
furnished a rate of 12.3
In West Finchley 56, and a rate of 8.4.
In Whetstone 14, and a rate of 4.8.
Infantile Mortality.-There were 59 deaths registered
of infants under 1 year of age, as against 646 births. The
proportion which the deaths under 1 year of age bear to 1,000
births is therefore only 91.3 as against 93.4 in the preceding