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If allowance is made for the fact that the populations of
the various Sub-Districts differ as to number, it will be seen
from Table A that Phthisis and other Tubercular Diseases
accounted for an undue proportion of deaths in North and
East Finchley; Whooping Cough, Bronchitis and Pneumonia
in East Finchley; and Measles in North Finchley; whilst
the recorded deaths from Cancer were actually as well as
relatively most numerous in West Finchley.
On comparing Table A1 with the corresponding table for
last year, one finds an increase in the number of deaths
recorded under nearly every heading, this is especially noticeable
in the case of Measles, Whooping Cough, Diarrhoea,
Phthisis and other Tubercular Diseases, Bronchitis and
Pneumonia.
Infantile Mortality.—There were 87 deaths of infants
under 1 year of age registered, as compared with 634 births.
The proportion which the deaths under 1 year of age bear to
1,000 births is therefore 137.2. The average for the preceding
10 years was 104.
The corresponding rate for England and Wales in 1904
was 146, and that for the 76 Great Towns 160.
In Finchley, the deaths under 1 year of age formed 25.9
per cent. of the total deaths at all ages.