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Finchley 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]
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Vital Statistics.—Population and Acreage.
The Population at the Census of 1891 was 16,647, and
at the Census of 1901, 22,126. Supposing the same rate of
increase to have been maintained to the middle of last year,
the population would then have amounted to 24,269. But
the rate of increase has been far more rapid of late years than
during the first eight years which elapsed between the two
last Census enumerations. To arrive at an estimate of the
population for the middle of 1904 I have therefore taken the
number of inhabited houses, and allotted to each the average
number of persons found to be occupying each house at the
time of the last Census. It is on the figure thus obtained that
the rates in this Report are based.
The approximate population for each of the sub-districts is as follows:—
| East Finchley | 9,648 |
| North Finchley | 5,775 |
| West Finchley | 7,047 |
| Whetstone | 3,094 |
| Total | 25,564 |
The Natural Increase of the Population by excess of
births over deaths during the year was 634—338 = 296, compared
with 412 in 1903, and 319 in 1902. The great difference
between the figures for 1903 and 1904 is accounted for by the
exceptionally low mortality in the former year.
Number of People to the Acre.—The area of the District
is 3,384 acres, and the average number of persons to each
acre is 7.5.