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The Natural Increase of the Population by excess of
births over deaths during the year was 743–285=458, compared
with 296 in 1904, and 412 in 1903.
Number of People to the Acre.— The area of the District
is 3,381 acres, and the average number of persons to each acre
is 8.5.
The estimate for each sub-district is as follows:-
East Finchley (1,219 acres), 9.1 people to the acre.
North Finchley (788 „ ), 8.6 ,,
West Finchley (1,002 „ ), 8.7 „ „
Whetstone (373 „ ), 5.8 „ „
The average density of population per house at the last
census was 5.6 for the whole district.
Birth-Rate.
During the year 1905 there were 743 births registered in
the district, i.e., 391 males and 352 females. The birth-rate
par 1,000 of population was therefore 25.9, the average for the
preceding ten years was 24.6.
The rate for England and Wales in 1905 was 27.2, and
that for the 76 Great Towns 28.2.
The rapidly declining birth-rate of the country is a matter
that cannot well be passed over without comment. For the
ten years, 1841-50, the birth-rate of England and Wales
averaged 32.6; for 1861-70, 35.2; and for 1871-80, 35.5,
having reached its maximum (36.3) in 1876; for 1881-90 the
rate was 32 3 and for 1891-1900, 29.9. In 1905 it was
only 27.2 per 1,000 of the population, which is lower than the
rate in any other year on record.