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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Finchley 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]
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Table A5.
Showing the Mortality in Finchley from the Principal Epidemic Diseases during a Series or Years.
| Estimated Population. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria and Membranous Croup. | Whooping-cough. | Fever. | Diarrhoea. | Total Deaths. | Rate to every 1000 Persons. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean of 1871—1880 | 2.13 | ||||||||
| Ditto of 1881—1890 | 1.60 | ||||||||
| Ditto of 1891—1900 | 1.53 | ||||||||
| 1891 16,419 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 1.21 |
| 1892 17,002 | .. | 4 | 2 | 6 | .. | 1 | 11 | 24 | 1.41 |
| 1893 17,500 | .. | 18 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 49 | 2 .80 |
| 1894 18,015 | 1 | 5 | .. | 4 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 1.44 |
| 1895 18,598 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 1.18 |
| 1896 19,218 | .. | 1 | .. | 5 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 24 | 1.24 |
| 1897 20,064 | .. | 11 | .. | 1 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 34 | 1.69 |
| 1898 20,907 | .. | 6 | .. | .. | 6 | 3 | 24 | 39 | 1.86 |
| 1899 21,800 | 1 | .. | .. | 6 | 7 | .. | 16 | 30 | 1.37 |
| 1900 22,750 | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 27 | 1.18 |
| 1901 22,500 | .. | 12 | .. | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 1.06 |
| 1902 23,400 | .. | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 24 | 1.02 |
| 1903 24,125 | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | 5 | .. | 4 | 13 | 0.54 |
| 1904 25,564 | .. | 17 | 1 | 3 | 10 | .. | 13 | 44 | 1.72 |
| 1905 28,716 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 0.63 |
| Mean of 1896 —1905 22,904 | 0.1 | 5.1 | 0.4 | 2.7 | 6.4 | 1.8 | 11.2 | 27.7 | 1.21 |
| 1906 30,750 | .. | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .. | 31 | 47 | 1.53 |