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The Natural Increase of the Population by excess of
births over deaths during the year was 889—357—532, compared
with 413 in 1906, 458 in 1905, 296 in 1904, and 412
in 1903.
The estimated actual increase in the population of
Finchley during recent years has been due chiefly to
migration into the District, the actual increase having been
very considerably in excess of the so-called natural increase.
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 10.7, at the census of 1901 it was 6.5.
The estimate for each sub-district is as follows:—
East Finchley (1,219 acres), 11.8 people to the acre.
North Finchley (788 „ ), 10.8 „ „
West Finchley (1,002 „ ), 10.9 „ „
Whetstone (373 „ ), 6.4 „ „
The average density of population per house at the last
census was 5.6 for the whole District.
Birth-Rate.
During the year 1907 there were 889 births of parishioners
registered (including three that occurred in the Union Infirmary
at Barnet, and one in the Salvation Army Maternity
Home at Hackney), of these 452 were males and 437 were
females. The birth-rate per 1,000 of population was 24.48,
compared with 25.1 in the preceding year. The average for
the ten years 1897 to 1906 was 24.7.
The birth-rate in England and Wales in 1907 was 26.3
per 1,000 of the population, which is lower than the rate in
any other year on record. The rate in the 76 Great Towns
was 27.0, and in the 142 Smaller Towns 25.7.