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Vital Statistics.
Population.—The population of Finchley. taken at the
last census, was 23,805. There are two methods generally
adopted for estimating the population during the years
between the census. The one adopted by the RegistrarGeneral
is based upon the assumption that the rate of increase
since 1901 is the same as in the years 1891-1901. The
other method is to base the estimate on the number of
occupied houses, assuming the number of inhabitants per
house is the same as it was in 1901. Owing to the rapid
increase in the population of Finchley, the first method is
obviously inapplicable, and a more accurate estimate is
obtained by adopting the second method.
The average number of persons per house in 1901 was
5.6. Taking the number of occupied houses in the middle of
the year as 7,053, and multiplying by 5.6, gives an estimated
population of 39,499.

Density of Population.—The area of the district is
3,384 acres. At the census of 1901 the average number of
persons per acre was 6.5. The number of persons to each
acre is now estimated as 11.6.