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Finchley 1911

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]

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Table: Statistical Summary, 1911.

Statistical Summary, 1911.

Area of District3384 acres.
Population (Census 1911)39,425
Increase since 190115,625 (=65.6 per cent.)
Estimated population to middle of 191139,815
Density of population11.7 per acre.
Number of occupied houses8,349
Increase since 19014,400
Average number of persons per house4.7
Birth-Rate24.1 per 1,000 of population.
Death-Rate8.9
Infantile Death-Rate73.9 per 1,000 births
Zymotic Death-Rate1.2
Phthisis Death-Rate.58
Tuberculosis (all forms) Death- Rate.86
Cancer Deait.h-Rate.76
Rateable Value£274,072 6 0
Assessable Value£269,775 0 2

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A Rate of Id. in the £ is estimated to produce £1,124.
The General District Rate in 1911 was 3s. 5d. in the £.
Vital Statistics.
Population.—The population of Finchley at the Census
taken in April of 1911 was 39.425, giving a density of population
of 11.7 per acre. In common with a large number of
Urban Disrtricts, the population at the middle of 1910, as
estimated by the Registrar-General and by the Medical Officer
of Health, was found to be in excess of the Census figure.
The Registrar-General bases his calculations on the assumption
that the population is increasing in the same ratio as in
the previous inteis frequently erroneous, and Dr. Prior used the more common