London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Finchley 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]
This page requires JavaScript
For estimating the population of the Wards the number of occupied houses in each Ward is multiplied by the average number of persons per house (Census 1911), and it may be assumed that the following figure6 are approximately correct:—
| Ward. | Area in Acres. | Number of Occupied Houses | Estimated population. | Density nf population. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901 | 1911 | 1901 | 1911 | 1901 | 1911 | ||
| 1161 | |||||||
Births.
Nine hundred and thirty-nine births were registered in
the district during the year, and 21 which were registered in
outside districts were transferred to Finchley by the RegistrarGeneral.
Most of the latter took place in the Workhouse.
The total number is therefore 960 (471 males and 489 females).
Of these births 26 were illegitimate. The Birth-Rate for the
year is 24.1 per 1,000 of the population. The Birth-Rate for
the whole of England and Wales for 1911 was 24.4.
During 1911 the number of births exceeded those of 1910
by 50.
The Birth-Rate for 1910 was estimated to be 20.4, but
this was calculated upon too high an estimate of the population,
and it must have been at least 22.5, and was probably
about 23. The real increase in the rate therefore appears to
be about 1.1— a pleasing thing to note, seeing that the BirthRate
for England and Wales is .4 per 1,000 less than last
year.