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In calculating the population I have adapted the method
of multiplying the number of separate ratings by the
average number of persons per separate occupation. The
census returns of "Separate Occupiers" in a district such as
this are not the same as separate "Ratings" as obtained from
the Rate Books, and I have therefore considered it advisable
as affording a more reliable basis for subsequent estimations.
to divide the population at the last Census by the number of
"Separate Ratings" on the books at the time the Census was
taken, and to use the figure obtained for future calculations.
The number of persons per rating was 4.8, and upon
this basis I estimated the population at the middle of 1913
as 44,208.
Physical Features of the District.
Finchley is situated in the County of Middlesex, and to
the north of London. It is a somewhat straggling district,
covering an area of 3,384 acres. It is bounded on the north
by Banrlet; on the south by Hampstead and St. Pancras; on
the east by Hornsey and Friern Barnet; on the west by
Hendon and Totteridge.
The Surveyor (Mr. Chas. Jenkin, C.E.) has kindly
supplied me with the following statement:—
"The district of Finchley, is, generally speaking, composed
of two watersheds, with a high ridge, roughly along
the centre of, and for almost the entire length of the district.
The land on either side drains respectively into the
valleys of the Lea and Brent.
The soil is, for the most part, boulder clay, overlying
London clay, at depths varying from 12 feet to 30 feet.
The boulder clay is interspersed with glacial drift, there
being pockets of clean ferruginous sand, mixed with clean
gravel.
The altitude of the district varies from 200 to 400 feet
above sea level."