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Finchley 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]
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Statistical Summary, 1913
Area of District 3,384 acres
Estimated Population at June, 1913 44,208
Population at Census, 1911 39,419
Increase of Population, 1901 to 1911 17,293
Density of Population at Census, 1911 11.6 per acre
Average number of persons per house 5.1
Average number of persons per separate
rating 4.8
Birth Rate per 1,000 of Population 21.03
Death Rate per 1,000 of Population 8.86
Factor for correction of Death Rate 1.016
Infantile Death Rate per 1,000 Births 64.5
Zymotic Death Rate per 1,000 Population 36
Tuberculosis (all forms) Death Rate
per 1,000 Population 58
Phthisis Death Rate per 1,000 Population 36
Cancer Death Rate per 1,000 Population 1.08
Rateable Value (Poor Rate), 1913-1914 £310,384 6 0
Assessable Value (Gen. Dist. Rate) 1913-1914 £305,048 0 7
A Rate of 1d. in the £ is estimated to produce £1,211 0 0
The General District Rate for the year 1913-14 was 3/3 in the £
Outdoor Relief (Poor Law), 1913 £2,224 12 0