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Social Conditions.
The district is of a purely residential character: its
growth and development are proceeding at a very rapid rate,
as will be seen by a perusal of the sections of this report
referring to Population and Housing.
Births.
The number of births belonging to Finchley, for the year
1914, is 963; of these 941 were registered in the district, and
22 elsewhere.
The Birth-Rate is 20.99 per 1,000 of the population, as
compared with 21.03 in 1913.
The following table shews the number of births recorded
and the birth-rate for each Ward of the District:—
No. of Births Birth Rate.
North Finchley 302 23.44
East Finohley 340 21.63
West Finchley 299 11.53
During the past 12 years the birth-rate in England and
Wales, as a whole, has gradually declined from 28.0 in 1902,
to 23.8 in 1914.
In Finchley it was 24.7 in 1902, and 20.99 in 1914.
Illegitimate Births.—29 illegitimate births were
registered, i.e. 3.01 per cent. of the total births, as compared
with 3.0 in 1913.
Deaths.
The number of deaths registered in the district was 361,
as compared with 358 in 1913. To arrive at the number of
deaths belonging to Finchley, however, it is necessary to
deduct 20 deaths which occurred among persons temporarily
residing here, and to add 82 deaths which occurred in other
places among persons who usually reside in this district; this
nett total is 423, and equale a crude death-rate of 9.24 per
1,000 of the population, as compared with 8.86 in 1913.