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Finchley 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]
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Statistical Summary, 1914.
Area of District 3,384 acres
Estimated Population at June, 1914 45,868
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 20.99
Death Rate per 1,000 of Population 9.24
Factor for correction of Death Rate 1.016
Infantile Death Rate per 1,000 Births 66.45
Zymotic Death Rate per 1,000 Population .43
Tuberculosis (all forms) Death Rate per
1,000 Population .71
Phthisis Death Rate per 1,000 Population .59
Cancer Death Rate per 1,000 Population 1.2
Rateable Value (Poor Rate), 1914-1915 £309,698 0 0
Assessable Value (Gen. Dist. Rate) 1914-1915 £305,567 0 0
A Rate of 1d. in the £ is estimated to produce £1,211 0 0
The General District Rate for the year 1914-15 was 3/3 in the £