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Population.
The Registrar-General's estimate of the population of
Finchley for 1925 is 48,500, representing an increase of
690 over the population of the previous year, and an increase
of 1,784 over the census population in 1921. In view
of the rapid growth of the district during the past few years
it would appear that the estimate of the Registrar-General
is a very conservative one. The excess of births over deaths
in the past 5 years is 1471. The number of new houses
erected in the district in that time is approximately 1450,
an increase of about 14 per cent, over the number of separate
dwellings in existence at the time of the census in 1921,
and it is well known that the greater number of these new
houses have been occupied by immigrants into the district.
I think it is safe to say that the population has increased
by more than 5,000 since 1921, making the population at
the present time approximately 52,000.
Births.
There were 724 births during the year, and of these 33
were illegitimate.
Only on one occasion, namely 1918 have fewer births
been recorded in Finchley during the past 20 years.
The birth-rate for the year was 14.9 per 1,000 of the
population, as compared with 15.9 for the previous year.
The birth-rate for England and Wales was 18.3.
Deaths.
Five hundred and fifteen deaths occurred among Finchley
residents, as compared with 449 in the previous year. This
gives a recorded death-rate of 10.6 per 1,000 of the population,
a considerable increase over the rate for the previous
year, which was 9.2.
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