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POPULATION.
The population as estimated by the Registrar-General
at the 30th June, 1933, was 61,140, an increase of 850 over
the previous year. The natural increase, i.e., the excess of
births over deaths, was only 79, the rest of the increase
being- due to immigration into the district.
BIRTHS.
The number of births registered during the year was
671, 27 less than in 1932. This gives a birth-rate of 10.97
per 1,000 of the population as compared with 11.6 in 1932
and 12.9 in 1931. It will be observed that the birth-rate still
continues to fall.
The birth-rate for England and Wales for 1933 was
14.4.
Twenty-three illegitimate births were registered in 1933,
as compared with 19 in 1932. This figure equals 3.43% of
the total births.
The number of still births was 18, as compared with
12 in 1932, being a rate of 26.1 per 1,000 of all births.
DEATHS.
The number of deaths registered in 1933 was 592, a
decrease of 29 from the previous year. This gives a deathrate
of 9.7 as compared with 10.3 in 1932. This is the lowest
death-rate recorded since 1928, and must be considered very
satisfactory in view of the fact that there was a severe outbreak
of influenza early in the year. Fifty-six per cent. of
the deaths were of persons over 65 years of age.
The death-rate for England and Wales for 1933 was
12.3.
INFANTILE MORTALITY.
For a number of years now the infantile mortality rate
for Finchley has been largely distorted by deaths of infants
in Nazareth House. The rate for 1933 has been affected
even more than those of previous years, and I communicated
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