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Finchley 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]
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SOCIAL CONDITIONS.
Area (in acres) 3,384
Population, 1935 (Registrar-General's Estimate) 62,660
Number of Inhabited Houses (end of 1935) 16,577
Rateable Value (1935) 772,522
Sum represented by a Penny Rate £3,093
EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS FOR
THE YEAR.
Live Births :
Total. Males. Females.
Legitimate 772 407 365
Illegitimate 35 24 n
Birth rate, 12.88 per 1,000 estimated resident population.
Total. Males. Females.
Stillbirths 26 17 9
Rate, 31.21 per 1,000 total (live and still) births.
Total. Males. Females.
Deaths 656 297 365
Death rate, 10.47 per 1,000 estimated resident population.
Deaths from diseases and accidents of pregnancy and
child birth:—
From sepsis 1
From other causes 1
Death rate of Infants under one year of age:—
All infants per 1,000 live births—
Excluding Institution children 35.94
Including Institution children 48.33
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live
births 37.71
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live
births 285.71
Deaths from Measles (all ages) Nil
Deaths from Whooping.cough (all ages) Nil
Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 17
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