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POPULATION.
The Registrar-General estimates that on the 30th June,
1935, the population of the Borough was 62,660, which is
an increase of 968 over the previous year. During the past
two years the number of inhabited houses has increased by
1,400, while during the same period the Registrar-General
estimates that the population has increased by only 1,520.
It is well known that a large proportion of the new dwellings
are occupied by immigrants into the Borough, and I have
no doubt that the population in June, 1935, was not less
than 64,000.
The natural increase, or the excess of iive births over
deaths, was 151, which is the highest for many years.
BIRTHS.
The number of live births registered during 1935 was
807, an increase of 95 over the previous year. This is the
highest number since 1921, and it would appear that the
very low birth rate which has prevailed for a number of
years is definitely rising. The birth rate is 12.88 per 1,000
of the population, as compared with 11.54 in 1934—a very
substantial increase.
The birth rate for England and Wales was 14.7.
Thirty-five illegitimate births were registered as compared
with 29 in 1934.
The number of still births registered was 26, giving
a rate of 31 per 1,000 of all births.
DEATHS.
The number of deaths registered in 1935 was 656, two
less than in the previous year. This gives a crude death rate
of 10.47 as compared with 10.67 in 1934.
The age and sex distribution of the population of
Finchley differs to some extent from that of England and
Wales as a whole, and in order to get a comparable death
rate a factor is provided by the Registrar-General. When
the crude death rate is multiplied by this factor a
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