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Finchley 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]
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SOCIAL CONDITIONS.
Area (in acres) 3,384
Population, 1936 (Registrar-General’s Estimate) 64,110
Number of Inhabited Houses (end of 1936) ... 17,37o
Rateable Value (1936) ... ... ... ... £806,129
Sum represented by a Penny Rate £3,218
| Live Births: | |||
| Total. | Males. | Females. | |
| Legitimate | 797 | 385 | 412 |
| Illegitimate | 36 | 18 | 18 |
| Birth rate, 12.99 per 1,000 estimated resident population. | |||
| Total. | Males. | Females. | |
| Stillbirths | 25 | 14 | 11 |
| Rate, 29.13 per 1,000 total (live and still) births. | |||
| Total. | Males. | Females. | |
| Deaths | 643 | 290 | 353 |
| Death rate, 10.03 Per 1000 estimated resident population. | |||
| Deaths from diseases and accidents of pregnancy and child birth:— | |||
| From sepsis | 2 | ||
| From other causes | 1 | ||
| Death rate of Infants under one year of age:— All infants per 1,000 live births 43.21 | |||
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live | |||
| births | 37.64 | ||
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 166.6 | ||
| Deaths from Cancer (all ages) | 89 | ||
| Deaths from Measles (all ages) | 2 | ||
| Deaths from Whooping-cough (all ages) | 1 | ||
| Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) | 6 | ||