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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Finchley 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]
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SOCIAL CONDITIONS.
Area (in acres) 3,477
Population, 1937 (Registrar-General's Estimate) 64,525
Number of Inhabited Houses (end of 1937) 17,227
Rateable Value (1937) 835,568
Sum represented by a Penny Rate £3,380
EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS FOR
THE YEAR.
Live Births:
Total. Males. Females.
Legitimate 856 439 417
Illegitimate 39 22 17
Birth rate, 13.84 per 1,000 estimated resident population.
Total. Males. Females.
Stillbirths 25 12 13
Rate, 27.17 per 1,000 total (live and still) births.
Total. Males. Females.
Deaths 704 322 382
Death rate, 10.84 per 1,000 estimated resident population.
Deaths, from diseases and accidents of pregnancy and
child birth:—
From sepsis —
From other causes 1
Death rate of Infants under one year of age:—
All infants per 1,000 live births 40.22
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live
births 32.71
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live
births 205.13
Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 103
Deaths from Measles (all ages) 0
Deaths from Whooping-cough (all ages) 1
Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 7
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