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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 1943
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]
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SOCIAL CONDITIONS.
Area (in &cros) 3,477
Number of Inhabited hou3es (end of 1943) 18,897
Rateable Value (1st April 1943) £902,981
Sum represented by a penny rate £3,762
EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS.
Live Births:
Total.
Males.
Females.
Legitimate
989
498
491
Illegitimate
46
26
20
Birth Rate, 17.05 per 1,000 estimated resident population.
Stillbirths:
Total.
Males.
Females.
29
17
12
Rate, 27.2 per 1,000 total (live and still) births.
Deaths.
Total.
Males.
Females.
790
373
417
Rate, 13.01 per 1,000 estimated resident population.
Deaths from diseases and accidents of pregnancy and childbirth:
From sepsis 1
From other causes Nil.
Death-rate of infants under one year of age:
All infants per 1,000 live births 55.07
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 49.5
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 Illegitimate live births 173.9
Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 130
Deaths from Measles (all ages) 1
Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) 2
Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 4