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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 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]
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SOCIAL CONDITIONS
Area (in acres) 3,477
Population (estimated) on 30.6.45 61,370
Number of Inhabited houses (end of 1945) 19,079
Rateable Value (1st April, 1945) £908,371
Sum represented by a penny rate £3,692
EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS
Live Births:
Total Males Females
Legitimate 919 433 436
illegitimate 68 30 38
Birth rate; 16.08 per 1,000 estimated resident population.
Stillbirths:
Total Males Females
14 8 6
Rate; 13.98 per 1,000 (live and still) births.
DEATHS:
Total Males Females
725 341 384
Rate; 11.81 per 1,000 estimated resident population.
Deaths from diseases and accidents of pregnancy and
childbirth:
From sepsis -
Other maternal causes 1
Death-rate of infants under one year of age:
All infants per 1,000 live births 36.37
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 37.0
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 29.41