London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]
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STATISTICS
Area (in acres) 3,477
Population, 1948 (Registrar-General's Estimate) 70,960
Number of Inhabited Houses (end of 1948) 19,400
Rateable Value (1948) £907,007
Sum represented by a Penny Rate £3,725
Total Live Births 1,086
Birth Rate per 1,000 population 15.3
Birth Rate per 1,000 population (England & Wales) 17.9
Total Stillbirths 21
Stillbirth Rate per 1,000 (live and still) births 18.97
Total Deaths 763
Death Rate per 1,000 population 10.75
Death Rate per 1,000 population (England & Wales) 10.8
Infant Deaths 30
Infant Mortality Rate 27.62
Infant Mortality Rate (England & Wales) 34
Maternal Deaths 2
Maternal Mortality Rate 1.8
Maternal Mortality Rate (England & Wale 1.02
Live Births : Males Females Total
Legitimate 541 491 1,032
Illegitimate 22 32 54
563 523 1,086
Birth rate 15.3 per 1,000 estimated resident population.
Males Females Total
Stillbirths 14 7 21
Rate: 18.97 per 1,000 (live and still) births.
Males Females Total
Deaths 341 422 763
Rate: 10.75 Per 1,000 estimated resident population.
Deaths from disease and accidents of pregnancy and childbirth :
From Sepsis -
Other maternal causes 2