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TO THE MAYOR, ALDERMEN AND COUNCILLORS
OF THE BOROUGH OF' FINCHLEY
August, 1950
I have the honour to submit my Annual Report for the year
1949.
The most notable feature in the vital statistics is that the
Infantile Mortality Rate was 19.3 per 1,000 live births which is a
new low record for the Borough.
There was a continued upward trend in the General Death
Rate in spite of the saving in child life, but this is what must be
expected in an ageing population. 65% of the total deaths were
of persons over 65 years of age.
The decline in the birth rate continued.
The position regarding Infectious Diseases was good except
in the case of Poliomyelitis. There were 26 confirmed cases during
the summer and autumn months and three of them were fatal.
There was no death from Measles, Whooping Cough, Scarlet Fever,
Enteric Fever or Cerebro Spinal Fever.
There has not been a case of Diphtheria since August, 1946.
I regret to have to say that as forecast in last year's report
there has been an increase in the number of new cases of and
deaths from Tuberculosis.
There has been little change in housing conditions ; overcrowding
is almost as great a problem as ever, and the condition
of much of the older property has continued to deteriorate as the
result of a combination of circumstances, including over-occupation
due to sub-letting, the high cost of repairs and redecorations, high
rates and taxes and the comparatively low rents of controlled
houses.
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