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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 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]
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STATISTICS
Area (in acres) 3,477
Population, 1950 (Registrar-General's Estimate) 70,720
Number of Inhabited Houses (1950) 19,494
Rateable Value (1950) £913,142
Sum represented by a Penny Rate £3,753
Total Live Births 962
Birth Rate per 1,000 home population 13.6
Birth Rate per 1,000 population (England and Wales) 15.8
Total Stillbirths 21
Stillbirth Rate per 1,000 (live and still) births 21.4
Total Deaths 819
Death Rate per 1,000 home population 11.6
Death Rate per 1,000 population (England and Wales) 11.6
Infant Deaths 16
Infant Mortality Rate 16.6
Infant Mortality Rate (England and Wales) 29.8
Maternal Deaths 2
Maternal Mortality Rate 2.03
Maternal Mortality Rate (England and Wales) 0.86
Live Births: Moles Females Total
Legitimate 477 453 930
Illegitimate 16 16 32
493 469 962
Birth rate 13.6 per 1,000 estimated home population.
Males Females Total
Stillbirths 15 6 21
Rate: 21.4 per 1,000 (live and still) births.
Males Females Total
Deaths 377 442 819
Rate: 11.6 per 1,000 estimated home population.
Dealhs from disease and accidents of pregnancy and childbirth:
From Sepsis
Other maternal causes 2
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