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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 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]
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STATISTICS
Area (in acres) 3,475
Population 1951 (Registrar-General's Estimate) 70,190
Census-Population (April 1951) 69,990
Number of Inhabited Houses (1951) 19,664
Rateable Value (1951) £922,795
Sum represented by a Penny Rate £3,799
Total Live Births 915
Birth Rate per 1,000 home population 13.0
Birth Rate per 1,000 population (England and Wales) 15.5
Total Stillbirths 12
Stillbirth Rate per 1,000 (live and still) births 12.9
Total Deaths 877
Crude Death Rate per 1,000 home population 12.5
Standardised Death Rate 11.5
Death Rate per 1,000 population (England and Wales) 12.5
Infant Deaths 22
Infant Mortality Rate 24.0
Infant Mortality Rate (England and Wales) 29.6
Maternal Deaths —
Maternal Mortality Rate —
Maternal Mortality Rate (England and Wales) 0.79
Live Births: Males Females Total
Legitimate 445 432 877
Illegitimate 16 22 38
461 454 915
Birth rate 13.0 per 1,000 estimated home population.
Males Females Total
Stillbirths 8 4 12
Rate: 12.9 per 1,000 (live and still) births.