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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 1953

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]

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Table: STATISTICS

STATISTICS

Area (in acres)3,478
Population, 1953 (Registrar-General's Estimate)70,150
Number of Inhabited Houses (1953)19,979
Rateable Value (1953)£937,446
Sum represented by a Penny Rate£3,852
Total Live Births902
Birth Rate per 1,000 home population12.9
Birth Rate per 1.000 population (England and Wales)15.5
Total Stillbirths18
Stillbirth Rate per 1,000 (live and still) births19.6
Total Deaths765
Crude Death Rate per 1,000 home population10.9
Standardised Death Rate9.7
Death Rate per 1,000 population (England and Wales)11.4
Infant Deaths20
Infant Mortality Rate22.2
Infant Mortality Rate (England and Wales)26.8
Neo-Natal Deaths12
Neo-Natal Mortality Rate13.3
Maternal Deaths1
Maternal Mortality Rate1.1
Maternal Mortality Rate (England and Wales)0.76

Table: Live Births:

Live Births:

MalesFemalesTotal
Legitimate430432862
Illegitimate281240
458444902

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Birth rate 12.9 per 1,000 estimated home population.
Males Females Total
Stillbirths 7 11 18
Rate 19.6 per 1.000 (live and still) births
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