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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 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]
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STATISTICS
Area (in acres) 3,478
Population, 1954 (Registrar-General's Estimate) 70,030
Number of Inhabited Houses (1954) 19,755
Rateable Value (1954) £951,830
Sum represented by a Penny Rate £3,904
Total Live Births 877
Birth Rate per 1,000 home population 12.5
Birth Rate per 1,000 population (England and Wales) 15.2
Total Stillbirths 17
Stillbirth Rate per 1,000 (live and still) births 19.0
Total Deaths 747
Crude Death Rate per 1,000 home population 10.7
Standardised Death Rate 9.5
Death Rate per 1,000 population (England and Wales) 11.3
Infant Deaths 16
Infant Mortality Rate 18.2
Infant Mortality Rate (England and Wales) 25.5
Neo-Natal Deaths 13
Neo-Natal Mortality Rate 14.8
Maternal Deaths 1
Maternal Mortality Rate 1.12
Maternal Mortality Rate (England and Wales) 0.69
Live Births:
Males Females Total
Legitimate 468 377 845
Illegitimate 17 15 32
485 392 877
Birth rate 12.5 per 1,000 estimated home population.
Males Females Total
Stillbirths 9 8 17
Rate 19.0 per 1,000 (live and still) births.
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