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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 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]
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STATISTICS
Area (in acres) 3,478
Population, 1955 (Registrar-General's Estimate) 69,860
Number of Inhabited Houses (1955) 19,967
Rateable Value (1955) £958,479
Sum represented by a Penny Rate £3,927
Total Live Births 894
Birth Rate per 1,000 home population 12.8
Birth Rate per 1,000 population (England and Wales) 15.0
Total Stillbirths 21
Stillbirth Rate per 1,000 (live and still) births 23.5
Total Deaths 746
Crude Death Rate per 1,000 home population 10.7
Standardised Death Rate 9.5
Death Rate per 1,000 population (England and Wales) 11.7
Infant Deaths 19
Infant Mortality Rate 21.3
Infant Mortality Rate (England and Wales) 24.9
Neo-Natal Deaths 15
Neo-Natal Mortality Rate 16.8
Maternal Deaths
Maternal Mortality Rate
Maternal Mortality Rate (England and Wales) 0.64
Live Births:
Males Females Total
Legitimate 449 407 856
Illegitimate 19 19 38
468 426 894
Birth rate 12.8 per 1,000 estimated home population.
Males Females Total
Stillbirths 11 10 21
Rate 23.5 per 1,000 (live and still) births.