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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 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]
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STATISTICS
Area (in acres) 3,478
Population, 1957 (Registrar-General's Estimate) 69,380
Number of Inhabited Houses (at 1st April, 1957) 20,115
Rateable Value (at 1st April, 1957) £1,371,658
Product of a Penny Rate, year 1957/58 £5,610
Total Live Births 925
Birth Rate per 1,000 home population 13.3
Birth Rate per 1,000 population (England and Wales) 16.1
Total Stillbirths 14
Stillbirth Rate per 1,000 (live and still) births 14.9
Stillbirth Rate per 1,000 (live and still) births (England
and Wales) 22.4
Total Deaths 781
Crude Death Rate per 1,000 home population 11.3
Standardised Death Rate 10.3
Death Rate per 1,000 population (England and Wales) 11.5
Infant Deaths 16
Infant Mortality Rate 17.3
Infant Mortality Rate (England and Wales) 23.0
Neo-Natal Deaths 14
Neo-Natal Mortality Rate 15.1
Neo-Natal Mortality Rate (England and Wales) 16.5
Maternal Deaths 1
Maternal Mortality Rate 1.06
Maternal Mortality Rate (England and Wales) 0.47
Live Births:
Males
Females
Total
Legitimate
Illegitimate
468
14
421
22
889
36
482
443
925
Birth rate 13.3 per 1,000 estimated home population.
Males
Females
Total
Stillbirths
5
9
14
Rate 14.9 per 1,000 (live and still) births.
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