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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 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]
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STATISTICS
Area (in acres) 3,478
Population, 1959 (Registrar-General's Estimate) 68,920
Number of Inhabited Houses (at 1st April, 1959) 20,434
Rateable Value (at 1st April, 1959) £1,452,011
Product of a Penny Rate, year 1959/60 £5,953
Total Live Births 932
Live Birth Rate per 1,000 home population 13.5
Live Birth Rate per 1,000 population (England & Wales) 16.5
Total Stillbirths 16
Stillbirth Rate per 1,000 (live and still) births 16.9
Stillbirth Rate per 1,000 (live and still) births (England
and Wales) 20.7
Total live and stillbirths 948
Infant Deaths 19
Infant Mortality Rate per 1,000 live births—total 20.4
Infant Mortality Rate per 1,000 live births—legitimate 20.4
Infant Mortality Rate per 1,000 live births—illegitimate 20.0
Infant Mortality Rate—(England and Wales) 22.0
Neo-Natal Deaths 13
Neo-Natal Mortality Rate per 1,000 live births 13.9
Neo-Natal Mortality Rate—(England and Wales) 15.8
Illegitimate live births per cent, of total live births 5.36%
Maternal Deaths (including abortion) —
Maternal Mortality Rate per 1,000 live and stillbirths —
Maternal Mortality Rate (England and Wales) 0.38
Total Deaths 790
Crude Death Rate per 1,000 home population 11.5
Standardised Death Rate 10.4
Death Rate per 1,000 population (England and Wales) 11.6
Live Births :
| Males | Females | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legitimate | 449 | 433 | 882 |
| Illegitimate | 33 | 17 | 50 |
| 482 | 450 | 932 |
Birth rate 13.5 per 1,000 estimated home population.
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