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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 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]
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The kinds of employment entered by the largest numbers of girls were office work,
shopwork and hairdressing (in that order). The kinds of employment entered by the
largest numbers of boys were engineering, shopwork, office work, building and electrical
contracting.
ROAD SAFETY
The following tables show the number of road traffic accidents and casualties
within the Borough during 1962 and comparative figures for the past five years.
The figures supplied by the Registrar-General, shown in the list of causes of
death on page 14, refer to Finchley residents only regardless of place of death, and
therefore may not agree with the number of fatalities shown below.
Number of persons injured
| ADULTS | CHILDREN | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fatal | Serious | Slight | Fatal | Serious | Slight | |
| Pedestrians | 4 | 19 | 53 | - | 13 | 22 |
| Pedal Cyclists | — | 11 | 34 | — | 3 | 17 |
| Motor Cyclists | 1 | 11 | 37 | — | — | — |
| Scooterists | 1 | 7 | 38 | — | — | — |
| Moped Riders | — | 2 | 8 | — | — | — |
| Drivers: | ||||||
| Private Cars | — | 18 | 98 | — | - | — |
| Goods Vehicles | — | 1 | 14 | — | — | +- |
| Passengers: | ||||||
| Private Cars | 1 | 24 | 60 | — | 2 | 11 |
| Pillion Passengers | - | 4 | 7 | — | - | — |
| Public Service Vehicles | - | 3 | 17 | — | - | — |
| Goods Vehicles | — | 3 | 7 | - | — | 1 |
| 7 | 103 | 373 | - | 18 | 52 | |