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Hornsey 1905
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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The increase of population has, therefore, been largely a
natural increase, and comparatively little is due to excess of immigration
over emigration as regards this district.
The increase of population is this year much smaller than in
previous years.
The following table shows the estimated population for each Ward in
| Ward. | Estimated population, 1904. | Estimated population, 1905. | Variation during the year, 30th June, 1904, to 30th June, 1905. | |
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| Increase. | Decrease. | |||
| 12,101 | 222 | — | ||
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Perhaps the most striking feature is the large decrease in the
population of the Stroud Green Ward. There were about 160
fewer occupied houses at the middle of 1905 than at the corresponding
period of 1904. Towards the end of the year, however,
many of these houses were again becoming occupied.
The rate of growth in the West Hornsey Ward is maintained
at about the same level as in the previous year, and it now appears
to be the most populous ward in the Borough. In Finsbury Park,
North and South Haringey, and East Hornsey Wards there is no
room for expansion by the erection of new houses, and, if the population
increases at all, it can only be by an increase of the number
of inhabitants per house. Probably in some parts such a change
is going on.
Density of Population.—The density of the population is,
for 1905, equal to 29.6 persons per acre, as compared with 29.4
persons per acre in 1904.