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Hornsey 1908

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]

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Table: TABLE 1.VITAL STATISTICS OF WHOLE BOROUGH DURING 1908. AND PREVIOUS YEARS.Name of District:—HORNSEY.

TABLE 1.

VITAL STATISTICS OF WHOLE BOROUGH DURING 1908. AND PREVIOUS YEARS.

Name of District:—HORNSEY.

Year 1Population estimated to Middle of each Year. 2Births.Total Deaths Registered in the DistrictTotal Deaths in Public Institutions in the District. 9Deaths of Nonresidents registered in Public Institutions in the District 10Deaths of Residents registered in Public Institutions beyond the District. 11Nett Deaths at all Ages belonging to the District.
under One Year of Age.at all Ages.
Number. 3Rate.* 4Number. 5Rate per 1,000 Births registered. 6Number. 7Rate.* 8
Number. 12Rate.* 13
189864,7431,34220.741581175798.9497225949.22
189967,6641,46121.6015610668210.08851769410.25
190070,5971,49321.151531026198.77119146248.84
190173,5491,51120.55127845978.1252226178.34
190275,6231,56520.71129826208.2076256398.44
190378,4521,56119.91130835897.51137226047.69
190484,2271,65919.69145866607.8183336908.19
190585,2131,56718.38106676077.1217121016968.16
190686,8771,60318.45136846727.7335201177698.85
190790,2211,52416.89116766357.0326181497668.49
Averages for years 1898-190777,7161,52819.80135886268.13138526698.64
190690,8141,48516.3595636547.2017141127528.29
• Rates in columns 4, 8 and 13 calculated per 1,000 of estimated population.
Area of District in acres (exclusive of area covered by water)2,863,442
Total population at all ages72,056At Census of 1901.
Number of inhabited houses12,571
Average number of persons per house5¾
1. Institutions within the District receiving sick and infirm persons from outside the District.2. Institutions outside the District receiving sick and infirm persons from the District.3. Other Institutions, the deaths in which have been distributed among the several localities in the District.
Isolation Hospital, Muswell Hill.Workhouse and Infirmary, Edmonton.
Cromwell House Conval-escent Home.Small Pox Hospital, Summers Lane, Finch-ley.
Santa Claus Home
All Saints' Convalescent Home.Fever Hospital, Liver-pool Road.
Middlesex County Asylum, Napsbury.
Various London Hospitals.