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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

Hornsey 1908

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

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St. Helen's34.7Devonport25.4
Swansea33.1York25.1
Wigan32.8Rochdale24.6
Walsall29.6Huddersfield24.4
Burnley28.2Reading22.6
Stockport27.7Northampton20.9
Aston Manor26.1

Table: The following table gives the number of births during the year, and the birth-rate for each Ward of the Borough:—

The following table gives the number of births during the year, and the birth-rate for each Ward of the Borough:—

WARD.Number of Births recorded during 1908.Birth-rate.
Highgate16612.6
Muswell Hill16012.7
Crouch End7613.1
West Hornsey35124.9
East Hornsey26220.4
North Haringey19619.4
South Haringey7312.6
Stroud Green959.9
Finsbury Park10615.0
The Borough1,48516.3

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Illegitimate Births number 25 in 1908. In 1907 there
were 26 illegitimate births recorded. The proportion of illegitimate
births of the total births is a very low one, viz.: 1.6 per
cent.
Five of the illegitimate births occurred in the Edmonton
Workhouse, and in the following table these have been allocated
to the Wards in which the mothers resided before seeking admission
to the Workhouse:—