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Hornsey 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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Summary of Statistics.
| Area in acres | 2,874 |
| Rateable value (District Rate) | £665,366 |
| Population Census, 1901 | 72,056 |
| 1911 | 84,602 |
| Estimated Population 1911 (June 30th) | 94,711 |
| Number of persons per acre, 1911 | 29.5 |
| „ „ „ house, 1911 | 5.033 |
| Estimated birth-rate per 1,000 living, 1911 | 17.4 |
| Average birth-rate for previous 11 years | 19.2 |
| Estimated death-rate per 1,000 living, 1911 | 9.5 |
| Deaths under 1 year of age, per 1,000 births, 1911 | 78 |
| Average number of deaths under 1 year of age for | |
| previous 10 years | 74 |
| Death-rate from Zymotic diseases, 1911 | 0.92 |
| Average death-rate from Zymotic diseases for pre | |
| vious 10 years | 0.61 |
| Death-rate from Phthisis | 0.64 |
| „ „ Other forms of Tuberculosis | 0.92 |
| „ „ Cancer | 1.21 |
Population.— The publication of the results of the Census
taken April 1st, 1911, shews, as was anticipated, that the estimates
formed as to the number of persons living in Hornsey were far
from being correct. A certain amount of error was to be expected,
but it was not thought probable that the population had been
over-estimated to the extent of over 10,000, as turned out to be
the case.
The effect of this over-estimating of the population is to
render inaccurate all the vital statistics published in the report for
the year 1910, and, to a less and diminishing extent, for the years
preceeding that year, down to 1901.
In the present report the estimates of population for the years
1901-1911 have been revised, and all the vital statistics calculated
afrfsh on the basis of the revised population.
The population of the Borough, as enumerated at the recent
census, was 84,602. At the census taken in 1901, the population
was 72,056, so that the increase of population in ten years amounted
to 12,546.