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Hornsey 1911

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

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Table: The following table gives the population in each ward of the Borough at the census 1911,and that of1901,with the increase or decrease of population in the intervening ten years —

The following table gives the population in each ward of the Borough at the census 1911,and that of1901,with the increase or decrease of population in the intervening ten years —

Ward.Population, Census 1901.Population. Census 1911.Increase in 10 years.Decrease in 10 years.
Highgate10,17611,8111,635—
Muswell Hill5,83311,3915,558—
Crouch End4,7616,0321,271—
West Hornsey18,66212,9565,431-
East Hornsey11,137
North Haringey10,1299,605—524
South Haringey5,9175,782—135
Stroud Green9,3568,751—605
Finsburv Park7,2227,137—85
The Borough72,05684,602

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North and South Haringey, Stroud Green and Finsburv Park
Wards, that is to say the wards along the Eastern boundary, all
show small decreases in population. These are the parts of the
Borough which have been fully built over for many years and where
no further building activity is possible. In some of the wards,
however, there seemed a tendency to the sub-division of houses
formerly occupied by one family only, and in this way it seemed,
probably, that the population of these wards might be steadily
growing, in spite of the fact that no new houses were erected. It
is now evident that the process of sub-letting has not progressed to
the extent that seemed probable.
The great increase has occurred in Muswell Hill, and East
and West Hornsey Wards. Crouch End Ward has increased by
about 25 per cent., and a proportionately smaller increase has
taken place at Highgate. The Borough, as a whole, has increased
in population by about seventeen per cent. in the ten years between
the census of 1901 and that of 1911.
The population for the years intervening between 1901 and
1911, in which, of course, no census was taken, have been re-estimated,
and are as follows:—