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Hornsey 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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than in any other of the northern or western suburbs. Again,
with the exception of Ealing, the ratio of females to males
(namely, 1,319 females per 1,000 males) was greater in Hornsey
than anywhere else in the County of Middlesex. These facts
show that Hornsey is a residential area where a good many
retired persons and middle-class families have taken up their
abode. The accompanying tables give the occupations followed
by males and females of 12 years of age and over at the last
census: —
Males.
| Percentage. | |
|---|---|
| Commercial, finance and insurance work | 17 |
| Clerical work | 17 |
| Retired or of independent means | 14 |
| Transport workers | 8 |
| Professional occupations | 6 |
| Public administration and defence | 5 |
Females.
| Retired or of independent means | 64 |
| Personal service | 12 |
| Clerks and typists | 9 |
| Professional occupations | 4 |
| Cases. | Cost. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ordinary | 444 | £11,559 | 13 | 2 |
| Unemployed | 310 | £3,062 | 6 | 8 |
DEATHS, BIRTHS, INFANT MORTALITY RATE, ETC.
Births.—Twelve hundred and fourteen babies were born in
Hornsey in 1925, the birth-rate being 13.6 per 1,000 population,
a slight increase over the figure in the previous year. One
thousand three hundred and five births (including 121 transferred
to other districts) were notified to the Medical Officer of
Health under the Notification of Births Acts. There were
39 illegitimate births in 1925. The excess of births over deaths
for the year was only 268.