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Hornsey 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS FOR 1927.
| Area | 2,874 acres. | ||
| Population (census 1921) | 87,691 | ||
| Estimated population (middle of 1927) | 90,000 | ||
| Number of inhabited houses (census 1921) | 17,333 | ||
| Number of private families (census 1921) | 23,353 | ||
| Rateable value | £745,054 | ||
| Product of a penny rate | £3,100 | ||
| Births- | |||
| Male | 589 | ||
| Female | 612 | ||
| Total | 1,201 | ||
| Birth-rate, 13.3 per 1,000 population. | |||
| Deaths— | |||
| Male | 455 | ||
| Female | 557 | ||
| Total | 1,012 | ||
| Death-rate, 11.2 per 1,000 population. Death-rate of infants under one year of age per 1,000 | |||
| births | 38.3 | ||
| Death-rate from tuberculosis (all forms) per 1,000 living | 0.7 | ||
| Death-rate from zymotic disease per 1,000 living | 0.13 | ||
THE WATER WE DRINK.
To town dwellers a pure and abundant supply of water is
such a commonplace that it is only when the supply is cut off,
as happened in so many houses last year during the severe frost,
that the importance of such a service is demonstrated.
During the early part of last century the inhabitants of what
is now the Borough of Hornsey obtained their water supplies
mainly from wells. One of these wells at any rate was famous.
Muswell Hill derives its name from an old well, the site of
which was apparently in Muswell Road, almost opposite Coniston
Road. This part of Muswell Hill, east of Colney Hatch Lane
and extending from near the Broadway, Muswell Hill, to
Goodwyn's Vale, belonged to the fraternity of St. John of
Jerusalem, whose headquarters were in Clerkenwell. A chapel