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Hornsey 1931

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

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The number of births notified under the Acts during 1931 was: –

Male.Female.Total.
Live births6666351,301
Still births251540
6916501,341

The births were notified: —

By parents68
By doctors236
By Borough Midwife128
By other midwives440
By Hospitals140
By others271
1,283

Unnotified (from Registrar's return): —

Live births56
Still births2
58
1,341

Of this number there were: —

Live births.Still births.
Occurring in the Borough and transferred to other districts1953
Occurring in Hospitals, etc., outside the district belonging to Hornsey36917

The 1.143 net number of notified births belonging to Hornsey were divided among the districts of the Centres as follows: —

Brook Road539
Wightman Road281
Highgate290
Coldfall Sub-Centre33

SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA.
The "sanitary circumstances" of an area include considerations
of supreme importance to the public health, e.g., a
Pure water supply. So perfect is the service of the Metropolitan
Water Board that water has long ago ceased to be