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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Hornsey 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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FACILITIES AVAILABLE TO HOUSEHOLDERS
| Facility | No. of Households with: | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Exclusive Use | Sharing | Without | |
| Piped Water | 23,411 | 10,895 | 39 |
| Cooking Stove | 32,031 | 1,489 | 825 |
| Kitchen Sink | 30,103 | 2,205 | 2,037 |
| Water Closet | 23,550 | 10,743 | 42 |
| Fixed Bath | 15,385 | 14,740 | 4,220 |
| Exclusive use of all 5 | 13,289 - 39% of all households | ||
| Total number of households | 34,345 | ||
Of the 26 Municipal Boroughs and Urban Districts in Middlesex
only 2 have a smaller percentage of households with exclusive use of
all five services.
Social Classes
Males engaged in or retired from gainful employment are graded into
5 groups according to their occupations. These have been traditionally
described as "Social Classes"—the grading is no more than a convenient
arrangement of occupation unit groups.
Group
No.
Percentage
Hornsey
National
Professional 2,081 6.3 3.3
Intermediate 6,888 20.9 15.0
Skilled 18,733 56.9 52.7
Partly Skilled 2,669 8.1 16.2
Unskilled 2,557 7.8 12.8
Education
A question was included in the 1951 census regarding attendance at
an educational establishment. No such particulars were obtained in
1931 so figures have been extracted from the 1921 census to show
changes in the position.
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