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Edmonton 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
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Edmonton's death-rate was the lowest of the 96 largest towns in England
and Wales for the week ending March 29th with 8.3 per 1,000 living, and for
week ending April 12th Edmonton shared with Tottenham the honour of the
lowest death-rate, 7.5.
To Mr. Harman Judd, the local Registrar, I owe thanks for the care and
promptness exercised in the returns to me, on which foundation the whole
fabric of my statistics is raised.
Population. The following table shows the population of the District,
| Year. | Population. |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 13,665 |
| 1891 | 23,437 |
| 1901 | 44,911 |
| 1911 | 62,289 |
For District Rate made November nth, 1913, there were found to be
12,388 houses in assessment, of which no less than 8,461 houses were of the
rateable value of £10 per annum, or under.
This population has been allocated to the three Wards as follows:—
| Bury Street | 21,823 |
| Church Street | 22,861 |
| Fore Street | 21,868 |
| 66,552 |
In the Strand Workhouse and the Edmonton Workhouse and Infirmary
there were estimated to be 2,136 persons, of whom 301 were Edmonton
residents.
The area of the district is 3,894 acres (less 31 of water), and the density of
the population, or the average number of persons per acre of land, is 177.
This figure is calculated on the gross population, which includes the average
populations of the Strand Union and Edmonton Union Workhouses, the
Edmonton Infirmary and Nurses' Home, and Strand Union School, and
amounts to 68,387. The Registrar-General's estimate is 69,086.
The natural increase of the population, that is the excess of the nett total
of births over the nett total of deaths, in 1913 was 1862 minus 794, equals
1,068.