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Hornsey 1898
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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In this calculation 7 deaths which occurred at the Isolation
Hospital in the Muswell Hill Ward were taken from the number of
deaths occurring in that Ward and added to the deaths in the North
Haringey, Crouch End, Hornsey (3), Finsbury Park and Highgate
Wards from which the patients were received.
The Ward death-rate for 1898 compared with that for 1897 anr 1896 is shown in the following table:—
| WARD. | 1898 | 1897. | 1896. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths. | Death-rate per 1,000. | Deaths. | Death-rate per 1,000. | Deaths. | Death-rate per 1,000. | |
| Highgate | 80 | 8.32 | 80 | 9.20 | 76 | 8.73 |
| Muswell Hill | 16 | 5.31 | 11 | 4.43 | 20 | 9.03 |
| Crouch End | 30 | 5.91 | 30 | 6.0 | 27 | 5.77 |
| Hornsey | 168 | 10.31 | 158 | 10.63 | 139 | 10.04 |
| North Haringey | 97 | 8.96 | 86 | 8.43 | 82 | 8.19 |
| South Haringy | 50 | 7.04 | 50 | 7.36 | 51 | 8.52 |
| Stroud Green | 55 | 5.29 | 42 | 4.45 | 62 | 6.80 |
| Finsbury Park | 83 | 10.72 | 71 | 9.29 | 66 | 8.75 |
From this table it will be seen that the deaths in the Highgate,
Crouch End and South Haringey Wards were exactly the same in
number as for the year 1897, while there were 5 more deaths in the
Muswell Hill, 10 in the Hornsey, 11 in the North Haringey, 18 in the
Stroud Green, and 12 in the Finsbury Park Wards, making up
altogether the increase of 51 deaths as compared with 1897. It will
be noted that the Wards which show the lowest death-rates are Stroud
Green, Muswell Hill and Crouch End, whilst the highest is in Finsbury
Park followed closely by Hornsey. North Haringey, with a density of
population of 86 persons to the acre, has a higher death-rate when
compared with South Haringey which is less densely populated,
having 65 persons to the acre.
The Zymotic Death rate amounts to 0.74 per 1,000 inhabitants,
52 deaths having been registered as due to the eight