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Hornsey 1909

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

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been almost continuous. The last occasion on which there was a
slight rise in the birth.rate was 1899.

Table: The number of births and the birth.rate for each quarter of the year is as follows:—

The number of births and the birth.rate for each quarter of the year is as follows:—

1609.HOENSEY.ENGLAND AND WALES.
No. of Birtbs.Birth.rate.Birth.rate.
1st Quarter36815.825.9
2nd ,,42218.226.6
3rd ,37116025.4
4th34915.124.3
1,50816.325.6

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In the second and fourth quarters of the year the birth.rate
was slightly higher than in the corresponding quarters of 1908,
and slightly lower in the first and third quarters.

Table: The birth.rates in certain towns are given below:—

The birth.rates in certain towns are given below:—

London andadjoiningdistricts' Tottenham29.4
West Ham Willesden27.2 25.2
Croydon London24.4 24.2
East Ham23.6
Finchley20.3
Hornsey16.3
Swansea33.033.0Huddersfield24.5
St. Helen's32.1Wolverhampton23.8
Middlesbrough31.9York23.8
Wigan31.5Aston Manor23.7
Walsall28.0Rochdale22.7
Stockport26.4Reading20.9
Devonport26.1Northampton20.1
Burnley25.1

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The following table gives the number of births during the
year, and the birth.rate for each Ward of the Borough:—