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Hornsey 1910

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

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Table: Ages at Death. — The ages at which deaths occurred are as follows:–

Ages at Death. — The ages at which deaths occurred are as follows:–

1910190019081907190619051904
Under 1 year978795116136106145
1 year and under 5 years39555250554366
5 years and under 15 ,,21211923321624
15 „ 25 „29273316342428
25 „ 65 „261309295291269272203
65 years and over290288258270243235224
Total deaths737787752766769696690

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1st Quarter.2nd Quarter.3rd Quarter.4th Quarter.The year.
Total Deaths206174128229737
Death-rate per 1,0008.77.35.49.67.7
„ England and Wales..15.312.811.413.913.4
,, 77 Great Towns15.8 (76 towns).13.412.415.514.3
Deaths under 1 year2616203597
Infantile Mortality72445411269
Do. England and Wales1159197121106
Do. 77 Great Towns115 (76 towns).96112137115
Deaths 1 year—64 years107906192350
Death-rate per 1,000 persons living at these ages4.74.02.74.13.9
Deaths 65 years and over736847102290
Death-rate per 1,000 persons living at these ages82765311581

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Infantile Mortality.— During the year 1910 there were
97 deaths of infants under 1 year of age, as against 87 in 1909,
and an average of 112 for each of the ten years 1900-1909.
The infantile mortality for the year 1910, i.e., deaths under
1 year of age per 1,000 births, is 69 in Hornsey. In 1909 the