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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 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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The net death-rate for 1911 is 0'81 higher than that of 1910.
Last year, 1910, however, was the lowest death-rate on record
in Hornsey.
The figures for recent years have shewn very slight variations,
and constitute an admirable record.
The following table gives the death-rates for the " large towns" of England and Wales: —
| England and Wales 14.6 77 Great Towns 15.5 | |||
| London | 15.0 | Smethwick | 14.3 |
| Croydon | 11.8 | Aston Manor | 15.5 |
| Willesden | 11.8 | Coventry | 13.1 |
| Leicester | 13.3 | ||
| Tottenham | 13.1 | Grimsby | 14.4 |
| West Ham | 15.8 | Nottingham | 16.1 |
| East Ham | 12.1 | Derby | 14.3 |
| Ley ton | 12.1 | Stockport | 15.7 |
| Walthamstow | 11.6 | Birkenhead | 15.6 |
| Hastings | 13.6 | Wallasey | 12.3 |
| Brighton | 13.8 | Liverpool | 20.0 |
| Portsmouth | 14.1 | Bootle | 17.6 |
| Bournemouth | 11.4 | StHelen's | 18.2 |
| Southampton | 15.2 | Wigan | 17.9 |
| Reading | 11.8 | Warrington | 15.5 |
| Northampton | 13.2 | Bolton | 15.9 |
| Ipswich | 12.5 | Bury | 15.9 |
| Great Yarmouth | 14.3 | Manchester | 17.0 |
| Norwich | 14.1 | Salford | 16.7 |
| Plymouth | 17.2 | Oldham | 17.6 |
| Devonport | 13.4 | Rochdale | 15.1 |
| Bristol | 15.1 | Burnley- | 18.0 |
| Stoke-on-Trent | 19.9 | Blackburn | 16.1 |
| Burton-on-Trent | 13.2 | Preston | 16.9 |
| Wolverhampton | 15.8 | Barrow-in-Furness | 12.5 |
| Walsall | 16.2 | Huddersfield | 15.0 |
| Handsworth (Staffs.) | 10.3 | Halifax | 15.2 |
| West Bromwich | 15.8 | Bradford | 14.9 |
| Birmingham | 16.8 | Leeds . | 16.4 |
| King's Norton | 9.1 | Dewsbury | 17.3 |