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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 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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The number of births for each quarter, with the birth-rate in the various Wards, is as follows:—
| Ward. | 1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | Total Births. | Birthrate per 1,000 persons living. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Births. | Birthrate. | BirthsJ | Birth, rate. | Births. | Birthrate. | Births. | Birthrate. | |||
| Highgate | 40 | 12.5 | 48 | 15.0 | 31 | 9.7 | 41 | 12.8 | 160 | 12.5 |
| Muswell Hill | 35 | 11.7 | 39 | 13.1 | 46 | 15.5 | 35 | 11.7 | 155 | 13.0 |
| Crouch End | 18 | 10.8 | 25 | 15.0 | 23 | 13.8 | 20 | 12.0 | 86 | 12.9 |
| West Hornsey | 9 | 25.8 | 85 | 24.6 | 75 | 21.7 | 76 | 22.0 | 325 | 23.6 |
| East Hornsey | 51 | 18.0 | 71 | 25.1 | 72 | 25.5 | 68 | 24.1 | 262 | 23 .2 |
| North Haringey | 41 | 16.5 | 48 | 19.3 | 47 | 18.9 | 52 | 20.9 | 188 | 18.9 |
| Soulh Haringey | 18 | 12.2 | 19 | 12.8 | 13 | 8.8 | 17 | 11.5 | 67 | 11.3 |
| Stroud Green | 26 | 11.8 | 22 | 100 | 21 | 9.6 | 17 | 7.7 | 86 | 9.8 |
| Finsbury Park | 27 | 14.9 | 21 | 13.1 | 25 | 13.7 | 20 | 10.9 | 96 | 13.1 |
| The Borough | 315 | 15.6 | 381 | 17.2 | 353 | 16.0 | 346 | 15.6 | 1,425 | 16.16 |
East Hornsey this year shows an increase in the birth-rate of
2.4 as compared with 1912, and there are also small increases in
the Rates for Highgate and Muswell Hill.
North Haringey remains about the same as last year, but the
remaining Wards all show a loss., the largest losses being in the
Crouch End and West Hornsey Wards, with a decrease of 2'6 in
each case. Stroud Green again has the lowest birth-rate.
The accompanying chart shews the Birth-rate in Hornsey for
tne past 30 years.