Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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On this basis the population of the Wards is as follows:—
Ward.
Estimated
Civil
Population,
1918.
Estimated
General
Population,
1918.
Census
Population,
1911.
Highgate
11,053
12,408
11,811
Muswell Hill
10,653
11,952
11,391
Crouch End
5,646
6,340
6,032
West Hornsey
12,132
13,634
12,951
East Hornsey
10,419
11,592
11,134
North Haringey
9,008
10,085
9,605
South Haringey
5,415
6,084
5,782
Stroud Green
8,186
9,185
8,751
Finsbury Park
6,672
7,443
7,135
Totals
79,184
88,723
84,592
There have been no new houses built in the Borough during
the year, but the following table shows the number of existing
houses which have been converted into Flats:—
Highgate 5
Muswell Hill 0
Crouch End 3
West Hornsey 0
East Hornsey 1
North Harifigey 3
South Haringey 0
Stroud Green 0
Finsburv Park 0
Total 12
Births.—The number of Births recorded during 1918 was
males 539 and females 498, making a total of 1,037. This is a
decrease of 1 as compared with the number of births registered
in, 1917. In the preceding twleve months (1917 compared with
1916) there was a decrease of 366 in the recorded births.
Forty-two of the births were illegitimate (24 in 1917).