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Illegitimate Births.—There were 42 illegitimate birtlis
recorded in 1918, and 24 in 1917, an increase of 18.
The proportion of illegitimate births to the total registered
births is 4'0 per cent., an increase of 1'7 as compared with last
year.
Thirteen of the illegitimate births occurred in the Edmonton
Infirmary.
Deaths.—The number of deaths registered in the Borough
in 1918 was' 808, being 109 deaths more than the number registered
in 1917.
The yearly average number of deaths registered in the
Borough during the previous ten years was 704.
The death-rate calculated on these figures (gross death-rate;
is 10'9 per thousand of the mean, population for the year. This
is 2.5 more than in 1917.
This includes only deaths actually registered in the Borough,
and does not include those of Hornsey people dying elsewhere.
There were 272 Hornsey people who died outside the District
during 1918, via.:—
60 in the Edmonton Workhouse Infirmary.
1 in another Infirmary.
24 in the Great Northern Central Hospital.
80 in other Hospitals outside the Borough.
38 in Lunatic Asylums, and
69 in various other places.
On the other hand thfere were 46 deaths registered in Hornsey
of persons non-resident in the District.
To get the nett deaths belonging to Hornsey we must add
to the number of deatlis registered in the Borough the number
(272) of Hornsey people dying outside the Borough, and deduct
the number (46) of deaths registered in Hornsey of persons who
normally resided in other districts.
This gives the nett number of deaths belonging to Hornsey
as 1,094, an increase of 188 on the corresponding number for 1917.