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flies. The advent of the motor-oar, with the consequent diminution
in the number of horses, and so of horse-manure, in which
flies breed, certainly accounts in part for the marked diminution
of summer diarrhoea during recent years.
Cancer was given as the cause of death in 139 instances.
Reference to Table C. will show how the death-rate from Cancer
has increased of recent years. Much of this increase is due to
the fact that we have a larger proportion than formerly of persons
over 45 years of age.
Tuberculosis was given as the cause of death in 58 instances.
Details are shown in Tables B. and C. The general problem of
the control and treatment of tuberculosis is in the hands of the
Middlesex County Council.
Heart Disease caused 105 deaths.
Premature Birth caused the deaths of 23 infants.
Old Age was returned as the cause of death in 64 cases.
Altogether 434 persons over the age of 65 died in the Borough
during the past year.
SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE BOROUGH.
Water Supply.—The water supply of the district is from the
mains of the Metropolitan Water Board. There are no wells
or private supplies of water in the Borough.
Closet Accommodation, Drainage and Sewerage.—All houses
in the Borough are connected to the public sewers, and 142 tests
of drains were made during the year. The majority of the
sewage passes into the London sewers; a small part from some
of the northern area is treated on the Corporation Sewage Farm
in Coppett's Road. The final effluent from this sewage farm is
invariably of a very high standard of purity.
Scavenging.—Hornsey is a very clean town, and its roads
and footpaths are frequently scavenged. The importance of tarspraying
and of cleanliness is considerable from the point of
view of the public health. There are 77 stables in the Borough,