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HORNSEY STATISTICS, 1923.
Population 88,325
Birth-rate 13.8 per 1,000 population
Death-rate 10.5 ,, ,, ,,
Infectious diseases death-rate 0.3 ,, ,, ,,
Infant mortality death-rate 52 ,, ,, births
GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS.
The Borough of Hornsey is 2,874 acres in area, and is
situated to the north of the County of London. On the southeast
the Borough is bounded by the Metropolitan Borough of
Stoke Newington, on the south by that of Islington, on the
south-west by that of St. Pancras, and on the west by the Metropolitan
Borough of Hampstead and the Urban District of
Finchley; on the north the Borough is bounded by the Urban
District of Friern Barnet, and on the east by the Urban District
of Wood Green and the Urban District of Tottenham.
The Town consists for the most part of good-class residential
property. A few old houses exist, and there are some dwellings to
which more or less constant repairs are required. There are no
insanitary areas.
The Rateable value of the Borough is £695,776, and a penny
rate produces £2,927.
The Public Health and Hospital Service of the Borough
cost the inhabitants last year approximately 2s. 2d. per head. It
is apparent that this is a very cheap form of insurance against
preventable disease.
VITAL STATISTICS.
Tables of figures showing the chief features of the vital
statistics of the Borough of Hornsey will be found at the end
of this Report. These tables show the work done by the Health
Department during the year, and are of interest in contrasting the
conditions of to-day with those of previous years.