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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS FOR 1928.
Area 2,874 acres.
Population (census 1921) 87,691
Estimated population (middle of 1928) 90,250
Number of inhabited houses (census 1921) 17,333
Number of private families (census 1921) 23,353
Rateable value £749,250
Product of a penny rate £3,122
Births—
Legitimate Males 586
„ Females 560
Illegitimate Males 22
,, Females 23
Total 1,191
Birth-rate, 12.1 per 1,000 population.
Deaths—
Male 474
Female 521
Total 995
Death-rate, 11.2 per 1.000 population.
Deaths of infants under 1 year—
Legitimate:—Males 34, females 81, total 05
Illegitimate:— ,, 3, ,, 5, ,, 8
73
Infant death-rate per 1,000 births—
Legitimate 56.7, Illegitimate 177.7 Total 61.3
Death-rate from tuberculosis (all forms) per 1,000 living 0.76
Death-rate from zymotic disease per 1,000 living 0.17
POPULATION, BIRTHS AND DEATHS.
Population. — The estimated population at the middle of
1928 was 92,250. The Registrar-General's estimate was 87,280—
a decrease of 411 on the Census figure of 1921.
Births Registered.—Eleven hundred and ninety-one babies
were born in Hornsey, the birth-rate being 12.1 per 1,000 population—a
considerable decrease on the figure (13.3) for the previous
year. Forty-five of the births were illegitimate, the number
being 48 last year.