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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Hornsey 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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STATISTICS FOR 1936.
(SECTION A.)
Social and Economic Statistics.
Area (acres) 2,874
Population (Census 1931) 95,524
Do., Registrar-General's estimate (mid 1936) 96,160
Number of inhabited bouses (end of 1936), according
to Rate Books 22,144
Rateable value (General Rate) £l,066,403
Product of a penny rate £4,200
LIVE BIRTHS—
Legitimate Males 573
,, Females 530
Illegitimate Males 24
,, Females 28
Total 1,155
Birth Rate 120 per 1,000 population
(Registrar-General's estimate).
STILL-BIRTHS—
Legitimate Males 14
,, Females 14
Illegitimate Males 1
,, Females 2
Total 31
Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births, 261.
DEATHS—
Male 522
Female 630
Total 1.152
Death Rate 1198 per 1,000 population
(Registrar-General's estimate)