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Hornsey 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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STATISTICS FOR 1946
SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC STATISTICS
Area (acres) 2,872
" (square miles) 4.49
Population (Census 1931) ' 95,524
Do., Registrar-General's estimate, 1946 93,050
Number of separately-assessed inhabited premises (end of
1946), according to Rate Bocks 23,334
Rateable value (General Rote) at 31st December, 1946 £1,070,117
Product of a penny rate £4,280
LIVE BIRTHS
M. F. Total
Legitimate 997 889 1,886
Illegitimate 65 57 122
1,062 946 2,008
Birth Rate - 21.58 (ner 1,000 population)
STILL -BIRTHS
M. F. Total
Legitimate 24 19 43
Illegitimate 3 3
24 22 46
Still-Birth Rate - 22.4 (per 1,000 total live and still-births)
DELATHS
Males 510
Fema1es 602
1.112
Death Rote - 11.95 (per 1,000 population)
INFANT DEATHS (under 1 year of age)
M. F. Total
Legitimate 29 19 48
Illegitimate 4 2 6
33 21 54
DEATH RATE OF INFANTS UNDER 1 YEAR OF AGE
All infants per 1,000 live births 26.89
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 85.4
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 49.2
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