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boundary in Hedge Lane, along Hedge Lane, and up Bourne
Hill to Chase Side Corner, Southgate. This is a more or less
natural boundary line, with the major part of Southgate and
Winchmore Hill, the more rural parts of the District, on the
north side of the line, and Palmers Green, Bowes Park, and
New Southgate, the more urban parts of the District, on the
south side.
For the purposes of local administration the District was
in 1906 divided into four wards, which correspond roughly with
the four localities above-mentioned, two wards in North Southgate
and two in South Southgate.
POPULATION.
The census returns of 1911 showed that in this District
the number of inhabitants to each occupied house averaged
4'4. Taking this as the basis of calculation, the population
at Midsummer, 1913, was 37,400, an increase of 1,650 over
that of the previous year.
This increase is chiefly accounted for by the number of
new houses occupied during the year, of which there were
135 in North Southgate and 233 in South Southgate.
The natural increase of the population by excess of births
over deaths was 389, as against 451 in the previous year.
The population of North Southgate was 10,900, and that of
South Southgate was 26,500.
BIRTHS—BIRTH-RATE.
During the year 695 births were registered, to which
must be added 6 transferred from other Districts, making a nett
total of 701 births to be accredited to this District, a decrease of
45 on the preceding year.