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HOR058
No. 14.
HORNSEY URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL.
MEDICAL OFFICER'S REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1896
To the Members of the Hornsey Urban District Council.
Gentlemen,
In my quarterly reports for the year 1896, I have estimated the
population of the District at 62,076 ; this result being obtained by taking
the number of houses according to the rate books at Lady Day (10,346),
and calculating an average of six persons to each house.
In my last Annual Report I stated—" At the middle of 1893, I
estimated the population at 48,522; at the last census (in 1891), it
amounted to 44,205, and in 1881 to 22,485. The estimate of 5½ persons
per house may now be regarded as a very moderate one, and it would
not be unreasonable to assume that there are on an average six persons
residing in each house in the District. On this basis the population of
the District would be not far short of 60,000 persons." Having still
further reason to believe this to be true, and also having regard to the
fact that in the Review of the Chairman of the Council of the work of
the year 1895-6, these figures are used, I cannot do better than apply
them in calculating the birth and death rates, &c., in the present Report.
The Births for the year amount to 1,294, being 152 more than
were registered for 1895; this gives a birth-rate of 20.84 per 1,000
inhabitants. This rate is very low, comparing with
212 per 1,000 inhabitants for 1895,
23.37 „ „ 1894, and
23.26 „ „ 1898.
The birth-rate for England and Wales for 1896 was 29.7 per
1,000 inhabitants.
The Deaths for the year from all causes amount to 523, giving
a death-rate of 8.42 per 1,000 inhabitants. This compares with
10.49 per 1,000 inhabitants for 1895,
9.85 „ „ 1894,
11.88 „ „ 1893, and
10.95 „ „ 1892.
The death-rate for England and Wales for 1896 was 17.1 per
1,000 inhabitants.