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HOR 059
No. 19.
HORNSEY URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
MEDICAL OFFICER'S REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1897.
To the Chairman and Members of the
Hornsey Urban District Council.
Gentlemen,
I have the honour to submit the Annual Report for the past year.
In the Quarterly Reports for the same period the population of the
District has been estimated at 65,082.
The Births during the year amounted to 1,337, being 43 more
than were registered for 1896; this gives a birth-rate of 20.54 per 1,000
inhabitants, comparing with
20.84 per 1,000 inhabitants for 1896,
21.2 „ „ 1895, and
23.37 „ „ 1894.
The birth-rate for England and Wales for 1897 was 29.7 per 1,000
inhabitants.
The Deaths for the year from all causes amount to 528, giving
a death-rate of 8.11 per 1,000 inhabitants, comparing with
8.42 per 1,000 inhabitants for 1896,
10.49 „ „ 1895,
9.85 „ ,, 1894, and
11.33 „ „ 1893.
This, however, has to be corrected as regards the deaths occurring
outside the District amongst inhabitants belonging thereto, namely,
23 deaths at the Edmonton Workhouse, and 2 at other places. Also
the exclusion of 5 deaths occurring amongst non-residents dying within
the District. By the courtesy of Dr. Charles D. Green, the Medical
Officer of Health for Edmonton, I have been furnished with details as
to the number of inhabitants and the deaths occurring amongst
inhabitants of Hornsey in the Edmonton Workhouse during the year
in question, these being 48 and 23 respectively. These facts being
taken into account the population of the District is increased to 6^130
and the deaths to 548, giving a corrected death-rate of 8-41.
The death-rate for England and Wales for 1897 was 17.4 per
1,000 inhabitants, and that for London 17.7 per 1,000 inhabitants.
The death-rate for Hornsey is again very low, being rather less
than for the year 1896 which was to that time the lowest annual deathrate
ever recorded for the District, and it should also be taken into