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Hornsey 1897
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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In this calculation three deaths which occurred at the isolation
Hospital in the Muswell Hill Ward were taken from the number of
deaths occurring in that Ward and added to the deaths in the North
Haringey and Highgate Wards from which the patients were received.
The Ward death-rate for 1897 compared with that for 1896 and 1895 is shown in the following table:—
| WARD. | 1897. | 1896. | 1895. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths. | Death-rate per 1,000. | Deaths. | Death-rate per 1,000. | Deaths. | Death-rate per 1,000. | |
| Highgate | 80 | 9.20 | 76 | 8.73 | 86 | 11.6 |
| Muswell Hill | 11 | 4.43 | 20 | 9.03 | 14 | 6.8 |
| Crouch End | 30 | 6.0 | 27 | 5.77 | 25 | 5.94 |
| Hornsey | 158 | 10.63 | 139 | 10.04 | 162 | 13.9 |
| North Haringey | 86 | 8.43 | 82 | 8.19 | 102 | 11.7 |
| South Haringey | 50 | 7.36 | 51 | 8.52 | 33 | 6.49 |
| Stroud Green | 42 | 4.45 | 62 | 6.80 | 55 | 7.14 |
| Finsbury Park | 71 | 9.29 | 66 | 8.75 | 88 | 12.6 |
From this table it will be seen that there are 4 more deaths in the
Highgate Ward and 3 in the Crouch End Ward, 19 in the Hornsey
Ward, 4 in the North Haringey and 5 in the Finsbury Park Wards,
being a total increase of 35, whilst on the other hand the deaths in
the Muswill Hill Ward are less by 9, in South Haringey by 1 and in
Stroud Green by 20, making a total of 30, being an aggregate increase
of 5.
As regards the 19 increased deaths in the Hornsey Ward, it should
be noted that whilst the deaths in 1896 were 139 only, in the previous
year they amounted to 162, being actually 4 more than for last year,
notwithstanding the increase in the population.
As regards the decreased number of deaths in the Muswell Hill
Ward, they compare with 11 for 1897, with 20 for 1896, and with 14
for 1895, and I note that this Ward has the lowest death-rate of any in
the District (4-43 per 1,000 inhabitants), and with regard to the 20
decreased deaths in the Stroud Green Ward, they compare with 62 for