[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of].

  • Hornsey (London, England). Municipal Borough.
Date:
[1920?]
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    5 Illegitimate Births.—There were 33 illegitimate births recorded in, 1919, and 42 in 1918, a decrease of 9. The proportion of illegitimate births to the total registered births is 28 per cent., a decrease of 1.2 as compared with last year. Eleven of the illegitimate births occurred in the Edmonton Infirmary. Deaths.—The number of deaths registered in the Borough in 1919 was 772, being 96 deaths less than the number registered in 1918. The yearly average number of deaths registered in the Borough during the previous ten years was 714. The death-rate calculated on these figures (gross death-rate) is 8'2 per thousand of the mean population for the year. This is 2 7 less than in 1918. . This includes only deaths actually registered in the. Borough, and does not include those of Hornsey people dying elsewhere. There were 270 Hornsey people who died outside the District during 1919, viz.':— 96 in the Edmonton Workhouse Infirmary. 8 in another Infirmary. 15 in the Great Northern Central Hospital. 10 in the Prince of Wales' General Hospital. 61 in other Hospitals outside the Borough. 41 in Lunatic Asylums, and 39 in various other places. On the other hand there were 50 deaths registered in Hornsey of persons non-resident in the District. To get the nett deaths belonging to Hornsey we must add to the number of deaths registered in the Borough the number (270) of Hornsey people dying outside the Borough, and deduct the number (50) of deaths registered in Hornsey of persons who normally resided in other districts. This gives the nett number of deaths belonging to Hornsey as 992, a decrease of 102 on the corresponding number for 1918.