Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chelsea, 1929
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TABLE No. 9.
Hospitals or Institutions within the Borough. | Number of Deaths |
---|---|
St. Luke's Hospital and Chelsea Institution | 355 |
Royal Hospital for Pensioners | 69 |
Cancer Hospital | 18 |
Victoria Hospital for Children, Tite Street | 8 |
St. Stephen's Hospital (Westminster Infirmary) | 7 |
Brompton Hospital | 1 |
Chelsea Hospital for Women | 2 |
Cheyne Hospital for Children | — |
Freemasons Hospital | — |
St. George's Home for Tuberculosis | 1 |
461 |
Of the 1,163 deaths of non-residents registered in Chelsea, 1,138 occurred
in the foregoing Institutions.
The deaths (182) of Chelsea residents in Institutions and elsewhere outside the Borough were distributed as under:—
General Hospitals | 58 |
Mental Hospitals | 17 |
Special Hospitals | 22 |
Infectious Disease Hospitals | 5 |
Tuberculosis Sanatoria, etc. | 9 |
Nursing Homes | 39 |
Poor Law Institutions | 11 |
Private Addresses, etc. | 21 |
The following Tables are self-explanatory:—