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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Hampstead 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead, Metropolitan Borough of]
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| Institution. | Totals. | Group Totals. |
|---|---|---|
| Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guilford | 1 | |
| St- Anthony's Hospital, Cheam | 1 | |
| St. Bartholomew's Hospital | 2 | |
| St. George's Hospital | 2 | |
| St. Luke's House. Kensington | 2 | |
| St. Mary's Hospital | 7 | |
| St. Monica's Home | 1 | |
| St. Thomas's Hospital | 2 | |
| Sanatorium Free Hospital | 1 | |
| 3 | ||
| University College Hospital | 1 | |
| Victoria Home for Invalid Children | 1 | |
| West End Hospice | 1 | |
| Westminster Hospital | 1 | |
| 50, Weymouth Street, W. | 1 | |
| 14 | ||
| Park Hospital | 2 | 16 |
| Bethlem Royal Hospital | 1 | 22 |
| C'amberwell House Asylum | 2 | |
| Claybury Asylum | 1 | |
| Colney Hatch Asylum | 5 | |
| Hanwell Asylum | 2 | |
| Hospital for Insane, Barnwood | 3 | |
| Leavesden Asylum | 5 | |
| Long Grove | 1 | |
| Manor Asylum | 1 | |
| Tooting Bee Asylum | 1 | |
| 290 | ||
The names of the Institutions that are situated in Hampstead are printed in heavy type.
Senile Mortality.
The deaths of persons of 65 years of age and upwards numbered
350, as compared with 314 in 1911.
CAUSES OF DEATH.
The Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1874, made it obligatory
on the part of the medical attendant to certify the cause of death, and
although between then and now improvements have been instituted, the
Medical Officer of Health, to whom it falls to compile statistics of causes
of death, has constantly been reminded of the unsatisfactory nature of