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Shoreditch 1900
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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In the following table are set forth the various public institutions outside Shoreditch, with the number of persons belonging to the Borough dying therein:—
| Asylums. | No. of Deaths. | General Hospitals—continued. | No. of Deaths. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banstead | 8 | Miller Hospital | 1 |
| Middlesex | 1 | ||
| Colney Hatch | 5 | ||
| Metropolitan | 45 | ||
| Cane Hill | 3 | ||
| St. Bartholomew's | 69 | ||
| Castle Hill | 1 | ||
| St. Thomas's | 1 | ||
| Caterham | 3 | ||
| University College | 1 | ||
| Darenth | 7 | ||
| Hospitals fob Special Diseases. | |||
| Dartford Heath | 3 | ||
| Hanwell | 12 | Brompton | 3 |
| Ilford | 8 | ||
| City of London Chest | 3 | ||
| Leavesden | 20 | ||
| City of London Lying-in | 3 | ||
| Manor, Epsom | 1 | ||
| Hospital for Women, Soho | 1 | ||
| Hospitals foe Infectious Disfase. | Royal Chest | 5 | |
| Royal Free | 1 | ||
| Eastern, Homerton | 34 | Great Ormond St. (Children) | 17 |
| North Eastern | 8 | Infirmaries and Workhouses. | |
| South Eastern | 8 | ||
| Hackney Infirmary | 3 | ||
| South Western | 1 | ||
| City of London Workhouse | 1 | ||
| North Western | 6 | ||
| Bethnal Green Workhouse | 6 | ||
| General Hospitals. | |||
| St. Olave Infirmaay | 1 | ||
| Islington Infirmary | 1 | ||
| Charing Cross | 1 | ||
| Other Institutions. | |||
| Fridenheim | 2 | ||
| German | 8 | H.M. Prison, Pentonville | 1 |
| Guy's | 5 | H.M Prison, Wormwood Scrubbs | 1 |
| Great Northern Central | 2 | ||
| King's College | 1 | H.M. Prison, Holloway | 1 |
| London | 16 | St. Peter's Home | 2 |
| London Temperance | 1 | St. Luke's House | 1 |
| Mildmay Mission | 4 | Butcher's Almshouses | 1 |
Of 338 persons belonging to Shoreditch dying in public institutions without the
Borough, 159 died in general hospitals, 71 in asylums, 57 in fever hospitals belonging
to tl.e Metropolitan Asylums Board, 32 in hospitals for special diseases, 12 in workhouses
and infirmaries, and 7 in other institutions. Elsewhere than in public
institutions, 12 persons belonging to Shoreditch died beyond the limits of the Borough.
Altogether 790 persons belonging to Shoreditch died during 1900 in public
institutions.
SICKNESS AMONGST THE POOR.
The cases treated by the District Medical Officers in connection with the parish
dispensary during the year 1900 numbered 3,355. An analysis of the cases is
contained in table VIII. (see Appendix). The numbers of cases treated in previous years
are contained in last year's Annual Report. The number of patients, who are diawn