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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
Shoreditch 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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DEATHS IN PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.
The numbers and distribution of the deaths of persons belonging and not belonging to the Borough in the public institutions situate in Shoreditch are as set out in the subjoined table:—
| Institution. | Persons belonging to Shoreditch. | Persons not belonging to Shoreditch. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holborn Union Workhouse | 4 | 268 | 272 |
| Shoreditch Workhouse | 461 | 21 | 482 |
| Royal Chest Hospital | 6 | 47 | 53 |
| Convent Hospital | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| Total | 473 | 343 | 816 |
Elsewhere than in public institutions, seventeen persons not belonging to Shoreditch
died within the Borough.
In the subjoined table are set forth the various public institutions outside Shoreditch with the numbers of persons belonging to the Borough dying therein:—
| Asylums. | No. of Deaths. | General Hospitals—continued. De | No. of Deaths. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banstead | 7 | North Eastern (Children) | 53 |
| Belmont | 2 | Paddington (Children) | 1 |
| Cane Hill | 2 | Royal Free | 1 |
| Caterham | 2 | St. Bartholomew's | 84 |
| Claybury | 17 | St. George's | 1 |
| Colney Hatch | 14 | University College | 1 |
| Darenth | 1 | Westminster | 1 |
| Dartford Heath | 4 | Hospitals foe Special Diseases, &c. Consumption Hospital, Brompton | 1 |
| Hanwell | 3 | ||
| Horton | 2 | ||
| Leavesden | 5 | ||
| Manor | 1 | Cancer Hospital, Chelsea | 3 |
| Middlesex County | 1 | Lying-in, City of London | 4 |
| St. Luke's | 1 | Chest Hospital, Bethnal Green | 2 |
| Tooting Bee | 7 | Epileptic Colony, Epsom | 1 |
| Mount Vernon | 1 | ||
| Hospitals foe Infectious Disease. | National | 2 | |
| Eastern | 11 | Infirmaries and Workhouses. | |
| Northern | 1 | ||
| North Eastern | 22 | Bethnal Green Infirmary | 6 |
| South Eastern | 1 | Bishop Stortford Workhouse | 2 |
| General Hospitals. | Islington Infirmary | 2 | |
| Holborn Infirmary | 4 | ||
| Charing Cross | 1 | Hackney Infirmary | 3 |
| East London | 2 | St. Pancras Infirmary | 1 |
| German | 8 | St. George's Infirmary | 2 |
| Gt. Ormond Street (Children) | 28 | Whitechapel Infirmary | 2 |
| Friedenbeim | 2 | Central London Sick Asylum | 1 |
| Hampstead (Children) | 1 | Other Institutions. | |
| Italian | 1 | ||
| King's College | 1 | St. Joseph's Hospice | 5 |
| London | 25 | Hostel of God | 1 |
| Metropolitan | 100 | St. Anne's House | 1 |
| Mildmay | 4 | ||