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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 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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In the subjoined table are set forth the various institutions outside Shore ditch with the numbers of persons belonging to the Borough dying therein:—
| Asylums. | No. of Deaths. | General Hospitals—continued. | No. of Deaths. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banstead | 6 | St. Bartholomew's | 05 | |
| Cane Hill | 1 | West End | 1 | |
| Caterham | 1 | Hospitals for Special Diseases, &c. | ||
| City of London | 1 | |||
| Claybury | IV | Lying-in, City of London | 5 | |
| Colney Hatch | 9 | Chest Hospital, Bethnal Green | 1 | |
| Darenth | 5 | Homoepathic | 1 | |
| Dartford Heath | 3 | Heart Hospital, Soho | 1 | |
| Hanwell | a | Maternity, Hackney | 1 | |
| Horton | 1 | Infirmaries and Workhouses. | ||
| Leavesden | 8 | |||
| Long Grove | 5 | Bethnal Green Infirmary | 8 | |
| Manor | 3 | Belmont Workhouse | 6 | |
| Tooting Bee | 6 | Bishop Stortt'ord Workhouse | 2 | |
| Hospitals for Infectious Disease. | Children's infirmary,Carishalton | 7 | ||
| Islington Infirmary | 3 | |||
| Eastern | 20 | Holborn Infirmary | 5 | |
| North Eastern | £> | Hackney Infirmary | 5 | |
| General Hospitals. | St. Pancras Infirmary | 1 | ||
| St. George's Infirmary | 3 | |||
| Charing Cross | 1 | City Infirmary | 1 | |
| East London (Children) | 5 | Whitechapel Infirmary | 3 | |
| Evelina (Children) | 2 | |||
| German | 5 | Shoreditch Additional Workhouse | 2 | |
| Great Northern | 1 | Wandsworth Infirmary | 1 | |
| Gt. Ormond Street (Children) | 19 | Other Institutions. | ||
| Guy's | 2 | |||
| Vincent's Square (Infants) | ||||
| Italian | Aged Pilgrims Asylum | 1 | ||
| King's College | Deaf Asylum, Homerton | 1 | ||
| London | 32 | St. Joseph's Hospice | 1 | |
| Metropolitan | 44 | St. Anne's House | 1 | |
| Mildmay | 9 | Central London Sick Asylum | 1 | |
| Paddington (Children) | 1 | Hostel of God, Clapham | 1 | |
| Poplar | 1 | St. Mark's House | 1 | |
| Queen's (Children) | 66 | St. Luke's House | 3 | |
| Royal Free | 2 | H.M. Prison, Brixton | 1 | |
Of 492 persons belonging to Shoreditch dying in public institutions
situate beyond the limits of the Borough 331 died in general hospitals
including 124 in hospitals for sick children, 69 died in asylums for those mentally
unsound, 25 in the fever hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board, 47
in workhouses and infirmaries, 9 in hospitals for special diseases, and 11
in other institutions. Elsewhere than in public institutions 11 persons belonging
to Shoreditch died beyond the limits of the Borough.
Altogether 1,049, or nearly 48 per cent, of the deaths of persons belonging
to Shoreditch, took place in public institutions.