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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 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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In the subjoined table are set forth the various institutions outside Shoreditch with the numbers of persons belonging to the Borough dying therein:—
| Asylums. | No. of Deaths. | General Hospitals— continued. | No. of Deaths. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banstead | 7 | St. Andrew's Hospital, Northampton | 1 |
| Cane Hill | 1 | ||
| Caterham | 1 | St. Bartholomew's | 70 |
| City of London | 1 | St. George's | 1 |
| Claybury | 22 | The Chelmsford Hospital | 1 |
| Colney Hatch | 10 | University College | 2 |
| Darenth | 1 | Vincent Square (Infants) | 2 |
| Dartford Heath | 5 | West Ham Hospital | 1 |
| Horton | 4 | St. Catherine Hospital, | |
| Hanwell | 3 | Ramsgate | 1 |
| Leavesden | 9 | ||
| Long Grove | 5 | Special Hospitals. | 1 |
| Manor | 1 | Borough Mental, Leicester | 1 |
| North Riding | 1 | Chest Hospital, Bethnal | |
| Tooting Bee | 5 | Green | 5 |
| City of London Lying-in | 8 | ||
| Hospitals for Infectious Diseases | New Hospital for Women | 1 | |
| Queen Mary's Hospital | 2 | ||
| Eastern | Orthopedic Hospital | 1 | |
| Joyce Green | 2 | Salvation Army Mothers' Hospital | 1 |
| North Eastern | 11 | ||
| North Western | 4 | Infirmaries and Work | |
| Northern | 2 | houses. | |
| Park | 1 | Belmont Workhouse | 10 |
| South Eastern | 4 | Bethnal Green Infirmary Bromley Union Infirmary | 8 1 |
| General Hospitals. | Hackney Infirmary | 10 | |
| Cambridge Hospital, Al- | Holborn Infirmary | 5 | |
| dershot | 1 | Islington do. | 1 |
| Charing Cross | 2 | Lambeth do. | 2 |
| Cottage Hospital, Sutton | 1 | Marylebone do. | 1 |
| Evelina (Children) | 1 | ||
| Freidenheim | 3 | Other Institutions. | |
| German | 9 | Bethnal House | 1 |
| Gt. Ormond Street (Children) | 12 | Brixton Prison | 1 |
| Carnarvon Prison | 1 | ||
| Guy's | 2 | Hostel of God | 1 |
| London | 16 | St. Joseph's Hospice | 3 |
| Metropolitan | 69 | St. Luke's House | 1 |
| Middlesex | 3 | St. Peter's House | 2 |
| Mildmay | 6 | Eastcliff House, Margate | 1 |
| Military Hospital, Falmouth | 1 | Downs Sanatorium | 2 |
| Kelling do. | 1 | ||
| Prince of Wales | 2 | Millfield House, Rustington | 1 |
| Queen's (Children) | 65 | Catherine Gladstone Convalescent Home, Mit-cham | 1 |
| Royal Portsmouth Hospital, Landport | 1 |
Of 452 persons belonging to Shoreditch dying in public institutions beyond
the limits of the Borough, 273 died in general hospitals, 76 in asylums, 30 in fever