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Shoreditch 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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In Table No. l8 are set forth the various institutions outside Shoreditch with
the number of persons belonging to the Borough who died therein during the year:-
Table No. 18
| Asylums and Mental Hospitals: | No. of deaths. | Special Hospitals: | No. of deaths. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bexley, Dartford | 2 | Colindale | 1 |
| Coulsdon and Purley | 1 | Downs, for children | 1 |
| Grove, Epsom | 1 | Elizabeth Garrett Anderson | 1 |
| Horton, Epsom | 4 | Homeopathic | 2 |
| Hundred Acres | 3 | Hospital for sick children | 3 |
| Infirmary, Friern Barnet | 2 | Queen's, for children | 15 |
| Leavesden, Herts | 3 | St. Joseph's Hospice | 3 |
| la, Manor Road, llford | 5 | ||
| Tooting Bee | 7 | Public Assistance Institutions: | |
| 1, Uxbridge Road, Norwood | 2 | ||
| 1, West Park Road, Epsom | 1 | Archway Hospital | 15 |
| Bancroft Lodge, Stepney | 2 | ||
| Hospitals for Infectious Diseases: | Bethnal Green Hospital | 10 | |
| Hackney Hospital | 2 | ||
| Brook | 1 | Hackney Institution | 2 |
| Eastern | 8 | Hammersmith Hospital | 1 |
| North-Eastern | 4 | Highgate Hospital | 1 |
| North-Western | 2 | Islington Institution | 9 |
| Park | 5 | Lambeth Hospital | 4 |
| South-Eastern | 3 | Mile End Hospital | 1 |
| New End Hospital | 1 | ||
| General Hospitals: | North Middlesex Hospital | 2 | |
| German | 6 | Poplar Institution | 11 |
| London | 2 | St. Andrew's Hospital | 3 |
| London-Jewish | 1 | St. Clement's Hospital | 3 |
| Metropolitan | 22 | St. George in the East Hospita | 3 |
| Middlesex | 1 | St. John's Hospital | 1 |
| Mildmay Mission | 3 | St. Luke's Hospital | 1 |
| Mount Vernon | 1 | St. Mary Abbots Hospital | 1 |
| National | 1 | St. Peter's Hospital | 5 |
| National Temperance | 1 | St. Pancras Institution | 4 |
| Queen Mary's, Carshalton | 1 | Wandsworth Institution | 1 |
| Queen Mary's, West Ham | 2 | 17, Wellhouse Lane, Barnet | 1 |
| Royal Free | 3 | ||
| Royal Victoria, Dover | 2 | Other Institutions: | |
| Royal Waterloo | 1 | Home Office, Ducane Road | 2 |
| St. Bartholomew's | 16 | Firs Home, Bournemouth | 1 |
| St. Columba's | 1 | ||
| St. Luke's, Lowestoft | 1 | ||
| Seamen's | 1 | ||
| University College | 1 | ||
| West Kent General | 1 |
Of 235 persons belonging to Shoreditch who died in public institutions beyond
the boundary of the Borough, 69 died in general hospitals, 30 in asylums, 23 in fever
hospitals, 26 in special hospitals, 84 in public assistance institutions and 3 in other
institutions. Elsewhere than in public institutions, l5 persons belonging to Shoreditch
died beyond the boundary of the Borough.