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Bethnal Green 1888
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green]
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CITY OF LONDON HOSPITAL FOR DISEASES OF THE
CHEST.
Medical Report for the year 1888.
Number of Patients treated in Hospital for 1888 1107
Died 95
Relieved 1012
REPORT OF CASES ADMITTED INTO ASYLUM BOARD
HOSPITALS DURING THE YEAR 1888.
Hospitals.
No. of Cases
remaining
at end of 1887.
No. of Cases
admitted.
Died.
Discharged.
No. of Cases
remaining
at end of 1888.
Eastern Hospital
34
175
46
70
and 60 transferred
to Northern
Hospital.
33
Northern Hospital
(Winchmore Hill)
20
60
transferred
from
Homerton.
0
68
12
Plaistow Hospital
9
0
0
9
0
Total
63
235
46
207
45
TABLE H.
| Quarter ending. | Children under 5 years. | Persons from 5 to 55. | Persons above 55. | Total. | Mean Temperature Fahrenheit. | Rainfall in inches. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March | 141 | 01 | 103 | 305 | 36°. 9 | 4.56 |
| June | 56 | 34 | 48 | 138 | 51°.6 | 5.50 |
| September | 60 | 14 | 23 | 97 | 57°.6 | 11.21 |
| December | 116 | 40 | 60 | 216 | 44°.6 | 6.22 |
| Total, 1888 | 373 | 149 | 234 | 756 | 47°.7 Mean Temperature for year 1888 | 27.49 |
| Total, 1887 | 400 | 168 | 232 | 800 | 47°.8 Mean Temperature for year 1887 | 19.86 |