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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
Clerkenwell 1896
Forty-first annual report of the Vestry of the Parish of St. James and St. John, Clerkenwell for the year 1896-97
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The total number of Clerkenwell deaths is thus 1,363,
which gives a death-rate of 20•5 per 1,000, considerably less
than in 1895, when it was 22 per 1,000. The death rate for
London as a whole, however, is only 18•6. Compared with our
immediate neighbours, I find that Islington has a death rate of
17•1; St. Pancras, 18•1; Holborn, 23•4; and St. Luke,25•1.
The following is a list of the outlying Public Institutions and other places where residents of the Clerkenwell district died during the year:—
| INSTITUTION, ETC. | NUMBER OF DEATHS. |
|---|---|
| North Western Fever Hospital | 9 |
| Western Fever Hospital | 9 |
| South Eastern Fever Hospital | 2 |
| Homerton Fever Hospital | 6 |
| South Western Fever Hospital | 4 |
| North Eastern Fever Hospital | 1 |
| Brook Fever Hospital | 1 |
| Caterham Asylum | 6 |
| Hoxton House Asylum | 2 |
| Colney Hatch Asylum | 5 |
| Ilford Asylum | 6 |
| Banstead Asylum | 4 |
| Leavesden Asylum | 2 |
| Hanwell Asylum | 2 |
| Brompton Hospital | 3 |
| King's College Hospital | 1 |
| Royal Free Hospital | 20 |
| University College Hospital | 8 |
| Great Northern Central Hospital | 1 |
| Homœopathic Hospital | 4 |
| London Temperance Hospital | 1 |
| Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital | 16 |
| Shadwell Children's Hospital | 1 |
| Queen Charlotte's Children's Hospital | 1 |
| Hospital for Women, Soho | 1 |