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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
Holborn 1903
Report for the year 1903 of the Medical Officer of Health
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Of these deaths the following occurred in Public Institutions, &c., within the area of the Borough :—
| INSTITUTION. | Residents. | Non-Residents. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Giles and Bloomsbury. | Holborn. | St. Giles and Bloomsbury. | Holborn. | |
| St. Giles Workhouse | 54 | 1 | 11 | – |
| French Hospital | 3 | 5 | 44 | – |
| British Lying in Hospital | 1 | – | 9 | – |
| Children's Hospital | 5 | 10 | – | 315 |
| National Hospital | – | – | – | 44 |
| London Homœopathic Hospital | 2 | 15 | – | 43 |
| Italian Hospital | 1 | 4 | – | 22 |
| Alexandra Hospital | – | – | – | 1 |
| Private | – | – | 6 | 1 |
| Total | 66 | 35 | 70 | 426 |
The following deaths of Parishioners occurred in Public Institutions outside the Borough (1903):—
| INSTITUTION. | Number. | |
|---|---|---|
| St. Giles and Bloomsbury. | Holborn. | |
| Holborn Workhouse | – | 44 |
| Holborn Workhouse, Mitcham | – | 12 |
| Holborn Infirmary | 1 | 121 |
| Central London Sick Asylum | 82 | 7 |
| Islington Workhouse | – | 1 |
| Camberwell Workhouse | – | 1 |
| St. Marylebone Workhouse | 1 | – |
| Westminster Workhouse | 1 | – |
| Strand Union Infirmary | 2 | – |
| St. Pancras Workhouse | 1 | – |
| Banstead Asylum | – | 4 |
| Caterham Asylum | 3 | 4 |
| Claybury Asylum | – | 1 |
| Colney Hatch Asylum | 5 | 6 |
| Darenth Asylum | 1 | 1 |
| Hanwell Asylum | 8 | 3 |
| Horton Asylum, Epsom | – | 2 |
| Hoxton House Asylum | – | 1 |
| Leavesden Asylum | 2 | 2 |
| London County Asylum | 1 | 1 |
| Tooting-Bec Asylum | 6 | 1 |
| North Western Fever Hospital | 4 | – |
| South Western Fever Hospital | 6 | 2 |
| Brompton Hospital for Diseases of the Chest | 1 | 7 |
| Charing Cross Hospital | 7 | 1 |
| Friedenheim Hospital | – | 2 |
| German Hospital | 1 | _ |
| Guy's Hospital | 2 | – |
| Home Hospital | 3 | 1 |
| Hostel of God | – | 1 |
| King's College Hospital | 16 | 16 |
| London Hospital | 16 | 1 |
| London Temperance Hospital | 2 | – |
| Middlesex Hospital | 16 | 2 |
| Queen Charlotte Lying-in Hospital | 1 | – |
| Royal Free Hospital | 4 | 14 |
| St. Bartholomew's Hospital | 3 | 9 |
| St. Mary's Hospital | 1 | – |
| St. Thomas's Hospital | – | 1 |
| University College Hospital | 6 | – |
| St. Joseph's Home | 1 | – |
| St. Peter's Home | – | 2 |
| Home for Incurable Children | – | 1 |
| Clapham Maternity Home | 1 | – |
| River Thames | 1 | – |
| H.M. Prison, Wormwood Scrubbs | 1 | 1 |
| Public Way | 2 | 4 |
| Private Nursing Homes, &c. | 4 | 1 |
| Total | 190 | 272 |