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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
Bethnal Green 1907
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1907 together with the report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector
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| North Eastern Hospital, Tottenham | 24 |
| Poplar Hospital | 1 |
| Royal Chest Hospital, City Road | 1 |
| St. Ann's House, Stoke Newington | 2 |
| St. Bartholomew's Hospital | 17 |
| St. John's Hospital, Lee | 1 |
| St. Joseph's Hospice | 2 |
| St. Luke's House, Kensington | 1 |
| Shoredicch Infirmary | 1 |
| South Eastern Hospital, Deptford | 8 |
| Tooting Bee Asylum | 2 |
| University College Hospital | 1 |
| Wandsworth Infirmary | 1 |
| Whitechapel Infirmary | 1 |
Twelve other deaths occurred as under:—
At Huntingdon Street, Hoxton, the wife of a Fish
Porter aged 58, fell into an area and fractured her skull.
At Buxton Street, Mile End, a hoy aged 5, slipped off
the pavement under the wheel of a passing trolley and was
killed.
A boot clicker aged 32, died at the Epileptic Colony
from brain disease.
As the result of a collision on Shooter's Hill, a carman
aged 16 was thrown from his van and sustained fatal
injuries.
A rope spinner aged 50, hanged himself at 54, Bow
Road.
Three infants died at the Mother's Home in Commercial
Road.
The following persons from Bethnal Green were
found drowned:—
In the River Lea, near Lea Bridge, a labourer aged
25; verdict, drowning, temporary insanity.