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Hackney 1919
Report on the sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Hackney for the year 1919
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Deaths in Public Institutions.—There were 1,521 deaths in
public institutions in the Borough during 1919; of these 673 were
residents of other districts, and the remaining 848 were residents
of Hackney.
The following lists give the names of the institutions within
the Borough receiving persons from both within and without the
Borough, and also the institutions outside the Borough, receiving
sick and infirm persons from the Borough, with the number of
deaths in each institution during the year 1919:—
| Brooke House, Upper Clapton Road | 18 |
| City of London Infirmary, Clifden Road | 48 |
| Eastern Fever Hospital, Homerton | 174 |
| French Hospital, Victoria Park Road | 3 |
| German Hospital, Dalston | 132 |
| Hackney Union Infirmary, Homerton | 827 |
| „ „ Workhouse, Homerton | 10 |
| Metropolitan Hospital, Kingsland | 155 |
| Nursing Home, 46, Amhurst Park | 8 |
| „ ,, 286, Amhurst Road | 1 |
| „ ,, 47, Nightingale Road | 3 |
| „ „ 2, Queensdown Road | 3 |
| „ „ 18 and 20, Southwold Road | 7 |
| „ „ 75, Stamford Hill | 1 |
| St. Joseph's Hospice, Marc Street | 70 |
| Salvation Army Nursing Home, 29, Devonshire Road | 2 |
| ,, „ 4, Clapton Common | 7 |
| Salvation Army Maternity Hospital, Lower Clapton Road | 44 |
| ,, Homes, Springfield | 8 |
| 1,521 |
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