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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
Hackney 1922
Report on the sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Hackney for the year 1922
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30
Brought forward 322
St. Luke's House, Kensington 3
St. Mary's Hospital l
St. Peter's Hospital 1
St. Thomas's Hospital 3
Shoreditch Infirmary . 4
South Eastern Fever Hospital 3
South London Hospital 1
Tooting Bee Mental Hospital 13
Tuberculosis Hospital, Isleworth 1
University College Hospital 5
Victoria Park Chest Hospital 19
West Ham Union Hospital 2
Westminster Hospital 2
Miscellaneous Institutions 79
Total 459
MORTUARY, 1922.
Number of bodies in Mortuary 284
1. To await Inquests—
(a) Infectious -
(b) Non-Infectious 276
2. To await Burial 8
Number of Post Mortems 139
Inquests.
Verdict.
Sex.
Male.
Female.
Natural Causes
83
65
Accidental Death
45
28
Suicide
28
8
Open Verdict
7
6
Manslaughter
—
—
Murder
—
1
Misadventure
3
2
Totals
166
110