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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 1915
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1915 together with the report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector
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TABLE C. Public Institutions in Bethnal Green.
| Institution. | Beds Available. | In-patients Treated. | Out-patients Treated. | Deaths— Bethnal Green Residents. | Deaths— Bethnal Green Non-Residents. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of London Hospital for Diseases of the Chest | 175 | 947 | 7,928 | 15 | 103 |
| Queen's Hospital for Children, Hackney Road | 134 | 2,029 | 42,225 | 86 | 293 |
| Mildmay Mission Hospital | 50 | 622 | 11,806 | 18 | 27 |
| Bethnal House Asylum | — | — | — | 1 | 42 |
| *Bethnal Green Infirmary | * | * | * | 655 | 31 |
Five deaths also occurred in the Bethnal Green Military Hospital of soldiers under treatment there, one being a
resident of the Borough and four non-residents.
* Owing to shortage of staff at the Guardians' Offices consequent upon the war, I was unable to obtain the figures
for the Infirmary, but in a letter I received from the Clerk to the Guardians occurs the following passage :—
"On the week ending Saturday, the 25th December last, there were 396 patients at Waterloo House, 85 at
St. George in the East, and 4 at Whitechapel, all chargeable to Bethnal Green."