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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 1923

Report on the health of the Borough of Bethnal Green during the year 1923

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12
DEATHS IN INSTITUTIONS.

Table: The extent to which the deaths of the inhabitants of the Borough take place in institutions may be seen from the following table:—

The extent to which the deaths of the inhabitants of the Borough take place in institutions may be seen from the following table:—

Institutions in the Borough.
Bethnal Green Hospital378
Waterloo House43
Queen's Hospital52
Chest Hospital,Victoria Park16
Mildmay Mission Hospital7
496
Institutions out of the Borough.
London Hospital125
Other General Hospitals42
Maternity Hospitals10
M.A.B.Hospitals59
poor Law Hospitals15
Sanatoria11
Mental Hospitals57
Hostels for the Dying3
Other Places24
346
Total842

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From these figures it will be seen that of the
1,340 deaths during the year, 842, or 62.8 per cent,
took place in institutions.