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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 1925
[Report on the health of the Borough of Bethnal Green during the year 1925]
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DEATHS IN INSTITUTIONS.
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 Hospital (Poor Law) 477
Waterloo House (Poor Law) 52
Queen's Hospital 39
City of London Hospital, Victoria
Park 16
Mildmay Mission Hospital 16
600
Institutions out of the Borough.
London Hospital 82
Other General Hospitals 70
Maternity Hospitals 5
M.A.B. Hospitals 58
Poor Law Hospitals 16
Sanatoria 14
Mental Hospitals 53
Hostels for the Dying 3
Other Places 19
320
Total 920
Prom these figures it will be seen that of the
1,437 deaths during the year, 920, or 64.0 per cent.
took place in institutions.