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Bethnal Green 1927
Report on the health of the Borough of Bethnal Green during the year 1927
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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:—
| Bethnal Green Hospital (Poor Law) | 466 | |
| Waterloo House (Poor Law) | 96 | |
| Queen's Hospital | 26 | |
| City of London Hospital, Vic | ||
| toria Park | 15 | |
| Mildmay Mission Hospital | 1 | |
| __ | 604 |
| London Hospital | 93 | |
| Other General Hospitals | 44 | |
| M.A.B. Hospitals | 44 | |
| Mental Hospitals | 55 | |
| Other Institutions | 41 | |
| ___ | 277 | |
| Total | 881 | |
From these figures it will be seen that of the
1,332 deaths during the year, 881, or 66 per cent,
took place in institutions.