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London County Council 1934

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]

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Table: General Hospitals— continued.Table I ( d)—Discharges and deaths classified according to mode of admission,1934.

General Hospitals— continued.

Table I ( d)—Discharges and deaths classified according to mode of admission,1934.

Hospital.Medical superintendent.Relieving officer's order.Lunacy order.Transferred fromBirths. (a)Staff cases.Other. (b)Total.
Direct. (c)From medica practitioner.From voluntary hospitalL.C.C. hospitalL.C.C residential schoolL.C.C institution.
Archway1549473271139-1062199171-3567
Bethnal Green30551455249111-683760305139-5479
Dulwich118421892752219-9115114550169156821
Fulham102023242593752601146213375124125082
Hackney29823189211689-782511981219828305
Hammersmith539187017449-96966146811793209
Highgate3481351683691-112-105190-3381
Lambeth3176825896165227882919396658189548972
Lewisham2115334855425-723623943168-7185
Mile End2197203390856-2252968629130176274
New End58990371391-7222432065252462
Norwood children's2322157520-3253147--51373
Paddington17141489820293-53152774824165190
Queen Mary's, Sidcup2-20222-3322-36-5223656
St. Alfege's19503158289694131961417161814497274
St. Andrew's408926482293-112140486739277726
St. Benedict's2-13218-1607-66-3911946
St. Charles'86126165071032-23020245911565641
St. George-in-the-East2710101917034-3821027340-4296
St. Giles'188930256072148-129143357960116129386
St. James'246325728494884-2071346281100184613027
St. John's35--3938062624214521226
St. Leonard's1332211320690-25521446411964835
St. Luke's, Chelsea9341054172227-1196925924752888
St. Mary Abbots66028612219611021661022786137-6106
St. Mary, Islington1257174810502957-125222745158938040
St. Nicholas'106619404347960428034879-3876
St. Olave's24152905596444247151165529114627376
St. Pancras14031382841283-36-34451771-4877
St. Peter's1316126031390—5111161514723365
St. Stephen's21457821201493—21825544447107—5962
Brentwood colony8_14_45127-620112
Edmonton colony3——19—44—35-—8109
Total47031501701060627843884956811995559126903008466169024

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(a) Discharges and deaths during the year of children born in hospital. For the total births during
the year, see table I (a).
(b) The principal modes of admission included under this heading are (i) admissions under contract
(e.g., Hammersmith), mostly maternity cases received under agreement with the borough
council ; (ii) admission on recommendation of the tuberculosis officer (e.g., St. Olave's);
(iii) admissions under Section 28 of the London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1928,
and (iv) admissions under Justices' Order.
(c) Emergency admissions, admission from the Council's school clinics, etc., by the medical
tendent but not including any admission by the medical superintendent on the certificate
of a general practitioner, whether emergency or not.