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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

Leyton 1935

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]

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Of the total number of births registered (1,493) during the
year, 710 (47 per cent.) occurred in institutions outside the district.
The figures show to what extent expectant mothers in Leyton avail
themselves of institutional accommodation for their confinements.

Table: These 710 births occurred in the following institutions:—

These 710 births occurred in the following institutions:—

Queen Mary's Hospital303
Mothers' Hospital, Clapton107
Forest Gate Hospital92
City of London Maternity Hospital22
Plaistow Maternity Hospital33
East End Maternity Hospital12
Kingswood Maternity Home20
London Hospital7
St. Bartholomew's Hospital3
Royal Free Hospital8
Queen Charlotte's Hospital5
Jewish Maternity Hospital6
Middlesex Hospital3
Walthamstow District Nursing Association18
Other Institutions77
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