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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 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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Of the total number of births registered (1,421) during the
year, 760 (53 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.
These 760 births occurred in the following institutions:—
Queen Mary's Hospital 304
Mothers' Hospital, Clapton 145
Forest Gate Hospital 104
City of London Maternity Hospital 18
Plaistow Maternity Hospital 28
East End Maternity Hospital 10
Kingswood Maternity Home 20
Thorpe Coomb Maternity Home 17
London Hospital 18
Royal Free Hospital 5
University College Hospital 3
Queen Charlotte's Hospital 2
Jewish Maternity Hospital 4
Walthamstow District Nursing Association 17
Guy's Hospital 1
St. Thomas's Hospital 2
Hackney Hospital 7
St. Andrew's Hospital 3
Woodside Nursing Home, Woodford 3
Other Institutions 49
760