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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 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]

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Of the total number of births registered (1,509) during the
year, 860 (56 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 860 births occurred in the following institutions :—

These 860 births occurred in the following institutions :—

Queen Mary's Hospital282
Mothers' Hospital, Clapton158
Forest Gate Hospital197
City of London Maternity Hospital14
Plaistow Maternity Hospital36
East End Maternity Hospital3
Kingswood Maternity Home12
Thorpe Coomb Maternity Home16
London Hospital14
University College2
St. Bartholomew's Hospital2
Royal Free Hospital9
German Hospital15
Middlesex Hospital1
Queen Charlotte's Hospital4
Jewish Maternity Hospital5
Walthamstow District Nursing Association ...15
Guy's Hospital ...1
Charing Cross Hospital2
Bethnal Green Hospital2
Hackney Hospital6
Mile End Hospital2
St. Andrew's Hospital ...7
Maycroft Nursing Home2
Royal Northern Hospital1
Woodside Nursing Home4
Other Institutions48
860