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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
Shoreditch 1905
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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In the subjoined table are set forth the various public institutions outside Shoreditch with the numbers of persons belonging to the Borough dying therein:—
| Asylums. | No. of Deaths. | General Hospitals—continued. | No. of Deaths. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banstead | 4 | Italian | 1 |
| Cane Hill | 2 | King's College | 2 |
| Caterham | 1 | London | 23 |
| City of Birmingham | 1 | Metropolitan | 72 |
| Claybury | 8 | Middlesex | 1 |
| Colney Hatch | 9 | Mildmay | 7 |
| Dartford Heath | 9 | North Eastern (Children) | 63 |
| Frien Barnet | 1 | Royal Free | 4 |
| Grove Hall | 1 | St. Bartholomew's | 106 |
| Horton | 3 | St. George's | 1 |
| Leavesden | 8 | Westminster | 1 |
| Manor | 1 | Hospitals for Special Diseases,Etc. | |
| Metropolitan Benefit Society's | 2 | Hospital for Women, Soho | 1 |
| Norwood | 1 | Lying-in, City of London | 3 |
| Tooting Bec | 11 | Queen Charlotte's | 1 |
| Hospitals for Infectious Disease. | St. Mark's | 1 | |
| Eastern | 2 | Infirmaries and Workhouses. | |
| Long Reach, Dartford | 1 | Bethnal Green Infirmary and Workhouse | 3 |
| North Eastern | 33 | ||
| North Western | 2 | Camberwell Infirmary | 1 |
| General Hospitals. | Holborn Infirmary | 1 | |
| Charing Cross | 1 | Hackney infirmary | 3 |
| East London | 1 | Paddington Infirmary | 1 |
| Evelina (Children) | 2 | St. George's Infirmary | 2 |
| German | 7 | Whitechapel Infirmary | 1 |
| Gt. Northern | 4 | Other Institutions. | |
| Gt. Ormond Street (Children) | 21 | St. Joseph's Hospice | 6 |
| Guy's | 2 | St. Luke's House | 2 |
| Friedenheim | 1 | Hostel of God | 1 |
| Homoeopathic | 2 | Hospice of St. John and St. Elizabeth | 1 |
| Infants', Hampstead | 1 |
Of 451 persons belonging to Shoreditch dying in public institutions situate beyond
the limits of the Borough, 323 died in general hospitals including 86 in hospitals for
children; 38 died in the fever hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board; 62 died
in asylums; 6 in hospitals for special diseases; 12 in workhouses and infirmaries, and
10 in other institutions. Elsewhere than in public institutions 16 persons belonging to
Shoreditch died beyond the limits of the Borough. Altogether 927 persons belonging to
Shoreditch died in public institutions. Including the sixteen persons Who did not die
in public institutions 943 persons belonging to the Borough died elsewhere than in their
homes.
SICKNESS AMONGST THE POOR.
The cases of illness coming under the treatment of the district medical officers in
connection with the poor law dispensary were not quite so numerous as in 1904, the
number being 4,014 as compared with 4,168 in 1904, 3,527 in 1903, 3,403 in 1902,
3,883 in 1901, and 3,267 in 1900. An analysis of the cases is contained in Table