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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 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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| Infirmaries and Workhouses. | No. of Deaths. | Other Institutions. | No. of Deaths. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bethnal Green Infirmary | 3 | St. Joseph's Hospice | 5 |
| Bishop Stortford Workhouse | 1 | Aged Pilgrim's Asylum | 1 |
| Islington Infirmary | 2 | ||
| Holborn Infirmary, Mitcham | 2 | Central London Sick Asylum | 1 |
| Hackney Infirmary | Sick Asylum, Bromley | 1 | |
| Kensington Infirmary | 1 | H.M. Prison, Holloway | 1 |
| St. George's in the East Infirmary | |||
| Jews' Home, Paddington | 1 | ||
| St. George's Workhouse Southwark | 1 | St. Luke's House | 1 |
| St. Peter's House | 2 | ||
| Strand Infirmary | 1 | ||
| Lewisham Infirmary | 1 | ||
| City Infirmary |
Of 516 persons belonging to Shoreditch dying in public institutions situate
beyond the limits of the Borough, 332 died in general hospitals, including 72 in
hospitals for sick children, 80 in asylums for those mentally diseased, 57 in the
fever hospitals of the Metropolian Asylums Board, 20 in workhouses and infirmaries,
14 in hospitals for special diseases, and 13 in other institutions. Elsewhere than
in public institutions 16 persons belonging to Shoreditch died beyond the limits of
the Borough. Altogether 1,078, or nearly half of the deaths of persons belonging
to Shoreditch, took place in public institutions. Including the 16 persons who did
not die in public institutions, 1,094 persons, belonging to the Borough died elsewhere
than in their own homes, a number which shows a marked increase on that for
last year, the increment being chiefly due to the large number of persons dying in
the Shoreditch Workhouse and Infirmary.
SICKNESS AMONGST THE POOR.
The cases coming under the treatment of the district medical officers in connection
with the poor law dispensary during 1907 numbered 4,380, as compared with 4,107
in 1906 and 4,014 in 1905. An analysis of the cases is contained in Table VIII.
(Appendix). The diseases classed as infectious accounted for 763 of the cases.
They were mainly consumption, measles, influenza, whooping cough, diarrhoea, erysipelas
and scarlet fever, in the order given. The cases of consumption numbered
the same as in the preceding year. The cases of diarrhoea were in point of number
markedly below the average, whilst those of measles were much above the average1—
in fact, more numerous than; in any year during the past 15 years. Cases of
erysipelas were more numerous than in any year since 1892, and more cases of
scarlet fever were under the notice of the district medical officers than in any year
since 1894. Diseases of the respiratory system, largely the result of infection, were
responsible for 1,168 of the cases, a number above the average for the past 15
years. Of these 1,030 were cases of bronchitis and 65 of pneumonia. There were