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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 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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In the subjoined table are set forth the various 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 | Mildmay | 6 |
| Cane Hill | 2 | Queen's (Children) | 63 |
| Caterham | 2 | St. Bartholomew's | 85 |
| Claybury | 10 | Seaman's Hospital | 1 |
| Colney Hatch | 14 | Westminster | 1 |
| Darenth | 1 | Special Hospitals. | |
| Dartford Heath | 5 | ||
| Horton | 2 | Brompton | 1 |
| Hanwell | 1 | Cancer Hospital | 3 |
| Leavesden | 7 | Chest Hospital, Bethnal Green | 3 |
| Long Grove | 9 | City of Loudon Lying-in | 9 |
| Manor | 2 | Hospital for Women | 1 |
| Tooting Bec | 3 | Queen Mary's Hospital | 5 |
| Hospitals for Infectious Disease. | Orthopedic Hospital | 1 | |
| Eastern | 22 | Infirmaries and Workhouses. | |
| North Eastern | 24 | Belmont Workhouse | 5 |
| NorthWestern | 4 | Bermondsey Workhouse | 1 |
| Park | 1 | Bethnal Green Infirmary | 3 |
| South Eastern | 4 | Bethnal Green Workhouse | 1 |
| Western | 1 | Camberwell Infirmary | 1 |
| General Hospitals. | Hackney Infirmary | 3 | |
| East London (Children) | 7 | Hammersmith Infirmary | 1 |
| Freidenheim | 2 | Holborn Infirmary | 1 |
| French | 1 | Southwark infirmary | 1 |
| German | 3 | Whitechapel Infirmary | 1 |
| Gt. Ormond Street (Children) | 26 | Other Institutions. | |
| Great Northern | 1 | ||
| Guy's | 2 | Bethnal House | 1 |
| Hampstead General | 1 | Home for Sick Children, Sydenham | 1 |
| King's College | 1 | ||
| London | 15 | St. Joseph's Hospice | 5 |
| London Temperance | 1 | St. Luke's House | 2 |
| Metropolitan | 67 | Pentonville Prison | 1 |
| Middlesex | 2 | Wormwood Scrubbs Prison | 1 |
Of 455 persons belonging to Shoreditch dying in public institutions beyond the
limits of the Borough, 285 died in general hospitals, 62 in asylums, 56 in fever
hospitals, 18 in workhouses and infirmaries, 24 in hospitals for special diseases, and
11 in other institutions. Elsewhere than in public institutions 19 persons belonging
to Shoreditch died beyond the limits of the Borough.
Altogether 1,059 or 52.5 per cent. of the deaths of persons belonging to Shoreditch
took place in public institutions.