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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 1915
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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Elsewhere than in public institutions, 15 persons not belonging to Shoreditch
died within the Borough.
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 | Poplar Hospital | 1 |
| Brentwood | 1 | Queen's (Children) | 87 |
| Cane Hill | 2 | Royal Free | 2 |
| Caterham | 2 | St. Bartholomew's | 67 |
| Claybury | 19 | St. Columba's | 2 |
| Colney Hatch | 13 | St. Thomas's | 1 |
| Dartford Heath | 7 | Vincent Square (Infants) | 4 |
| Epiletic Colony, Epsom | 1 | Westminster | 1 |
| Exeter | 1 | Special Hospitals. | |
| Fountain Temporary | 1 | ||
| Horton | 4 | Borough Mental, Leicester | 1 |
| Han well | 1 | Chest Hospital, Bethnal Green | 9 |
| Leavesden | 7 | ||
| Long Grove | 2 | City of London Lying-in | 12 |
| Manor | 1 | New Hospital for Women | 1 |
| Middlesex County | 1 | Queen Mary's Hospital .. | 3 |
| Tooting Bee | 13 | Seaman's Hospital | 1 |
| Hospitals for Infectious Disease. | Infirmaries and Workhouses. | ||
| Eastern | 18 | ||
| Joyce Green | 1 | Belmont Workhouse | 6 |
| North Eastern | 22 | Bethnal Green Infirmary | 10 |
| North Western | 3 | Cleveland Street do. | 1 |
| Northern ... | 3 | Hackney Infirmary | 6 |
| General Hospitals. | Holborn do. | 2 | |
| Islington do. | 2 | ||
| Cottage Hospital, Bushey Heath | 1 | Kensington do. Shoreditch Additional | 1 |
| East London Hospital | 1 | Workhouse | 3 |
| Evelina (Children) | 2 | West Ham Infirmary | 1 |
| German | 6 | Other Institutions. | |
| Great Northern | 1 | ||
| Homoepathic | 1 | Brook House | 1 |
| Gt. Ormond Street (Children) | 4 | Children's Convalescent Home, Beconfield | 1 |
| Italian | 1 | St. George's House | 2 |
| London | 22 | St. Michael's House | |
| Metropolitan | 48 | Broadstairs | 1 |
| Middlesex | 4 | St. Peter's House... | 1 |
| Mildmay | 9 | Downs Sanatorium | 4 |
Of 461 persons belonging to Shoreditch dying in public institutions beyond
the limits of the Borough, 265 died in general hospitals, 80 in asylums, 47 in fever
hospitals, 32 in workhouses and infirmaries, 27 in hospitals for special diseases,