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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 1922
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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Elsewhere than in public institutions 11 persons not belonging to Shoreditch
died within the Borough.
In the subjoined table are set forth the various institutions outside Shoreditch with the number of persons belonging to the Borough dying therein :—
| Asylums:— | No. of Deaths. | General Hospitals— continued. | No. of Deaths. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banstead | 3 | Royal Northern | 1 |
| Brentwood | 1 | Royal Sussex County | 1 |
| Cane Hill | 2 | St. Bartholomew's | 65 |
| Caterham | 1 | St. Luke's, Lowestoft | 1 |
| Claybury | 19 | University College | 1 |
| Colney Hatch | 14 | Westminster | 4 |
| Darenth | 1 | ||
| Dartford Heath | 1 | Special Hospitals :— | |
| Fountain | 1 | Bethnal Green Chest | 8 |
| Hanwell | 2 | Brompton | 1 |
| Horton | 1 | City of London Maternity | 9 |
| Leavesden | 11 | Colindale | 5 |
| Long Grove | 2 | Cancer | 2 |
| Tooting Bec | 2 | Central London Throat & Ear | 1 |
| Hospitals for Infectious | Homoeopathic | 2 | |
| Infants' | 1 | ||
| Diseases | Mount Vernon | 1 | |
| Brook | 2 | Queen Mary's | 1 |
| Dartford | 1 | St. John's | 1 |
| Eastern | 16 | ||
| North-Eastern | 12 | Other Institutions :— | |
| North-Western | 3 | Borough Sanatorium, Brighton | 1 |
| Park | 2 | Camberwell House | 1 |
| South-Eastern | 4 | 214a, Cambridge Road | |
| Western | 1 | Cornwall House, Wanstead | 1 |
| 73a, Devon's Road, Bromley | 1 | ||
| General Hospitals:— | Dollis Hill House | 1 | |
| East London | 5 | 230, High Street, Homerton | 4 |
| Edmonton Epileptic Colony | 2 | 77a, Highgate Hill | 1 |
| French | 1 | 4, King's Road, St. Pancras | 1 |
| German | 3 | 29, North Side, Clapham | 1 |
| Gt. Ormond Street (Children) | 6 | 14, Pembridge Square, Kensington | 1 |
| Guy's | 1 | ||
| Hampstead | 1 | Private Nursing Home, Hackney | 1 |
| Italian | 1 | ||
| London | 16 | St. Elizabeth's Home | 1 |
| Metropolitan | 52 | St. George's Home | 2 |
| Mildmay | 9 | St. Joseph's Hospice | 1 |
| Queen's (Children) | 53 | St. Peter's Home | 1 |
| Royal Free | 1 | 74, Vallance Road | 1 |
Of 383 persons belonging to Shoreditch dying in public institutions beyond the
limits of the Borough, 224 died in general hospitals, 61 in asylums, 41 in fever hospitals,
32 in hospitals for special diseases, and 25 in other institutions. Elsewhere than in
public institutions ; 25 persons belonging to Shoreditch died beyond the limits of the
Borough.