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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 1924
[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 number of persons belonging to the Borough dying therein :—
| Asylums :— | No. of Deaths. | General Hospitals— continued. | No. of Deaths. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banstead | 1 | New End, Hampstead | 1 |
| Bexley | 1 | Queen's (Children) | 42 |
| Bodmin | 1 | Queen's, Chislehurst | 1 |
| Cane Hill | -1 | Royal Free | 1 |
| Caterham | 1 | St. Bartholomew's | 47 |
| Claybury | 14 | St. Thomas's | 1 |
| Colney Hatch | 3 | University College | 1 |
| Darenth | 1 | Special Hospitals :— | |
| Dartford Heath | 3 | ||
| Epsom | 1 | Bethnal Green Chest | 2 |
| Leavesden | 3 | Hospital for Jewish Incurables, Tottenham | 1 |
| Long Grove | 2 | ||
| Merstham | 1 | City of London Maternity | 14 |
| Peckham House | 1 | Colindale | 9 |
| Tooting Bee | 3 | Downs | 1 |
| Hospitals for Infectious Diseases :— | Homoeopathic | 1 | |
| Ministry of Pensions, Bromley | 1 | ||
| Eastern | 35 | ||
| Ministry of Pensions Richmond | 1 | ||
| Grove | 2 | ||
| London Fever | 1 | Mothers' Hospital, Clapton | 1 |
| North-Eastern | 13 | Queen Mary's | 4 |
| North-Western | 6 | St. Anthony's | 2 |
| Park | 4 | St. Columba's | 1 |
| South-Eastern | 6 | St. Luke's | 1 |
| General Hospitals :— | St. Margaret's | 1 | |
| Special Surgical, Hammersmith | 1 | ||
| East London | 1 | ||
| Evelina (Children) | 1 | Other Institutions :— | |
| German | 9 | ||
| Gt. Ormond Street (Children) | 4 | 214a, Cambridge Road | 3 |
| Guy's | 3 | 72a, East Dulwich Grove | 1 |
| London | 16 | 230, High Street, Homerton | 3 |
| London Jewish | 1 | 5, Highbury Quadrant | 1 |
| Metropolitan | 34 | 29, North Side, Clapton | 1 |
| Manor House, Golders Green | 1 | St. George's Home | 5 |
| Middlesex | 2 | St. Joseph's Hospice | 5 |
| Middlesex (North) | 1 | St. Peter's Home | 2 |
| Mildmay | 6 | 1, Nottingham Place, | |
| Mildmay Memorial | 1 | St. Marylebone | 1 |
Of 341 persons belonging to Shoreditch dying in public institutions beyond the
limits of the Borough, 174 died in general hospitals, 37 in asylums, 67 in fever hospitals,
41 in hospitals for special diseases, and 22 in other institutions. Elsewhere than in
Public institutions, 10 persons belonging to Shoreditch died beyond the limits of the
Borough.