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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 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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Elsewhere than in public institutions 8 persons not belonging to Shoreditch died
within the Borough.
In the subjoined table are set forth the various institutions outside Shoreditcl with the number of persons belonging to the Borough dying therein :—
| * Asylums:— | No. of Deaths. | General Hospitals— continued | No. of Deaths. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banstead | 1 | Prince of Wales, Tottenham | 1 |
| Broadmoor | 1 | ||
| Cane Hill | 1 | Queen's (Children) | 35 |
| Claybury | 6 | Royal Free | 1 |
| Colney Hatch | 3 | Royal Surrey County | 1 |
| Dartford Heath | 5 | St. Bartholomew s | 57 |
| Epsom | 5 | St. George's | 1 |
| Fountain | 3 | St. Thomas's | 3 |
| Hanwell | 1 | University College | 1 |
| Leavesden | 5 | Special Hospitals:— | |
| Three Counties Mental, Stotfold | 1 | ||
| Bethnal Green Chest | 4 | ||
| Tooting Bec | 1 | Brompton | 1 |
| Cancer | 2 | ||
| Hospitals for Infectious Diseases:— | City of London Maternity | 4 | |
| Colindale | 10 | ||
| Brook | 4 | Homoeopathic | 1 |
| Eastern | 23 | Infants | 2 |
| Grove | 5 | Mothers Hospital, Clapton | 4 |
| Joyce Green | 1 | Queen Charlotte's | 2 |
| London Fever | 2 | Queen Mary's | 6 |
| Northern | 1 | St. Columba's | 1 |
| North-Eastern | 13 | St. Luke's | 2 |
| North-Western | 4 | National Hospital for Diseases of Heart | 1 |
| Over Infectious Disease | 1 | ||
| Park | 7 | Hospital for Women and Children, Paddington | 2 |
| South-Eastern | 5 | ||
| South-Western | 2 | Other Institutions:— | |
| General Hospitals:— | |||
| Archway House | 2 | ||
| Children's, Holborn | 2 | Bishopsbourne Invalid Home | 1 |
| East London | 2 | 214a, Cambridge Road | 1 |
| German | 9 | Goldie Leigh Homes | 1 |
| Gt. Ormond Street (Children) | 4 | 230, High Street, Homerton | 4 |
| London | 9 | 86, High Street, Poplar | 1 |
| London Temperance | 1 | 77a, Highgate Hill | 1 |
| Metropolitan | 59 | Home for Jewish Incurables | 1 |
| Middlesex | 5 | 29, North Side, Clapham | 3 |
| Middlesex (North) | 1 | Little Folks' Home, Bexhill | 1 |
| Mildmay | 6 | Oxford Prison | 1 |
| National | 2 | St. George s Home | 3 |
| Poplar | 1 | St. Joseph's Hospice | 7 |
Of 371 persons belonging to Shoreditch dying in public institutions beyond the
limits of the Borough, 201 died in general hospitals, 33 in asylums, 68 in fever hospitals,