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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 1929
[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. | No. of Deaths. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Claybury | 10 | Special Hospitals :— | |
| Darenth | 2 | Bethnal Green Chest | 5 |
| Grove, Epsom | 1 | Brompton | 1 |
| Horton | 4 | City of London Maternity | 3 |
| Hundred Acres, Epsom | 6 | Colindale | 7 |
| Leavesden | 1 | Downs | 3 |
| Leicester City | 1 | East London Children's | 4 |
| Tooting Bee | 1 | Elizabeth Garrett Anderson | 1 |
| 1, West Park Road, Epsom Hospitals for Infectious Diseases:— | 4 | Infants, Vincent Square | 2 |
| Italian | 1 | ||
| Mothers' Hospital | 1 | ||
| Brook | 5 | Mount Vernon | 1 |
| Eastern | 17 | Ministry of Pensions, Orpington | 1 |
| Grove | 1 | ||
| Grove Park | 5 | Princess Mary's, Margate | 1 |
| Joyce Green | 1 | Queen's, Sidcup Queen Mary's | 1 |
| London Fever | 1 | 1 | |
| North-Eastern | 12 | Royal Northern | 3 |
| North-Western | 6 | St. Luke's, Paddington | 3 |
| Park | 2 | St. Luke's, Lowestoft | 1 |
| South-Eastern | 4 | St. Monica's | 1 |
| South-Western | 1 | St. Peter's, Westminster | 1 |
| General Hospitals :— | Other Institutions :— | ||
| Charing Cross | 3 | 2a, Bow Road | 2 |
| Children's, Holborn | 5 | 214a, Cambridge Road 73a, Devon's Road | 4 |
| German | 14 | 1 | |
| Guy's | 1 | 230, High Street, Homerton | 6 |
| Hampstead | 2 | Friern Barnet Infirmary | 8 |
| London | 7 | 369, Fulham Road | 1 |
| London Temperance | 1 | 77a, Highgate Hill | 1 |
| Metropolitan | 52 | 4, King's Road, St. Pancras | 1 |
| Middlesex | 4 | 29, North Side, Clapham | 4 |
| Mildmay Queen's (Children) | 6 | North Devon Convalescent Home | 1 |
| 21 | |||
| Redhill | 1 | North View, East Preston | 1 |
| Royal Free | 4 | St. Joseph's Hospice | 10 |
| St. Bartholomew's | 61 | St. Peter's Home, Hampstead | 2 |
| South Devon | 1 | St. Peter's, Stepney | 1 |
| University College | 1 | St. Thomas's Home | 1 |
| Victoria, Southend | 1 | Stone House, Dartford | 1 |
| Westminster | 2 | South London Hospital | 1 |
| Woolwich Memorial | 1 | 1, Uxbridge Road | 4 |
Of 387 persons belonging to Shoreditch dying in public institutions beyond the
limits of the Borough, 188 died in general hospitals, 30 in asylums, 55 in fever hospitals,
42 in hospitals for special diseases, and 50 in other institutions. Elsewhere than in
public institutions 22 persons belonging to Shoreditch died beyond the limits of the
Borough.
Altogether 1,019 or 63'9 per cent, of the people belonging to Shoreditch who died during the year died in public institutions. The corresponding figures for recent years have been as follows :—
| 1920 | 55 per cent. | 1925 | 63.3 per cent. |
| 1921 | 56 9 „ | 1926 | 63.7 „ |
| 1922 | 60.2 „ | 1927 | 63.1 „ |
| 1923 | 63.6 „ | 1928 | 67.0 „ |
| 1924 | 63.5 ,, |
Public Mortuary.
The bodies of 160 persons were deposited in the mortuary and inquests were held
in 97 instances. In connection with these inquests 96 post mortem examinations
were held at the mortuary.