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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 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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| No. of Deaths. | No. of Deaths. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Special Hospitals | Other Institutions :— | |||
| Addenbrooke Hospital | 1 | Archway Hospital | 3 | |
| Bethnal Green Chest | 3 | 2a, Bow Road | 1 | |
| Cancer | 1 | 214a, Cambridge Road | 6 | |
| City of London Maternity | 3 | 199, Dartmouth Park Hill | 1 | |
| Colindale | 5 | |||
| 73a, Devons Road | 1 | |||
| East Ham Memorial | 1 | |||
| East London Children's | 1 | 72a, East Dulwich Grove | 1 | |
| Epileptic Colony, Edmonton | 1 | 230, High Street, Homerton | 4 | |
| Infants, Vincent Square | 1 | Friern Barnet Infirmary | 2 | |
| Mothers' Hospital | 1 | 4, King's Road, St. Pancras | 1 | |
| Mount Vernon | 1 | 29, North Side, Clapham | 3 | |
| National | 1 | |||
| Queen Mary's, Carshalton | 1 | St. George's Home, Chelsea | 1 | |
| Queen Mary's, Wandsworth | 1 | St. Joseph's Hospice | 7 | |
| Royal Northern | 1 | Star & Garter Home, Sand-gate | 1 | |
| St. Columba's | 1 | |||
| St. Luke's, Paddington | 3 | 76, St. Mark's Road, Maidenhead | 1 | |
| St. Margaret's | 1 | |||
| St. Mark's | 1 | 1, Uxbridge Road | 1 | |
Of 287 persons belonging to Shoreditch dying in public institutions beyond the
limits of the Borough, 136 died in general hospitals, 27 in asylums, 61 in fever hospitals,
29 in hospitals for special diseases, and 34 in other institutions. Elsewhere than in
public institutions 38 persons belonging to Shoreditch died beyond the limits of the
Borough.
Altogether 815 or 67 5 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 „ 1929 63.9 „
PUBLIC MORTUARY, 1930.
Number of bodies deposited from—
St. Leonard's Hospital 67
L.C.C. Infectious Hospitals 10
Undertakers 6
Other sources 97
Total number of bodies deposited 180
Number of post-mortem examinations performed 97