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Shoreditch 1931

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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No. of Deaths.

No. of Deaths.

Special Hospitals :—Other Institutions—contd.—
Brompton2214a, Cambridge Road8
City of London Maternity4Central Home, Leyton1
Colindale3390, High Street, Lewisham1
East London Children's1230, High Street, Homerton9
Heatherwood186, High Street, Poplar2
Highwood1Friern Barnet Infirmary5
National3Home of Compassion1
Queen Mary's, Carshalton329, North Side, Clapham3
Royal London Ophthalmic1North View, East Preston1
St. Mark's1St. David's Home1
Other Institutions :—St. Joseph's Hospice10
St. Luke's Home2
Archway Hospital3St. Peter's Home1
2a, Bow Road1Whipps Cross Hospital1

Of 305 persons belonging to Shoreditch dying in public institutions
beyond the limits of the Borough, 164 died in general hospitals, 31 in
asylums, 40 in fever hospitals, 20 in hospitals for special diseases, and 50 in
other institutions. Elsewhere than in public institutions 19 persons belonging
to Shoreditch died beyond the limits of the Borough.
Altogether 814 or 663 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 : —
1921 56.9 per cent 1926 63.7 per cent
1922 60.2 „ 1927 63.1 ,,
1923 63.6 ,, 1928 67.0 „
1924 63.5 ,, 1929 63.9 „
1925 63.3 ,, 1930 67.5 ,,

PUBLIC MORTUARY, 1931.

Number of bodies deposited from—
St. Leonard's Hospital59
L.C.C. Infectious Hospitals5
Undertakers2
Other sources132
Total number of bodies deposited198
Number of post-mortem examinations performed100

In accordance with the instructions of the Health Committee the Mortuary
was generally repaired during the year and w.c. accommodation was
provided for the use of persons attending in connection with post mortem
examinations.