Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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No. of Deaths.
No. of Deaths.
Special Hospitals :— | Other Institutions—contd.— | ||
Brompton | 2 | 214a, Cambridge Road | 8 |
City of London Maternity | 4 | Central Home, Leyton | 1 |
Colindale | 3 | 390, High Street, Lewisham | 1 |
East London Children's | 1 | 230, High Street, Homerton | 9 |
Heatherwood | 1 | 86, High Street, Poplar | 2 |
Highwood | 1 | Friern Barnet Infirmary | 5 |
National | 3 | Home of Compassion | 1 |
Queen Mary's, Carshalton | 3 | 29, North Side, Clapham | 3 |
Royal London Ophthalmic | 1 | North View, East Preston | 1 |
St. Mark's | 1 | St. David's Home | 1 |
Other Institutions :— | St. Joseph's Hospice | 10 | |
St. Luke's Home | 2 | ||
Archway Hospital | 3 | St. Peter's Home | 1 |
2a, Bow Road | 1 | Whipps Cross Hospital | 1 |
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 Hospital | 59 |
L.C.C. Infectious Hospitals | 5 |
Undertakers | 2 |
Other sources | 132 |
Total number of bodies deposited | 198 |
Number of post-mortem examinations performed | 100 |
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.