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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 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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Of 303 persons belonging to Shoreditch, who died in public institutions beyond
the limits of the Borough, 112 died in general hospitals, 23 in asylums, 47 in fever
hospitals, 51 in special hospitals, 54 in public assistance institutions and 6 in other
institutions. Elsewhere than in public institutions, 8 persons belonging to Shoreditch
died beyond the limits of the Borough.
Altogether 868 or 73.1 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:—
| 1930 | 67.5 per cent. | 1932 | 69.3 per cent. |
| 1931 | 66.3 | 1933 | 68.5 |
PUBLIC MORTUARY, 1934. Number of bodies deposited from—
| St. Leonard's Hospital | 32 |
| L.C.C. Infectious Disease Hospitals | 7 |
| Undertakers | 101 |
| Other sources | 56 |
| Total number of bodies deposited | 196 |
| Number of post-mortem examinations performed | 120 |
In the Report for 1933 reference was made to the condition of the public
mortuary. Since that Report was written the matter has been discussed but no
action has so far been decided upon. It seems obvious that the problem will have to
be tackled at no very distant date.