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Cancer.
The deaths from Cancer numbered 223, or 10 more than in the previous year.
This corresponds to a death-rate of .71 per 1,000 of the population.
52 belonged to the Limehouse District, or at the rate of .88 per 1,000.
25 belonged to St. George's, or at the rate of .47 per 1,000.
86 belonged to Mile End, or at the rate of .72 per 1,000.
60 belonged to the Whitechapel District, or at the rate of .74 per 1,000.
Homeless.
82 deaths of persons admitted from the street without any permanent address
occurred in the Whitechapel Infirmary; 9 in the Mile End Infirmary ; 3 in the
St. George's Infirmary; 4 in the London Hospital; 5 occurred in the Poplar and
Stepney Sick Asylum which were stated to belong to the Limehouse District. There
were 20 deaths in His Majesty's Hospital (Dr. Barnado) which were credited to the
Limehouse District, in addition to 10 deaths of persons unknown found drowned
on the foreshore of our district.
There were 4 bodies of unknown persons found in the streets of the Whitechapel
District and were included in the Whitechapel returns. Two similar deaths
were credited to St. George's.
73 deaths occurred in various Lunatic Asylums of persons stated to have been
removed from our Borough, but where no address could be given; 16 having been
removed from the Limehouse District; 9 from St. George's; 10 from Mile End and
38 from the Whitechapel District.
There were, in addition, in the various public institutions 202 deaths of persons
admitted from Common Lodging Houses in the Borough.
It must be remembered that there are 38 Common Lodging Houses in the
Borough, with 6,900 beds, where 5,591 persons on an average sleep every night. In
addition, there are 81 houses with 477 furnished rooms let out every night where
951 persons usually sleep.