London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Stepney 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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9
Premature births 14
Shock while undergoing a necessary operation under
the influence of an anaesthetic 1
Suffocation due to regurgitation of food 3
Tuberculosis 1
Whooping Cough 2
609
There were 13 deaths due to Motor vehicles, being exactly the same number as
in the previous year. Motor buses were responsible for six of these deaths, Motor
vans for five, a Taxicab for one and an Electric tram for another.
The following is a list of the Outlying Institutions and the number of residents who died in them during the year:—
| Bethnal Green Infirmary | 12 |
| Brompton Hospital | 2 |
| Cancer Hospital | 3 |
| Central London Throat and Ear Hospital | 1 |
| Children's Hospital, Great Ormond Street | 16 |
| Children's Infirmary, Carshalton | 9 |
| Charing Cross Hospital | 1 |
| Cheyne Hospital | 1 |
| City of London Infirmary | 1 |
| City of London Chest Hospital | 5 |
| City of London Sick Asylum | 1 |
| City of London Lying-in Hospital | 1 |
| Creche, Stepney Causeway | 1 |
| Eveline Hospital | 1 |
| Fever Hospitals:— | |
| Eastern Fever Hospital | 18 |
| London Fever Hospital | 1 |
| Park Fever Hospital | 6 |
| South Eastern Fever Hospital | 35 |
| French Hospital | 1 |
| Friedenheim Hospital | 5 |
| Fulham Infirmary | 1 |
| German Hospital | 20 |
| Guy's Hospital | 3 |
| Hackney Infirmary | 6 |