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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 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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| St. Luke's House, Kensington | 4 |
| St. Marks Hospital | 1 |
| Seamen's Hospital | 6 |
| Shenfield Cottage Hospital | 1 |
| Sick Asylum, Blackwall | 5 |
| Soho Hospital for Women | 1 |
| Southwark Infirmary | 3 |
| Staines Infirmary | 1 |
| Stepney Workhouse | 80 |
| Stratford Workhouse | 1 |
| University College Hospital | 1 |
| West Ham Union Convalescent Home | 1 |
| West Ham Union Infirmary | 1 |
| 871 |
The following number of deaths of residents occurred in Public Institutions in the Borough:—
| East London Hospital for Children | 239 |
| London Hospital | 528 |
| Mile End Infirmary | 379 |
| Mothers' Lying-in Home, Commercial Road | 11 |
| St. George's Infirmary | 234 |
| Whitechapel Infirmary | 285 |
| Whitechapel Workhouse, South Grove | 50 |
| 1726 |
There were 1,196 deaths of non-residents in Public Institutions in the
District.
Notifiable Diseases.
Excluding Measles, Phthisis and Chicken Pox, 1,544 notifications of Infectious
Diseases were received, or 170 more than in the previous year, and 1,071 were
removed to the various Hospitals and Infirmaries.
313 belonged to the Limehouse District, or at the rate of 5.82 per 1,000.
257 belonged to St. George-in-the-East, or at the rate of 5.46 per 1,000.
601 belonged to Mile End Old Town, or at the rate of 5.34 per 1,000.
373 belonged to the Whitechapel District, or at the rate of 5.52 per 1,000.
There were in addition to the above 1,819 cases of Measles notified, 1,350
suffering from Phthisis and 219 from Chicken Pox.