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 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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| Mount Vernon Hospital | 1 |
| National Hospital, Queen's Square .. | 1 |
| Poplar Hospital | 3 |
| Poplar and Stepney Sick Asylum | 186 |
| Queen's Hospital | 20 |
| Queen Alexandra's Military Hospital | 2 |
| Royal Free Hospital | 1 |
| Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital | 1 |
| St. Bartholomew's Hospital | 13 |
| St. Giles' Workhouse | 1 |
| St. Joseph's Hospice | 3 |
| St. John's Hospital for Diseases of the Skin | 1 |
| St. Luke's House, Kensington | 2 |
| St. Peter's Hospital | 1 |
| Seamen's Hospital | 4 |
| Shoreditch Infirmary | 2 |
| Sick Asylum, Blackwall | 2 |
| Southwark Infirmary | 1 |
| Stepney Workhouse | 75 |
| Strand Workhouse | 1 |
| University College Hospital | 1 |
| 722 |
The following number of deaths of residents occurred in Public Institutions in the Borough:—
| East London Hospital for Children | 189 |
| London Hospital | 477 |
| Mile End Infirmary | 322 |
| Mothers' Lying-in Home, Commercial Road | 11 |
| St. George's Infirmary | 215 |
| White chapel Infirmary | 321 |
| White chapel Workhouse, South Grove | 44 |
| 1,579 |
There were 1,044 deaths of non-residents in Public Institutions in the District.
Notifiable Diseases.
1,733 notifications of Infectious Disease were received, or 359 more than in
the previous year. This corresponds to a rate of 6.24 per 1,000 of the population.
1,352 were removed to various Hospitals and Infirmaries.