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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
Woolwich 1902
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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Table I b.
Deaths of Persons belonging to the Borough of Woolwich occurring in various Institutions—1902.
| Names of Institutions, etc. | Number of Deaths. | Grand Totals | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | Totals | ||
| Woolwich Union Infirmary | 145 | 92 | 237 | |
| Greenwich do. | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Lewisham do. | 1 | 4 | 8 | |
| Total Poor Law Infirmaries | .. | .. | .. | 247 |
| Herbert Hospital | 24 | .. | 24 | |
| Female do. | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Royal Arsenal Hospital | 5 | .. | 5 | |
| Total in Government Hospitals | .. | .. | .. | 31 |
| Cottage Hospital, Woolwich | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Do. Eltham | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Do. Kidbrooke | 1 | — | 1 | |
| Total in Cottage Hospitals | .. | .. | .. | 15 |
| Fever and Small-Pox Hospitals | 32 | 43 | 75 | 75 |
| Seamen's Hospital | 2 | — | 2 | |
| Guy's do. | 17 | 7 | 24 | |
| King's College Hospital | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| London Hospital | 4 | — | 4 | |
| St. George's Hospital | 1 | — | 1 | |
| Charing Cross do. | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Middlesex do. | – | 1 | 1 | |
| St. Thomas's do. | 3 | 5 | ||
| Total in General Hospitals | .. | .. | .. | 47 |
| Children's Hospitals | 2 | 5 | 5 | |
| City of London Chest Hospital | 1 | 3 | ||
| Brompton do. | – | 3 | 3 | |
| Total in Chest Hospitals | .. | .. | .. | 6 |
| Lunatic Asylums | 13 | 19 | 32 | 32 |
| Eight other Institutions | 4 | 5 | 9 | 9 |
| Totals | 273 | 194 | 467 | 467 |