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Leyton 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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Of the total number of births registered (1,420) during the
year, 767 (54 per cent.) occurred in institutions outside the district.
The figures show to what extent expectant mothers in Leyton avail
themselves of institutional accommodation for their confinements.
These 767 births occurred in the following institutions:—
Queen Mary's Hospital 296
Mothers' Hospital, Clapton 120
Forest Gate Hospital 135
City of London Maternity Hospital 20
Plaistow Maternity Hospital 26
East End Maternity Hospital 8
Kingswood Maternity Home 19
Thorpe Coomb Maternity Home 21
London Hospital 11
St. Bartholomew's Hospital 3
Royal Free Hospital 5
German Hospital 5
Middlesex Hospital 2
Queen Charlotte's Hospital 2
Jewish Maternity Hospital 13
Walthamstow District Nursing Association 22
Guy's Hospital 1
St. Thomas's Hospital 1
Bethnal Green Hospital 3
Hackney Hospital 9
Mile End Hospital 4
St. Andrew's Hospital 2
Maycroft Nursing Home 5
Other Institutions 34
767