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Walthamstow 1935

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]

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The main classification of deaths—those for 1934 being
given in parentheses—were as follows:—
Whooping Cough, 6 (2) ; Diphtheria, 4 (8) ; Pulmonary
Tuberculosis, 69 (83) ; Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis, 6 (15);
Cancer, 204 (217) ; Cerebral Haemorrhage, 61 (56) ; Heart
Disease, 344 (311); Bronchitis, 38 (58); Nephritis, 45 (43);
Congenital Debility, etc., 40 (39) ; Suicide, 12 (22) ; Violence,
39 (34).
Infant deaths are analysed by causes, ages and wards
under the Maternity and Child Welfare Section of the
Report.
Institutional Deaths.
Whipps Cross Hospital 215
Central Homes, Leytonstone 171
Connaught Hospital 56
Forest Gate Sick Home 16
Brentwood Mental Hospital 13
Thorpe Coombe 12
Tipping Infirmary 11
London Hospital, Whitechapel 9
Middlesex Hospital, London 7
Prince of Wales' Hospital, Tottenham 8
Walthamstow Isolation Hospital 6
Victoria Park Chest Hospital 6
Queen's Hospital, Bethnal Green 6
German Hospital, Dalston 5
St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London 5
The Forest Hydro, Walthamstow 5
The Clock House, Wood Street, Walthamstow 5
Orsett Lodge, Orsett 4
London Fever Hospital, Islington 4
Heathfield Nursing Home, Walthamstow 4
Guy's Hospital, London 3
Royal Northern Hospital, Holloway 3
Eagle House Nursing Home, Woodford Green 3
Severalls Hospital, Colchester 3
St. Joseph's Hospice, Hackney 2
Queen Mary's Hospital, Stratford 2
Westminster Hospital 2
St. Luke's Hospital, London 2
St. Peter's Hospital, Westminster 2
Maycroft Nursing Home, Wanstead 2
London Jewish Hospital, Stepney Green 2
St. Paul's Hospital, Holborn 2
Jubilee Hospital, Woodford 2
Other Institutions 42