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West Ham 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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Home) receive patients from the surrounding districts whose
deaths are registered in the district, but have to be excluded
from tabulation as transferable to West Ham.
It will be noted that in the former group (outside Institutions)
85 infants and 1,194 persons over the age of one year
died during the year, and in the latter group (inside Institutions)
135 infants and 301 elders died, of which numbers 38 infants
and 118 elders were non-residents of the Borough. The net
deaths of West Ham residents in Public Institutions were 182
infants and 1,377 persons of one year and upwards, making a
total of 1, 559 institutional deaths as compared with 1,809 deaths
in private residences, i.e., over 45 per cent. of the deaths during
the year occurred in Public Institutions.
Deaths in Outside Institutions:—
| Under 1 year | 1 year and upwards. | |
|---|---|---|
| Whipps Cross Hospital | 43 | 494 |
| Central Home | 7 | 386 |
| Dagenham Sanatorium | — | 51 |
| Goodmayes Mental Hospital | — | 46 |
| Residents dying in London Institutions, etc | 35 | 218 |
| Deaths in Inside Institutions:— | ||
| Plaistow Hospital | 6 | 43 |
| Queen Mary's Hospital for East End | 56 | 111 |
| St. Mary's Hospital | 55 | 60 |
| Plaistow Maternity Charity | 10 | 3 |
| Royal Albert Dock Hospital | — | 39 |
| Children's Hospital, Balaam Street | 1 | 3 |
| Forest Gate Sick Home | 6 | 28 |
| Other Places, e.g., Docks | 1 | 13 |
| 220 | 1495 | |
| Non-residents dying in Inside Institutions | 38 | 118 |
| 182 | 1377 | |
| Net West Ham Deaths in Instititions | 1559 | |