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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
West Ham 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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It will be noted that in the former group (outside Institutions)
71 infants and 1,300 persons over the age of one year
died during the year, and in the latter group (inside Institutions)
107 infants and 213 elders died, of which numbers 52
infants and 132 elders were non-residents of the Borough.
The net deaths of West Ham residents in Public Institutions
were 126 infants and 1,381 persons of one year and upwards,
making a total of 1,507 institutional deaths as compared with
1,898 deaths in private residences, i.e.. over 44 per cent, of
the deaths during the year occurred in Public Institutions.
| Under 1 year. | 1 year and upwards. | |
|---|---|---|
| Deaths in Outside Institutions:— | ||
| Whipps Cross Hospital | 45 | 495 |
| Central Home | 3 | 430 |
| Dagenham Sanatorium | — | 52 |
| Goodmayes Mental Hospital | — | 48 |
| Residents dying in London Institutions, etc | 23 | 275 |
| Deaths in Inside Institutions:— | ||
| Plaistow Hospital | 9 | 47 |
| Oueen Mary's Hospital for East End | 51 | 69 |
| St. Mary's Hospital | 30 | 34 |
| Plaistow Maternity Charity | 6 | 1 |
| Royal Albert Dock Hospital | — | 26 |
| Children's Hospital, Balaam Street | 2 | 1 |
| Forest Gate Sick Home | 7 | 19 |
| Other Places, e.g., Docks, etc | 2 | 17 |
| 178 | 1513 | |
| Non-residents dying in Inside Institutions | 52 | 132 |
| 126 | 1381 | |
| Net West Ham Deaths in Institutions | 1507 | |