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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 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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and Forest Gate Sick Home) receive patients from the surrounding-
districts whose deaths are registered in the district, but have
to be excluded from tabulation as transferable from West Ham.
The net deaths of West Ham residents in Public Institutions were 111 infants and 1,378 persons of one year and upwards, making a total of 1,489 Institutional deaths as compared with 1,992 deaths in private residences, i.e., over 42 per cent. of the deaths during- the year occurred in Public; Institutions.
| Under 1 year | 1 year & upwards | |
|---|---|---|
| Deaths in Outside Institutions:— | ||
| Whipps Cross Hospital | 37 | 456 |
| Central Home | 1 | 463 |
| Dagenham Sanatorium | – | 62 |
| Goodmayes Mental Hospital | 1 | 43 |
| Residents living in London Institutions, etc. | 34 | 299 |
| Deaths in Inside Institutions:— | ||
| Plaistow Hospital | 8 | 49 |
| Queen Mary's Hospital for East End | 32 | 57 |
| St. Mary's Hospital | 23 | 33 |
| Plaistow Maternity Charity | 9 | 2 |
| Royal Albert Dock Hospital | – | 19 |
| Children's Hospital, Balaam Street | – | – |
| Forest Gate Sick Home | 5 | 15 |
| Other Places, e.g., Docks, etc. | 1 | 16 |
| 151 | 1514 | |
| Non-residents dving in Inside Institutions | 40 | 136 |
| 111 | 1378 | |
| Net West Ham Deaths in Institutions | 1489 | |