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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 1928

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]

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Table: The net deaths of West Ham residents in Public Institutions were 131 infants and 1,317 persons of one year and upwards, making a total of 1,448 Institutional deaths as compared with 1,892 deaths in private residences, i.e., over 43 per cent. of the deaths during the year occurred in Public Institutions.

The net deaths of West Ham residents in Public Institutions were 131 infants and 1,317 persons of one year and upwards, making a total of 1,448 Institutional deaths as compared with 1,892 deaths in private residences, i.e., over 43 per cent. of the deaths during the year occurred in Public Institutions.

Under 1 year1 year & upwards
Deaths in Outside Institutions:—
Whipps Cross Hospital61...429
Central Home3...452
Dagenham Sanatorium—...50
Goodmayes Mental Hospital—...56
Residents dying in London Institutions, etc.23...262
Langdon Hill Sanatorium for Children—...2
Deaths in Inside Institutions:—
Plaistow Fever Hospital5...3
Queen Mary's Hospital for East End37...75
St. Mary's Hospital26...28
Plaistow Maternity Charity9...8
Royal Albert Dock Hospital—...26
Children's Hospital, Balaam Street—...—
Forest Gate Sick Home10...13
Other Places, e.g., Docks, etc.—...8
174...1452
Non-residents dying in Inside Institutions43...135
131...1317
Net West Ham Deaths in Institutions1448 1448