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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 1930

[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 147 infants and 1,458 persons of one year and upwards, making a total of 1,605 Institutional Deaths as compared with 1,658 deaths in private residences, i.e., over 46 per cent. of the deaths during the year occurred in Public Institutions.

The net deaths of West Ham residents in Public Institutions were 147 infants and 1,458 persons of one year and upwards, making a total of 1,605 Institutional Deaths as compared with 1,658 deaths in private residences, i.e., over 46 per cent. of the deaths during the year occurred in Public Institutions.

Under 1 year1 year & upwards
Deaths in Outside Institutions:—
Whipps Cross Hospital36479
Central Home—458
Dagenham Sanatorium—61
West Ham Mental Hospital—49
Residents dying in London Institutions, etc.66315
Langdon Hill Sanatorium for Children_—
Deaths in Inside Institutions:—
Plaistow Fever Hospital250
Queen Mary's Hospital for East End2496
St. Mary's Hospital1729
Plaistow Maternity Charity278
Royal Albert Dock Hospital119
Children's Hospital, Balaam Street181
Forest Gate Hospital719
Other Places, e.g., Docks, etc.—2
1981586
Non-residents dying in Inside Institutions51128
1471458
Net West Ham Deaths in Institutions1605