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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 1934

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

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Deaths in Public Institutions.
The great use made of the facilities lor Institutional treatment
is shown by the subjoined table, viz. :

Table: Deaths in Council's Institutions.

Deaths in Council's Institutions.

Under 1 year1 year & upwards
Whipps Cross Hospital44548
Central Home1377
Harold Wood Hospital—29
Dagenham Sanatorium—(31
West Ham Mental Hospital-52
Plaistow Fever Hospital073
Forest Gate Hospital2471
Deaths in other Institutions.
Under 1 year1 year & upwards
Queen Mary's Hospital for the East End44134
St. Mary's Hospital, Plaistow2039
Plaistow Maternity Hospital227
Royal Albert Dock Hospital-33
Children's Hospital, Balaam Street112
Other places, e.g. Docks, etc.—4
Residents dying in outside Institutions44317
2131747
Non-residents dying in West Ham Institutions50153
1631594
Net West Ham Deaths occurring in Institutions1757

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The above figures show that over 54.0 per cent. of the deaths
occurring in West Ham took place in public institutions.
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