Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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 for Institutional treatment
is shown by the subjoined table, viz :
Deaths in Council's Institutions
Under 1 year | 1 year & upwards | |
---|---|---|
Whipps Cross Hospital | 20 | 523 |
Central Home | 386 | |
Harold Wood Hospital | 32 | |
Dagenham Sanatorium and Hospital | 58 | |
West Ham Mental Hospital | 63 | |
Plaistow Fever Hospital | 1 | 55 |
Forest Gate Hospital | 12 | 25 |
Deaths in other Institutions
Under 1 year | 1 year & upwards | |
---|---|---|
Queen Mary's Hospital for the East End | 15 | 82 |
St Mary's Hospital, Plaistow | 17 | 22 |
Plaistow Maternity Hospital | 11 | 12 |
Royal Albert Dock Hospital | — | 9 |
Children's Hospital, Balaam Street | 16 | 5 |
Other places, eg Docks, etc | — | 4 |
Residents dying in outside Institutions | 54 | 300 |
TOTAL | 146 | 1576 |
Nonresidents dying in West Ham Institutions | 55 | 163 |
91 | 1413 | |
Net West Ham Deaths occurring in Institutions | 504 |
The above figures show that over 51 per cent, of the deaths
occurring in West Ham took place in public institutions
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