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The Deaths took place as follows :—
In the Whitechapel Infirmary 22
„ London Hospital 21
„ Children's Hospital, Great Ormond Street 6
„ ,, „ Shadwell 5
,, St. Bartholomew's Hospital 4
„ Eastern Fever Hospital 3
„ South Grove Workhouse 2
,, Ilford Asylum 2
,, South Eastern Fever Hospital 2
„ Mildmay Hospital 1
„ Metropolitan Hospital 1
„ Stepney Workhouse 1
„ Hospital Ship" Atlas" 1
,, North Eastern Hospital 1
„ German Hospital 1
„ Banstead Asylum 1
„ Colney Hatch Asylum 1
„ Home for Aged Jews 1
Found drowned in River Tnames 1
,, „ at Hampstead 1
At the several Model Dwellings 201
279
The Deaths were Registered as due to the following Causes :
Zymotic Diseases 36
Constitutional Diseases 50
Premature Birth and Old Age 10
Diseases of the Nervous System 29
„ Circulatory System 27
„ „ Respiratory „ 76
„ „ Digestive 29
„ „ Urinary „ 7
„ „ Accidents and different forms of Violence 10
„ „ Other Causes 5
Total 279
Table H* of the Appendix contains particulars of the cases which
received attention at the hands of the District Medical Officers. As
usual a large number of orders were merely obtained to procure
admission into the Infirmary.
The various philanthropic institutions contribute largely to the number of applicants
for the hospitality proffered by the Guardians, as the accompanying Table shows:-
shelters.
No. of
Admission
Orders Given
by the District
Medical Officers.
Salvation Army Shelter for men, 272 Whitechapel road
279
,, „ women, 194, Hanbury street
270
„ „ men, Quaker street
48
„ „ men, Royal Mint street
67
Church Army Shelter for men, 231, Whitechapel road
-
Jewish Shelter, 84, Leman street
-
Barnardo's Shelter for women, 12, Dock street
-
,, „ ,, 81, Commercial street
32
Tenter Street East Philanthropic Shelter
71
Wood Street Church Army Home
-
Working Lads' Institute, 137, Whitechapel road
—
Pelham House, Spital square
—
767