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 Hackney]
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Senile Mortality.—The deaths which occurred in Hackney
at 65 years of age and upwards during 1925 numbered 1,058,
and of these 476 were between the ages of 65 and 75 years, 435
between 75 and 85 years, and 147 at 85 years and upwards. The
annual mortality rate of persons at 65 years and upwards is 4 6
per 1,000 inhabitants.
Deaths in Public Institutions.—There were 1,671 deaths in
public institutions in the Borough during 1925; of these 696
were residents of other districts, and the remaining 975 were
residents of Hackney.
The following lists give the names of the institutions within
the Borough receiving persons from both within and without
the Borough, and also the institutions outside the Borough,
receiving sick and infirm persons from the Borough, with the
number of deaths in each institution during the vear 1925:—
Institutions within the Borough receiving persons both from and without the Borough.
Brooke House, Upper Clapton Road | 16 |
Eastern Fever Hospital, Homerton | 165 |
French Hospital, Victoria Park Road | 6 |
German Hospital, Dalston | 149 |
Hackney Hospital, Homerton | 970 |
,, Central Institution, Homerton | 4 |
Metropolitan Hospital, Kingsland | 198 |
Nursing Home, 46, Amhurst Park | 1 |
,, ,, 2, Amhurst Park | 4 |
,, ,, 7, Dunsmure Road | 4 |
,, ,, 7, Powell Road | 3 |
,, ,, 94, Cazenove Road | 5 |
Nursing Home, 18 and 20, Southwold Road | 2 |
,, ,, 4, Navarino Road | 3 |
,, ,, 2, Queensdown Road | 5 |
St. Joseph's Hospice, Mare Street | 103 |
Salvation Army Maternity Hospital, Lower Clapton Road | 32 |
,, ,, Home, 4, Clapton Common | 1 |
1,671 |