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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
Hackney 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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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 year 1928:—
NUMBER OF DEATHS IN THE BOROUGH IN
1928—2902.
| Name of Institution. | Persons belonging to the Borough. | Persons not belonging to the Borough. | Total Deaths. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brooke House, Upper Clapton Road | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| Eastern Fever Hospital, Homerton. | 32 | 162 | 194 |
| French Hospital, Victoria Park Road | — | 7 | 7 |
| German Hospital, Dalston | 51 | 87 | 138 |
| Hackney Hospital, Homerton | 891 | 196 | 1,087 |
| Hackney Central Institution, Homerton | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| Metropolitan Hospital, Kingsland | 60 | 120 | 180 |
| Nursing Home, 46, Amhurst Park | 7 | — | 7 |
| do. 7, Dunsmure Road | — | 2 | 2 |
| do. 11, Powell Road | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| do. 18, Southwold Road | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| do. 4, Navarino Road | 3 | - | 3 |
| do. 2, Queensdown Rd. | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| do. 122, King Edward Rd. | — | 2 | 2 |
| St. Joseph's Hospice, Mare Street | 16 | 127 | 143 |
| Salvation Army Maternity Hospital, Lower Clapton Road | 9 | 31 | 40 |
| do. 9, Amhurst Park | — | 1 | 1 |
| do. 181, Amhurst Road | 1 | — | 1 |
| do. 122, Lower Clapton Rd. | 2 | — | 2 |
| Maternity Home, 6, Pembury Road | 1 | — | 1 |
| 1,088 | 754 | 1,842 |
Deaths of Persons Belonging to the Borough in Various Institutions
Outside the Borough in 1928.
Asylums.
Bexley Mental 11 Harwell Mental 1
Cane Hill Mental 2 Leavesden Mental 2
Claybury Mental 12 Metropolitan, Watford 2
Colney Hatch Mental 1 Tooting Bee Mental 16
Darenth Industrial Colony 2 West Park Mental 2
Horton Mental 2 Miscellaneous 1
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