London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Stepney 1928

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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Mildmay Mission Hospital 1
Poplar Institution, High Street, Poplar 4
Prince of Wales's Hospital, Tottenham 1
2, Queensdown Road, Hackney 1
Queen Mary's Hospital, Carshalton 1
Queen Mary's Hospital, Wandsworth 1
St. Andrew's Hospital, Dollis Hill 1
St. Anthony's Hospital, Sutton 2
St. David's Home, Ealing 1
St. George's Home, Chelsea 2
St. Joseph's Hospice, Hackney 1
St. Luke's Hospital, Paddington 3
St. Margarets Hospital, St. Pancras 1
St. Pancras Home 1
1 a Shepherdess Walk, Shoreditch 1
West End Hospital, St. Pancras 1
After deducting the deaths of non-residents who died in the Borough
and adding those of residents who died in outlying Institutions, the total
number was 2,868—1,539 males and 1,329 females—or 62 less than in the
previous year.
637 of the deaths belonged to the Limehouse District, or at the rate of
12.5 per 1,000 of the population.
474 of the deaths belonged to St. George-in-the-East, or at the rate of
12.0 per 1,000 of the population.
1,092 of the deaths belonged to Mile End Old Town, or at the rate of
10.7 per 1,000 of the population.
665 of the deaths belonged to the Whitechapel District, or at the rate of
12.6 per 1,000 of the population.
The death-rate for the whole Borough was 11.7 per 1,000 of the population,
while that for the whole of London was 11.6 per 1,000.
Notifiable Diseases.
2,784 notifications of infectious diseases were received, or 293 more than
in the previous year:—
658 belonged to the Limehouse District, or at the rate of 12.9 per 1,000
of the population.