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Hospitals and Institutions—continued.
Southend Hospital, Southend 2
The Retreat, Billericay 1
The German Hospital 7
University Hospital 4
Wandle Valley Hospital, Carshalton 1
West End Hospital, St. Pancras 1
Westminster Hospital 1
2a, Bow Road, Poplar 21
179a, Bishop's Road, Bethnal Green 1
5, Brunswick Square, Camberwell 1
214a, Cambridge Road, Bethnal Green 3
73a, Devons Road, Poplar 12
230, High Street, Homerton 2
86, High Street, Poplar 8
204, Hoxton Street 1
48a, Lower Road, Rotherhithe 1
107, Nightingale Lane, Wandsworth 8
1, Old Church Road, Romford 2
46, Onsley Road, Balham 1
48, Vanburgh Hill, Greenwich 2
Vicarage Road, Watford 1
82, Westmoreland Road, Walworth 1
In addition there were 20 deaths of Stepney residents in private houses
outside the Borough.
The number of deaths from cancer was 379, or 37 more than in the
previous year.
64 belonged to Limehouse.
54 belonged to St. George-in-the-East.
161 belonged to Mile End Old Town.
100 belonged to Whitechapel.
The death-rate for the whole Borough was 1.6 per 1,000 of the population.
182 were between 45 and 65 years of age—103 males and 79 females
111 were between 65 and 75 years of age—65 males and 46 females
51 were 75 years of age and over—25 males and 26 females.
The organs and parts of the body affected were as follows:—
Male. Female.
Mouth, Throat and alimentary canal 121 66
Abdominal 2 7
Genital organs 4 27
Breast — 22
Skin 3 2
Lung and Pleura 24 10
Brain and Meninges 4 3
Bones 5 2
Other specified Organs 40 31
Other undefined 6 —
Totals 209 170
Cancer.