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

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Clerkenwell 1898

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Clerkenwell, St. James and St. John]

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Central London, Holborn having a rate of 24.9, and St. Luke's
25.7, Islington with its large population, living under much less
crowded conditions, has the highly favourable rate of only 16.6,
a death-rate which we cannot hope to equal, though a slight
improvement upon last year 13 to be noted when our death-rate
was 21.9 per 1,000.
The following is a list of the outlying Public Institutions and
other places where residents of the Clerkenwell district died
during the year :—
North Western Fever Hospital 25
Western Fever Hospital l
Eastern Fever Hospital 12
London Fever Hospital 1
St. Mary's Hospital 1
Guy's Hospital 2
Middlesex Hospital 2
King's College Hospital 1
Great Northern Central Hospital 1
University College Hospital 8
St. Bartholomew's Hospital 60
Royal Free Hospital 33
Brompton Consumption Hospital 5
Royal Chest Hospital 7
Cancer Hospital, Fulham 2
French Hospital 3
London Hospital 1
Children's Hospital, Great Ormond Street 17
Shoreditcb Infirmary 1
Mildmay Cottage Hospital 1
Central London Sick Asylum 1
Leavesden Asylum 3
Charing Cross Hospital 3
Banstead Asylum 2
City of London Lying.in Hospital 3
St. Pelagia Creche 1