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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
Paddington 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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APPENDIX: TUBERCULOSIS.
TABLE XIV.
Tuberculosis: Annual Averages.
| New Cases. | Deaths. | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Other Forms. | Pulmonary. | Other Forms. | |||||||||||||
| 1914-18 | 1919-20 | 1914-18 | 1919-20 | 1914-18 | 1919-20 | 1914-18 | 1919-20 | |||||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| Domestic Duties | ||||||||||||||||
| Housewives | - | 54 | - | 54 | - | 5 | - | 5 | - | 35 | - | 32 | - | 2 | - | 2 |
| „ and other occupation | - | 5 | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Servants | 2 | 20 | 1 | 10 | - | 5 | - | 5 | 1 | 8 | - | 6 | - | 0 | - | 0 |
| Charwomen | - | 4 | - | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Laundry Workers | - | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | - | - |
| Clerks | 16 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | - | 1 | - |
| Shop Assistants, Keepers | 12 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | - |
| Dressmakers, Tailors | 4 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - |
| Bootmakers | 3 | 0 | 3 | - | - | - | 0 | - | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Skilled Artizans | 12 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | - | 9 | - | 4 | - | 0 | - | 0 | - |
| Waitresses, Barmen, etc. | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| Others | 6 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | 58 | 111 | 49 | 106 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 17 | 36 | 56 | 21 | 48 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| Building Trades | 7 | 0 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | - | 4 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Painters | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 0 | - | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Labourers | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Road Traffic | 12 | 0 | 7 | - | 1 | 0 | 2 | - | 9 | 0 | 4 | - | 0 | - | 0 | - |
| Railway Traffic | 4 | 0 | 5 | - | 1 | 0 | - | - | 3 | - | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | - |
| Postmen | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gardeners | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | - |
| Street Merchants | 1 | - | 1 | - | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Others | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Totals | 82 | 1 | 21 | - | 3 | 0 | 2 | - | 24 | 0 | 17 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Bakers | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Butchers, Fishmongers | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dairymen | 1 | - | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Others | 2 | 2 | - | 0 | - | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | - | |
| Totals | 6 | 0 | 4 | - | 1 | - | 0 | - | 5 | 0 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | - |
| School Life | 32 | 25 | 16 | 10 | 29 | 21 | 26 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| Unskilled Workers | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 8 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | - |
| Professional Workers | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | 1 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Other „ | 29 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | - | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Commercial Travellers, etc. | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | - |
| Totals | 73 | 30 | 46 | 13 | 35 | 24 | 30 | 22 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
| Infants | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | - | 0 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 2 |
| No occupation, or occupation not stated | 29 | 24 | 22 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Grand Totals | 206 | 172 | 144 | 136 | 77 | 67 | 55 | 51 | 93 | 72 | 58 | 54 | 24 | 18 | 15 | 12 |
"0"=average less than unity. "-"=nil return.