Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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OCCUPATIONS OF BORROWERS.
Actors and Actresses | 8 | Laundresses | 4 |
Accountants | 35 | Librarians | 4 |
Agents | 35 | Managers | 20 |
Apprentices | 19 | Master Mariner | 1 |
Architects and Surveyors | 40 | Mechanics | 6 |
Artists and Art Teachers | 36 | Medical Men | 34 |
Art Needleworkers | 4 | Merchants and Manufacturers | 46 |
Army and Navy Officers | 9 | Messengers and Porters | 31 |
Assistants | 45 | Musicians and Music Teachers | 33 |
Auctioneers | 6 | Nurses | 8 |
Authors | 8 | Painters, Plumbers and Decorators | 20 |
Bakers and Confectioners | 13 | ||
Barristers and Solicitors | 38 | Photographers | 11 |
Boat Builders | 3 | Pianoforte Tuners | 2 |
Book-keepers | 20 | Picture Frame Makers | 2 |
Bootmakers | 9 | Plasterers | 3 |
Bricklayers | 4 | Police Officers | 4 |
Builders and Contractors | 21 | Post Office Officials | 20 |
'Bus Drivers and Conductors | 10 | Printers and Publishers | 16 |
Butchers | 15 | Registrar | 1 |
Butlers and Footmen | 4 | Relieving Officers | 2 |
Caretakers | 7 | Saddler | 2 |
Carpenters and Joiners | 27 | Salesmen | 10 |
Cashiers | 3 | Shipowner | 1 |
Chemists | 17 | Schoolmasters and Teachers | 156 |
Civil Servants | 65 | Secretaries | 32 |
Clergy | 25 | Signwriters | 2 |
Clerks | 405 | Smiths and Fitters | 4 |
Clothiers | 11 | Stationers | 10 |
Coachmen, Grooms, &c. | 10 | Stewards | 4 |
Collectors | 5 | Stockbrokers, &c. | 7 |
Corn Chandler | 1 | Stonemasons | 3 |
Cycle Makers | 3 | Students and Scholars | 399 |
Directors | 5 | Tailors | 11 |
Domestic Servants (Female) | 63 | Taxidermists | 3 |
Drapers and Assistants | 29 | Tobacconists | 8 |
Draughtsmen | 3 | Tradesmen (General) | 32 |
Dressmakers and Milliners | 78 | Travellers | 38 |
Dyers and Cleaners | 3 | Typists | 3 |
Electricians | 22 | Umbrella Makers | 3 |
Elocutionist | 1 | Upholsterers | 7 |
Engineers | 44 | Vocalists | 4 |
Farriers | 6 | Waiter | 1 |
French Polisher | 1 | Watchmakers and Jewellers | 12 |
Gardeners and Florists | 28 | Warehousemen | 16 |
Hairdressers | 13 | Occupations not stated | 243 |
House Furnisher | 1 | ||
Housekeepers and Companio | 19 | 4,138 | |
Inspectors | 9 | Less number of Tickets cancelled during year | 290 |
Ironmongers | 9 | ||
Journalists | 21 | ||
Labourers | 8 | Total | 3,848 |
Ladies | 1,545 |