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 | 9 | Ladies | 1,506 |
Accountants | 44 | Laundresses | 3 |
Agents | 39 | Librarians | 4 |
Apprentices | 24 | Managers | 26 |
Architects and Surveyors | 46 | Master Mariner | 1 |
Artists and Art Teachers | 36 | Mechanics | 7 |
Art Needleworkers | 4 | Medical Men | 26 |
Army and Navy Officers | 9 | Merchants and Manufacturers | 53 |
Assistants | 56 | Messengers and Porters | 38 |
Auctioneers | Mission Worker | 1 | |
Authors | 8 | Musicians and Music Teachers | 36 |
Bakers and Confectioners | 14 | Nurses | 14 |
Barman | 1 | Optician | 1 |
Barristers and Solicitors | 37 | Painters, Plumbers and Decorators | 21 |
Boat Builders | 3 | ||
Book-keepers | 24 | Photographers | 11 |
Bootmakers | 11 | Pianoforte Tuners | 3 |
Bricklayers | 6 | Picture Frame Makers | 3 |
Builders and Contractors | 26 | Plasterers | 5 |
'Bus Drivers and Conductors | 11 | Plater | 1 |
Butchers | 17 | Police Officers | 6 |
Butlers and Footmen | 4 | Post Office Officials | 21 |
Caretakers | 7 | Printers and Publishers | 19 |
Carman | 1 | Registrar | 1 |
Carpenters and Joiners | 35 | Relieving Officers | 2 |
Cashiers | 9 | Saddlers | 2 |
Chemists | 18 | Salesmen | 14 |
Civil Servants | 73 | Shipowner | 1 |
Chauffeur | 1 | Schoolmasters and Teachers | 167 |
Clergy | 30 | Secretaries | 38 |
Clerks | 485 | Signwriters | 2 |
Clothiers | 13 | Smiths and Fitters | 4 |
Coachmen, Grooms, &c. | 11 | Stationers | 11 |
Collectors | 4 | Stewards | 4 |
Corn Chandler | 1 | Stockbrokers, &c. | 7 |
Cycle Makers | 4 | Stonemasons | 3 |
Dentist | 1 | Students and Scholars | 542 |
Directors | 5 | Tailors | 12 |
Domestic Servants (Female) | 77 | Taxidermists | 2 |
Drapers and Assistants | 38 | Telegraphists | 2 |
Draughtsmen | 3 | Tobacconists | 12 |
Dressmakers and Milliners | 88 | Tradesmen (General) | 44 |
Dyers and Cleaners | 3 | Travellers | 47 |
Electricians | 24 | Typists | 4 |
Elocutionist | 1 | Umbrella Makers | 3 |
Engineers | 53 | Upholsterers | 6 |
Farriers | 6 | Veterinary Surgeons | 2 |
French Polisher | 1 | Vocalists | 4 |
Gardeners and Florists | 30 | Waiter | 1 |
Hairdressers | 18 | Watchmakers and Jewellers | 17 |
House Furnisher | 1 | Warehousemen | 20 |
Housekeepers and Companions | 27 | Wood Turner | 1 |
Inspectors | 10 | Occupations not stated | 238 |
Ironmongers | 8 | Total | 4,577 |
Journalists | 26 | ||
Labourers | 10 |
Note.—The number of Tickets cancelled during the year was 177, and these
have been deducted from the above total,