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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

St Pancras 1858

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]

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Table: [TABLE X.]Deaths Registered in St. Pancras in the Year 1858 of Men above the age of 20, arranged according to the Occupations of the Deceased.

[TABLE X.]Deaths Registered in St. Pancras in the Year 1858 of Men above the age of 20, arranged according to the Occupations of the Deceased.

OCCUPATIONS.MALES.
Living at the Census of 1851, above 20.Ages at Death.
Total20—25—45—65—85—
I.
1 Engaged by Post Office1672...2
Custom House and other Government Officers3978...4...31
2 Police and Officers of Local Boards494.81412
3 East India Service5541......21
II.
1 Army Officers6621......1
Army Half-pay Officers192.........11
Soldiers335103331
Chelsea Pensioners1236...132
2 Navy Officers251......1
Navy Half-pay Officers193......12
Seamen of the Royal Navy131.........1
III.
1.Clergymen995...2111
Protestant Ministers494.........31
Other Religious Teachers613.........2
2 Barristers1271............1
Solicitors4147......22
Other Lawyers120
3 Physicians451......1
Surgeons3028...341
Other Medical Men1685...4...1
5 Law Clerks560121731
IV.
1 Authors, Editors, and Writers1382...11
2 Painters (Artists)4474...2...11
Architects1322...1...1
Others engaged in Fine Arts721......1
4 Music Masters1711......1
Schoolmasters11851121
Other Teachers1955...32
V.
1 Sons, Grandsons, Brothers, and Nephews (not otherwise specified)275511
VI.
1. Inn-keepers151......1
Lodging-house-keepers331......1
Officers of Charitable Institutions & others engaged in Boarding and Lodging }1563......21
2 Domestic Servants (General)850162455
Coachmen and Grooms781815741
822
Inn Servants35182114
3 Hair-dressers1233...21
Hatters75
Tailors167935...75203
Hosiers, Haberdashers, and Glovers .451.........1
Shoemakers1759462717182
Others providing Dress2773......12
VII.
1 House Proprietors, Merchants,* Bankers, and Ship Agents . . . . . . . }436
Brokers, Agents, and Factors .948...224
Auctioneers623...12
Accountants134
Commercial Clerks851155352
Commercial Travellers22310...55
Pawnbrokers68211
Shopkeepers11111
Hawkers, Pedlars, & other General Dealers & Agents50118i"5831
VIII.
1 Railway Engine Drivers, and Stokers14443...1
Others engaged on Railway Traffic677152661
2 Coach and Cab Owners1425...221
Coachmen (not Servants)40136214173
Carmen, Carriers, Carters, and Draymen .47416221011
Omnibus Owners, Conductors, and Drivers1111...1
Others engaged on Road Conveyance5084...22