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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

Willesden 1902

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

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Table: Grouped occupations of Females aged 10 years and upwards in the Urban District of Willesden: also proportion of children of 10 and under 14 years of age, and of Married and Widoived Women engaged in occupations, and proportion of female Domestic Servants to separate occupiers or families according to the Census of 1901.

Grouped occupations of Females aged 10 years and upwards in the Urban District of Willesden: also proportion of children of 10 and under 14 years of age, and of Married and Widoived Women engaged in occupations, and proportion of female Domestic Servants to separate occupiers or families according to the Census of 1901.

Females aged 10 and under 14 years of ageEngaged in occupations Proportion per cent. en33
gaged in occupations to total0.7
Total occupied and unoccupied47,277
Retired or unoccupied32,956
Engaged in occupations—
(a) Unmarried11,400
(b) Married or Widowed2,921
Teaching805
Domestic In-door Servants (not in Hotels, etc.)5,646
Charwomen358
Laundry and Washing Service2,046
Commercial or Business Clerks425
Chemicals, Oil, Grease, Soap, etc.39
Paper, Print, Books and Stationery149
Tailoresses, Milliners, Dressmakers, Shirtmakers, Seamtresses2,298
Pood, Tobacco, Drink and Lodging539
All other occupations2,016
Proportion per cent. of Married or Widowed engaged in occupations11.5
Proportion per cent. of Domestic Servants to total number of separate occupiers or families220