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 Woolwich]
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TABLE No. 1—
Males. | Females | |
---|---|---|
Manufacture of grease, colouring matter, etc. | 50 | — |
Paper manufacture, printing and bookbinding, stationcry, paper and cardboard articles | 309 | 64 |
Wool and worsted manufacture | 11 | 2 |
Hosiery manufacture | 1 | — |
Other makers of textile fabrics and of textile articles (not articles of dress) | 284 | 356 |
Tanners, Leather Dressers | 9 | — |
Furriers, workers in hair, feathers, bone, etc. | 4 | — |
Tailors (makers, not dealers), Tailoresses | 231 | 409 |
Dressmakers, Milliners, Seamstresses | — | 1608 |
Boot, Shoe Makers (not dealers) | 167 | 3 |
Other workers in dress | 45 | 179 |
Makers of saddlery and harness (not metal workers) and other leather goods | 186 | 174 |
Makers of other leather goods | 184 | — |
Engineers' Pattern Makers (wood) | 33 | — |
Woikers in Metal | 12532 | 757 |
Other workers in Wood | 1541 | — |
Glass manufacture and glass workers | 28 | — |
Workers in earth, stone, brick, etc. | 949 | — |
Brick, china, earthenware manufacture .. | — | 2 |
Builders, Decorators, Upholsterers | 967 | — |
French Polishers, Upholsteresses | — | 9 |
Motor Drivers | 172 | — |
Driving and care of horses (not in Agriculture) domestic and other | 778 | — |
Others engaged in road transport | 144 | — |
Railway workers | 418 | |
Merchant Service; Pilots | 256 | — |
Harbour, Dock, River, etc., workers | 404 | — |
Telegraph, Telephone Operators, Messengers, Letter Sorters, Postmen .. | 225 | 192 |
Others engaged in storage, porterage, messages | 1059 | — |
Other Post Office, Central and Local Government Officials and Clerks | — | 176 |
Banking, Finance, Insurance and Commercial Occupations | 3133 | 1620 |
Shopkeepers (and Assistants) and other Retail Dealers | 2220 | 1706 |
Public Administration | 1090 | — |
Professional Service.. | 829 | — |
School Teachers, Governesses (not Nursery) | — | 807 |
Midwives, Sick Nurses, Medical Women | — | 366 |
Other Professional Workers | — | 121 |
Charwomen | — | 399 |
Laundry Workers, Washer-women | — | 455 |
Other domestic and personal services | 561 | 3217 |
Stationary Engine Drivers, Stokers, Firemen | 714 | — |