London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Kensington 1858
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]
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MORTALITY TABLES, SHEWING THE OCCUPATIONS OF THOSE OYER TWENTY YEARS OF AGE.
| 20 to 40 | 40 to 60 | 60 to 80 | 80 & above | Total | 20 to 40 | 40 to 60 | 60 to 80 | 80 & above | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I. 1, Engaged by Post Office | XII. 1. Cowkeepers and Milksellers | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 1 & 3, Custom House and other Govern ment Officers | 1 | 1 | 2 | Cheesemoges,Poulterers, & Fishmongers. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Butchers, & others dealing in Animal Food | |||||||||||
| 2. Police and Parochial Officers | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2, 3, Soap & Tallow Chandlers, and others dealing in Skins, Horns, &c. | 1 | 1 | |||||
| II. Army, Navy, and East India Company | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 25 | 4, 5, Dealers in Feathers, Hair, Brushes, &c. | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 6, Dealers in Wool and Silk | |||||||||||
| III. 1,2 & 3, Members of the learned Profession | 6 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 23 | ||||||
| 4 & 5, Parish and Law Clerks | 6 | 2 | 8 | XIII. Greengrocers, Corn Merchants, &. Millers | |||||||
| 6, Druggists & Surgical Instrument Makers | Bakers and Confectioners | 4 | 6 | 2 | 12 | ||||||
| 2, Maltsters, Brewers, and Wine Merchants | |||||||||||
| IV. 1, 3 & 4, Authors, Editors, Teachers, &c. | Publicans and Licensed Victuallers | ||||||||||
| 2, Artists and Architects | 1 | 1 | Grocers, Tobacconists, and Sugar Refiners | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | |||
| 3, Oilmen and French Polishers | |||||||||||
| V. Relatives (occupations not stated) and) Scholars | 2 | 2 | 4, 5, 6, 7, Dealers & Workers in Wood & Cork | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| 8,9,10,11, Coopers, Basket, & Rope Makers | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| VI. 1, Inn and Lodging House Keepers | 12, Dealers in Flax, Lace, & Cotton Drapers | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||||
| 13, Paper Makers, Stationers, and Japanners | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| 2, Domestic Servants of all descriptions | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 15 | XXV. Coal Miners and Merchants | 1 | 1 | |||
| 3, Hatters, Hosiers, Hairdressers, and Umbrella Makers | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||
| Coalheavers and Chimney Sweeps | |||||||||||
| Tailors | 8 | 2 | 5 | Engaged at Gas Works | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Shoemakers | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 2, Bricklayers, Stone and Marble Masons, and Sandmen | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | |
| VII. House Proprietors, Merchants, Bankers, Brokers, Auctioneers, Commer cial clerks, and Shipowners. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | Road and Railway Labourers | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 3, 4, Earthenware and Glass Manufactures | |||||||||||
| 5, 6, Water Providers | |||||||||||
| Pawnbrokers and Shopkeepers (not) otherwise defined) | 7, 8, Jewellers, Silversmiths, and Gilders | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Persons engaged with Copper, Tin, Zinc, Lead, and Brass | |||||||||||
| Hawkers and Pedlars | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| VIII. 1, Engine Drivers and Stokers | 14, Smiths, and others working in Iron, Steel Locksmiths, &c. | 2 | 3 | 5 | |||||||
| Others engaged in Railway Traffic | XV. 1, Labourers (branch undefined) | 14 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 31 | |||||
| 2, Toll Collectors, Cab Owners, & Livery Stable Keepers | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||||||
| 2, Mechanics, Manufacturers, & Shopmen (branch undefined) | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Cabmen, Coachmen (not Domestic Servants and Postboys | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||||||
| Other of Indednite Occupation | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | ||||||
| Carmen, Carters, & others on the Road | 1 | 1 | XVI. Gentlemen, Annuitants, Independent | 4 | 7 | 22 | 4 | 37 | |||
| Omnibus Owners, Conductors, & Drivers | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| 3. Boatmen, and others connected with Inland Navigation | XVII. Dependant on Relatives, Alms; & Paupers, Prisoners, and Vagrants | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 4, Sailors & others connected with the Sea | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 5, 6, Persons engaged in Storeage, Porterage, and Messages | 1 | 1 | Persons of no. stated Occupation or Condition | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||
| IX. I, Land-owners, Farmers, and Graziers | FEMALES. | 20 to 40 | 40 to 60 | 60 to 80 | 80 & above | Total | |||||
| Agricultural Labourers | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| 2, 3,Woodmen, Gardeners, & Nurserymen | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 14 | ||||||
| X. Horse and Cattle Dealers and Farriers | Relatives | 57 | 72 | 116 | 24 | 269 | |||||
| Grooms & others engaged about animals | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| Schoolmistresses and Governesses | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
| XI. 1, Dealers in Books, Printers, &c. | 1 | 1 | Lodging-house Keepers | ||||||||
| 2, Engaged at Theatres | Domestic Servants, Nurses, and Charwomen | 20 | 6 | 6 | 32 | ||||||
| 3, Musicians (not Teachers) Musical In-) atrument Makers | 1 | 2 | 3 | Milliners, Dress makers, and Stay Makers | 5 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| Washerwomen and Laundresses | |||||||||||
| 4, 5, 6, & 8, Engravers, Picture Dealers,) & persons connected with Games | Shopkeepers | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Hawkers | |||||||||||
| 7, Civil Engineers and Draughtsmen | 2 | 2 | Artificial Flower Makers | ||||||||
| Milksellers | |||||||||||
| 9, Watchmakers and Philosophical In strument Makers | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Butchers | |||||||||||
| 10, 11, Gunsmiths, Engine & Tool Makers | Drapers and Lace Dealers | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Crossing Sweepers | |||||||||||
| 12, 13, Coachmakers and Saddlers | |||||||||||
| Licensed Victuallers | |||||||||||
| 14, 16, Shipbuilders and Wheelwrights | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Gold Burnishers | |||||||||||
| 15, Surveyors, Builders, Carpenters, Brick-layers, Slaters, Plasterers, Plumbers, & others engaged in House Building | 12 | 9 | 9 | 30 | Gentlewomen | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 27 | |
| Dependant on Relatives or Alms, and Paupers | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 16, Dyers and Manufacturers of Chemicals | Of no stated Occupation | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 |