London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Finsbury 1905

Report on the public health of Finsbury 1905 including annual report on factories and workshops

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154
Occupations of Persons in Finsbury
over 10 years of age.
Mules.
Females.
Total.
Percentage
on Adult
Population.
i. General or Local Government 942 43 985 1.2
ii. Defence of the Country 127 — 127 0.2
iii. Professional Occupations 787 559 1346 1.7
iv. Domestic and Hotel Service,
Charwomen and Laundresses
738 4117 4855 6.2
v. Commercial Occupations 1610 29 1901 2.4
vi. Conveyance of Men,Goods,&c. 6863 173 7036 8.9
vii. Agriculture, Nurserymen and
Florists
35 53 88 0.1
viii. Mines and Quarries 66 7 73 0.1
ix. Metals, Machinery, &c. 2613 213 2826 3.6
x Jewellery, Watch Making. &c. 1965 375 2340 2.9
xi. Building, Carpentry, Painters,
Plumbers, &c.
2767 1 2768 3.5
xii. Furniture and Decorations 1738 352 2090 2.7
xiii. Brick, Potteries, Glass, &c. 354 26 380 0.5
xiv. Chemical Works 353 266 619 0.8
xv. Skins, Leather, Hair and
Feathers
682 747 1429 1.9
xvi. Paper, Printers, and Stationery 3367 3143 6510 8.3
xvii. Textile Fabrics 574 581 1155 1.5
xviii. Dress, Tailors, Milliners, Seamstresses,
Shirt Makers, Boot
and Shoe Makers, Artificial
Flower Makers, &c.
1517 3840 5357 6.9
xix. Food, Tobacco, Restaurants, &c. 3204 1289 4493 5.7
xx. Gas, Water and Electricity 183 1 184 0.2
xxi. Other, General, and Undefined
Workers and Dealers
2630 516 3146 4.1
xxii. Without Specified Occupations
or Unoccupied
5238 23431 28669 36.6
Totals 38353 40024 78377 100.0