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
Bethnal Green 1912
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1912 together with the report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector
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PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS- continued.
| Occupation. | Males. | Females | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brought forward | 151 | 157 | 308 |
| Laundresses | — | 5 | 5 |
| Leather Workers | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Lodging House Keeper | 1 | — | 1 |
| Machine Boy | 1 | — | 1 |
| Mason | 1 | — | 1 |
| Messengers | 2 | — | 2 |
| Milk Dealer | 1 | — | 1 |
| Missionary (Jewish) | 1 | — | 1 |
| Motor Worker | — | 1 | 1 |
| Packers—Furniture | 4 | — | 4 |
| Printer | 1 | — | 1 |
| General | 1 | — | 1 |
| Packing Case Maker | 2 | — | 2 |
| Painter | 1 | — | 1 |
| Picture Framers | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Porters and Warehousemen | 8 | - | 8 |
| Post Mistress | — | 1 | 1 |
| Printers, Compositors, etc. | 8 | — | 8 |
| Public House Employees | 12 | 1 | 13 |
| Rag Sorter | 1 | — | 1 |
| Railway Workers | 6 | — | 6 |
| Saw Mill Workers | 6 | — | 6 |
| School and Office Cleaners | — | 3 | 3 |
| School Children | 25 | 19 | 44 |
| Sewer Man | 1 | — | 1 |
| Shop Assistants | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Shop Keepers | 3 | — | 3 |
| Sieve Makers | 2 | — | 2 |
| Silk Workers | — | 2 | 2 |
| Stick Makers | 2 | — | 2 |
| Tailors | 16 | 11 | 27 |
| Tobacco Workers | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| Umbrella Repairer | — | 1 | 1 |
| Upholsterers | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Waiters and Valets | 3 | — | 3 |
| Watchmaker | 1 | — | 1 |
| Window Cleaner | 1 | — | 1 |
| No occupation | 13 | 9 | 22 |
| No information obtainable or person removed | 52 | 22 | 74 |
| 339 | 240 | 579 |