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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
Hampstead 1918
Report for the year 1918 of the Medical Officer of Health
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Occupations.
The following is an analysis of the occupations of the new cases notified as tuberculous during 1918:—
| Occupation. | Pulmonary Cases. | Non-Pulmonary Cases. | Occupation. | Pulmonary Cases. | Non-Pulmonary . Cases. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accountant | 3 | 1 | Lift Hand | 1 | 1 | ||
| Advertising Contractor | 1 | _ | Mail Cart Driver | 1 | — | ||
| Manufacturer | 2 | — | |||||
| Aeroplane Fitter | 1 | — | Market Porter | 1 | — | ||
| Army Officer | 2 | — | Medical Practitioner | 3 | — | ||
| Ex-Army Officer | 1 | — | Medical Student | 2 | — | ||
| Architect | 1 | — | Merchant | 7 | — | ||
| Artist | 4 | 1 | Milk Carrier | 2 | — | ||
| Baker | 1 | — | Motor Mechanic | 3 | 1 | ||
| Bank Manager | 1 | — | Munition Worker | 9 | — | ||
| Bookmaker | 1 | — | Nurse | 1 | — | ||
| Butcher | 2 | — | Odd work | 1 | — | ||
| Caretaker | 2 | 1 | Plumber | 1 | — | ||
| Carman | 2 | — | Police Constable | 1 | — | ||
| Carpenter | 2 | — | Radiographer | 1 | — | ||
| Cashier | 3 | — | Railway employee | 2 | — | ||
| Charwoman | 1 | — | Road sweeper | 1 | — | ||
| Civil Servant | 3 | — | Scholar | 1 | — | ||
| Clerk | 19 | 2 | School Matron | 2 | — | ||
| Commercial Traveller | 2 | - | Secretary | 3 | — | ||
| Shop Assistant | 4 | — | |||||
| Company Director | 1 | — | Shopkeeper and | ||||
| Compositor | 3 | — | Manager | — | |||
| Dentist | 1 | 1 | Sister of Charity | 1 | — | ||
| Domestic Servant | 18 | 5 | Society Entertainer | 1 | — | ||
| Draughtsman | 1 | — | Soldier | 1 | — | ||
| Dressmaker | 1 | 1 | Stockbrocker | 1 | — | ||
| Dyer and Cleaner | 1 | — | Student | 2 | — | ||
| E-Sailor | 3 | — | Surveyor | — | 1 | ||
| Ex-Soldier | 28 | 3 | Tailor | 1 | — | ||
| Flower and Feather Buyer | 1 | _ | Teacher | 3 | — | ||
| Telephonist | 1 | — | |||||
| Furrier | 2 | — | Translator | 1 | — | ||
| Groundsman | 1 | — | Upholsterer | 1 | — | ||
| Housewife | 44 | 7 | Violinist | 1 | — | ||
| Insurance Agent and Collector | 5 | - | Waiter | 2 | — | ||
| Warehouseman | 2 | — | |||||
| Jewellery Trade | 1 | — | No Occupation | 28 | 17 | ||
| Journalist | — | 1 | No Information | 4 | — | ||
| Laboratory Assistant | 1 | — | |||||
| Leather Worker | 1 | — | - | - | |||
| Letter Carrier | 2 | — | 291 | 70 | |||