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
Greenwich 1923
The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1923
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Table III. Actual number and proportion per 10,000 males and females over 12 unoccupied and employed in certain occupations as under, compared with the administrative County of London.
| Males. | Females. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| London | Greenwich | London | Greenwich | |||||
| Actual | Per 10,000 | Actual | Per 10,000 | Actual | Per 10,000 | Actual | Per 10,000 | |
| Total Population | 2,071,579 | 48,850 | 2,412,944 | 51,600 | ||||
| Age 12 years or over | 1,600,084 | 37,142 | 1,945,828 | 40,169 | ||||
| Total occupied (employed) aged 12 years and over | 1,385,701 | 31,741 | 780,511 | 12,578 | ||||
| Total unoccupied (unemployed) and retired, aged 12 years and over | 214,383 | 1,340 | 5,401 | 1,454 | 1,165,317 | 5,988 | 27,591 | 6,870 |
| Employed as— | ||||||||
| (1) Makers of Textile Goods. | 52,909 | 330 | 289 | 78 | 113,056 | 580 | 1,014 | 252 |
| (a) Tailors | (24,169) | (151) | (66) | (16) | (26,594) | (136) | (101) | (25) |
| (b) Boot and Shoe Makers and Re pairers | (12,691) | (79) | (109) | (29) | (2,938) | (15) | 3 | - |
| (2) Makers of Foods Drinks and Tobacco | 27,187 | 169 | 391 | 105 | 19,057 | 97 | 269 | 67 |
| (a) Tobacco | (2,045) | (12) | (2) | — | (4,918) | (25) | (5) | — |
| (3) Workers in Wood and Furniture | 70,143 | 438 | 1185 | 319 | 6,863 | 35 | 81 | 20 |
| (4) Makers of and Workers in Paper | 42,541 | 265 | 281 | 76 | 31,128 | 160 | 173 | 43 |
| (a) Printers, Bookbinders, etc. | (38,970) | (243) | (260) | (70) | (17,001) | (87) | (124) | 31 |
| (b) Stationery, CardboardBoxes | (3,082) | (19) | (17) | (13,715) | (70) | (41) | (10) | |
| (5) Builders. Bricklayers, Stone Workers | 45,565 | 284 | 1019 | 274 | 165 | - | 2 | - |
| (6) Painters and Decorators | 36,609 | 228 | 642 | 173 | 633 | - | 9 | _ |
| (7) Transport and Communications | 253,009 | 1581 | 4,465 | 1,202 | 12,848 | 66 | 220 | 55 |
| (a) Railway Workers | (30,145) | (188) | (358) | (96) | (183) | — | (1) | — |
| (b) Road Transport | (104,811) | (655) | (1256) | (338) | (667) | — | (17) | — |