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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
City of London 1856
Report on the sanitary condition of the City of London for the year 1855-56
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No. VI.—Deaths Classified according to the principal Occupations; with the Mean Age at Death of Persons aged 20 and upwards; and the Chief Causes of Death calculated to every 100 Deaths.
| OCCUPATIONS. | Number of Deaths. | Mean Age at Death at 20, and over. | Causes of Death, per Cent. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | Under 20. | 20 and over. | Fever. | Smallpox. | Infant Diseases. | Consumption. | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | ||||||
| Merchants, Shopkeepers, and Agents | 376 | 102 | 76 | 103 | 95 | 58.8 | 57.3 | 2.9 | 1.0 | 25.2 | 14.6 |
| Domestic Servants and Nurses | 103 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 74 | 58.6 | 51.5 | 14.5 | 1.9 | 4.8 | 13.6 |
| Butchers, Poulterers, Fishmongers, and Tripedressers | 56 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 17 | 53.8 | 54.3 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 21.4 | 8.9 |
| Carpenters, Turners, Cabinet.makers, Cork.cutters, &c | 182 | 42 | 51 | 52 | 37 | 52.4 | 56.3 | 6.0 | 1.1 | 22.5 | 15.9 |
| Porters, Messengers, Packers, and Warehousemen | 289 | 63 | 65 | 102 | 59 | 52.3 | 55.7 | 2.7 | 0.0 | 20.7 | 21.1 |
| Clerks, Accountants, Solicitors, and Schoolmasters | 191 | 37 | 26 | 82 | 46 | 52.0 | 53.1 | 4.7 | 1.0 | 16.1 | 17.1 |
| Blacksmiths, Gas.fitters, Gunmakers, Tinmen, &c | 122 | 25 | 27 | 48 | 22 | 51.7 | 49.3 | 3.2 | 1.6 | 18.8 | 18.0 |
| Wine.merchants, Publicans, and Waiters | 94 | 22 | 16 | 42 | 14 | 50.3 | 44.2 | 2.1 | 3.2 | 22.3 | 19.1 |
| Tailors and Weavers | 180 | 54 | 44 | 37 | 45 | 50.2 | 56.9 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 25.0 | 18.2 |
| Bricklayers, Paviors, Stone.cutters, and Laborers | 343 | 91 | 80 | 106 | 66 | 50.0 | 57.7 | 4.9 | 1.7 | 20.4 | 21.1 |
| Shoemakers, Harness.makers, Curriers, and Sadlers | 190 | 48 | 47 | 55 | 40 | 49.9 | 54.9 | 5.8 | 1.5 | 25.7 | 21.5 |
| Cabmen, Ostlers, Draymen, Carmen, and Stable.keepers | 135 | 38 | 29 | 40 | 28 | 49.4 | 48.0 | 7.4 | 0.0 | 22.9 | 28.1 |
| Soldiers, Sailors, Policemen, Beadles, and Firemen | 145 | 31 | 30 | 42 | 42 | 48.0 | 53.0 | 4.8 | 1.3 | 20.7 | 13.1 |
| Needlewomen | 85 | 31 | 23 | .. | 31 | .. | 42.6 | 8.2 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 24.7 |