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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
Camberwell 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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TABLE XVII. Showing the Occupation of Males who died from Tuberculosis in 1925.
| Accountant | 2 |
| Baker | 3 |
| Barman | 1 |
| Billiard marker | 1 |
| Bioscope operator | 1 |
| Bookbinder | 1 |
| Boot repairer | 2 |
| Brass finisher | 2 |
| Bricklayer | 1 |
| Bricklayer's labourer | 1 |
| Bus conductor | 1 |
| Carman | 6 |
| Carpenter | 4 |
| Carpet planner | 1 |
| Cat's meat man | 1 |
| Chauffeur | 1 |
| Chef | 2 |
| Clerk Civil Service | 3 |
| do. Commercial | 19 |
| do. Printer's | 1 |
| Coach painter | 2 |
| Company Director | 1 |
| Commercial Traveller | 2 |
| Compositor | 1 |
| Confectioner | 1 |
| Decorator | 5 |
| Dock labourer | 3 |
| Electrician | 1 |
| Engineer | 4 |
| Engineer's storekeeper | 1 |
| Footman | 1 |
| Funeral furnisher | 1 |
| Gardener | 1 |
| Gas fitter | 1 |
| General dealer | 1 |
| Glazier | 1 |
| Grainer | 1 |
| Green grocer | 1 |
| Hawker | 1 |
| Hotel manager | 1 |
| Hotel waiter | 2 |
| Ironmonger's assistant | 1 |
| Iron moulder | 1 |
| Labourer (general) | 14 |
| Meat salesman | 1 |
| Motor mechanic | 2 |
| Musician | 1 |
| Newspaper (job hand) | 2 |
| No occupation | 10 |
| Optician's improver | 1 |
| Packer | 2 |
| Painter's labourer | 1 |
| Plasterer | 1 |
| Porter (fish market) | 2 |
| Porter (general) – | 4 |
| Portmanteau maker | 1 |
| Postman | 2 |
| Post Office sorter | 1 |
| Printer's assistant | 8 |
| Railway (shunter) | 1 |
| Railway carriage cleaner | 2 |
| Railway porter | 1 |
| Saddler | 1 |
| School children | 11 |
| School master | 2 |
| Stableman | 1 |
| Steeplejack | 1 |
| Sto er | 1 |
| Stonemason's apprentice | 1 |
| Tailor | 1 |
| Taxi driver | 2 |
| Tin washer | 1 |
| Tobacconist | 1 |
| Under school age | 4 |
| Upholsterer | 1 |
| Warehouseman | 2 |
| Waste paper merchant | 1 |
| Wine cooper | 1 |
| Wire frame maker | 1 |
| Wood sawyer | 1 |
| 180 |
TABLE XVIII. Showing the Occupation of Females who died from Tuberculosis in 1925.
| Barmaid | 1 |
| Book folder | 1 |
| Bottle washer | 1 |
| Box maker | 2 |
| Canvasser | 1 |
| Commercial clerk | 3 |
| Domestic servant | 4 |
| Embroiderer | 1 |
| Errand girl | 1 |
| Housewife | 58 |
| Librarian | 1 |
| Machinist | 2 |
| Multigraph operator | 1 |
| No occupation | 13 |
| Nurse | 3 1 |
| Packer | 1 |
| Perfumery dresser | 1 |
| School girl | 7 |
| Shop assistant | 4 |
| Telephone operator | 1 |
| Under school age | 11 |
| Not classified | 7 |
| 125 |