London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Camberwell 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
This page requires JavaScript
TABLE XVI. Showing the Occupation of Males who died from Tuberculosis in 1926.
| Apprentice (Bookbinding) | 1 |
| Artist and designer | 1 |
| Barman | 1 |
| Basket Maker | 1 |
| Bath Attendant | 1 |
| Boot repairer | 1 |
| Brewer's drayman | 1 |
| Bus Conductor | 1 |
| Bricklayer | 1 |
| Butcher (Master) | 1 |
| Carman | 1 |
| Carpenter | 2 |
| Chiropodist | 1 |
| Clerk (Commercial) | 16 |
| do. (Solicitor's) | 2 |
| Collar Cutter | 1 |
| Compositor | 3 |
| Cook | 2 |
| Cooper | 1 |
| Costermonger | 1 |
| Cutter (Tailor's) | 1 |
| Decorator | 3 |
| Engineer (Electrical) | 1 |
| do. (Mechanical) | 1 |
| Engineer's Fitter | 5 |
| do. Turner | 3 |
| Flour Factor | 1 |
| Flower Maker (Artificial) | 1 |
| Gardener | 1 |
| General Dealer | 5 |
| Greengrocer | 1 |
| Hairdresser's Assistant | 1 |
| Hawker (Fruit) | 1 |
| Importer (Dress Trimmings) | 1 |
| Labourer (Builder's) | 2 |
| do. (Boot Tree Manfr.'s) | 1 |
| do. (General) | 9 |
| Law Writer | 1 |
| Leather Dresser | 2 |
| Messenger | 2 |
| Mineral Water Foreman | 1 |
| Modeller | 1 |
| Monumental Mason | 1 |
| Motor Driver | 3 |
| do. Mechanic | 1 |
| Newsagent | 1 |
| No occupation | 4 |
| Operator (Cinematograph) | 1 |
| Packer | 1 |
| Painter | 5 |
| do. Assistant | 1 |
| Pattern maker (Engineer's) | 1 |
| Pensioner (Army) | 3 |
| do. (Navy) | 1 |
| Plasterer | 1 |
| Porter (general) | 5 |
| Printer's manager | 2 |
| Publisher's Agent (Music) | 1 |
| Railway Checker | 1 |
| do. Goods Checker | 2 |
| Road maker (foreman) | 1 |
| Salesman (Book) | 1 |
| do. (Boot) | 1 |
| Schoolkeeper | 1 |
| School children | 6 |
| Seaman | 1 |
| Ship's Steward | 1 |
| Shop Assistant (Grocer) | 1 |
| do. (Ironmonger) | 1 |
| do. (Colourman) | 1 |
| Shop Keeper | 1 |
| Skin Sorter | 1 |
| Stoker | 2 |
| Storekeeper | 1 |
| Tar Pavior | 1 |
| Taxi driver | 1 |
| Teacher (Music) | 1 |
| Ticket Writer | 1 |
| Tinman | 1 |
| Tin Plate Worker | 1 |
| Traveller | 2 |
| Verger | 1 |
| Victualler, Licensed | 1 |
| do. do. (Manager) | 1 |
| Warehouseman | 2 |
| Window Cleaner | 1 |
| Wheelwright | 1 |
| Wire Worker | 1 |
| Under school age | 8 |
| Total | 164 |