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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 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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TABLE XIII. Showing the Occupation of 156 Males who died fom Tuberculosis in 1927.
| Apprentice (Bookbinding) | 1 |
| do. (Lift Manufacturer's) | 1 |
| Accountant | 1 |
| Blacksmith | 1 |
| Brushmaker | 1 |
| Blindmaker | 1 |
| Basket Maker | 2 |
| Bus Washer | 1 |
| Barman | 1 |
| Confectioner | 1 |
| Commission Agent | 2 |
| Chauffeur | 1 |
| Clerk (Commercial) | 11 |
| Cabinet Maker | 1 |
| Cloakroom Attendant | 1 |
| Carpenter | 1 |
| Club Steward | 2 |
| Colour Mixer | 1 |
| Cardboard Box-maker | 1 |
| Counterman (Chemist's) | 1 |
| Cartage Contractor | 1 |
| Carman | 2 |
| Caterer | 1 |
| Cab Washer | 1 |
| Dental Mechanic | 1 |
| Dispenser | 1 |
| Dyer's Cleaner | 1 |
| Draper | 1 |
| Engineer (Electrical) | 1 |
| do. (General) | 1 |
| Engine Fitter | 1 |
| Excavator | 1 |
| Fitter | 1 |
| do. (Engineer's) | 4 |
| Fishmonger | 1 |
| Fireman (Ironmoulder's) | 1 |
| Foreman (Glass Works) | 1 |
| Fumigator | 1 |
| Feather Dyer's Assistant | 1 |
| Gramophone Record:Presser | 2 |
| Grocer (Master) | 1 |
| General Dealer | 2 |
| Gentlemen's Outfitter's Assistant | 1 |
| Gardener | 1 |
| Hotel Waiter | 1 |
| House Painter | 1 |
| House Decorator | 1 |
| Hawker | 1 |
| Ironmonger's Assistant | 1 |
| Labourer (General) | 11 |
| do. (Brewer's) | 2 |
| do. (Marble Mason) | 1 |
| do. (Builder's) | 1 |
| do. (Wireless Manfrs.) | 1 |
| Leather Dresser | 1 |
| Lighterman | 1 |
| Manager (Oil and Colourman) | 1 |
| do. (Civil Service Stores) | 1 |
| Messenger (Chemist's) | 1 |
| do. (G.P.O.) | 1 |
| Mantle Manufacturer | 1 |
| Motor Mechanic | 1 |
| No occupation | 6 |
| Newsvendor | 1 |
| Omnibus conductor | 1 |
| do. driver | 1 |
| Packer | 1 |
| do. (Printer's) | 1 |
| do. (Chemists) | 1 |
| do. (Jeweller's) | 1 |
| do. (Gramophone co.) | 1 |
| Postage Stamp Dealer | 1 |
| Pointsman (Tramways) | 1 |
| Printer's Assistant | 3 |
| do. (Machinist) | 1 |
| do. (Compositor) | 1 |
| do. (Manager) | 1 |
| Packing case maker | 1 |
| Porter (Railway) | 1 |
| Postman | 1 |
| Road Cleaner | 1 |
| Royal Marines (Ex-service) | 1 |
| Salesman (Boot) | 1 |
| do. (Fruiterer's) | 1 |
| Ship's Steward | 1 |
| School Children | 2 |
| Sawyer | 2 |
| Scene Shifter | 1 |
| Sand Blaster | 1 |
| Sheet Metal Worker | 1 |
| Scale Maker's Mechanic | 1 |
| Seaman | 1 |
| Storekeeper (L.C.C.) | 1 |
| do. (Woollen Manfrs.) | 1 |
| Shunter (Railway) | 1 |
| Traveller (Commercial) | 7 |
| Ticket Writer | 1 |
| Thermometer Engraver | 1 |
| Tram Conductor | 1 |
| Taxi-cab Driver | 1 |
| Typewriter Mechanic | 1 |
| Tax Collector | 1 |
| Under School Age | 5 |
| Upholsterer | 1 |
| Victualler, Licensed | 1 |
| Wood Planer | 1 |
| Warehouseman | 1 |
| 156 |