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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
Paddington 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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28 tuberculous diseases.
TABLE 23.
Occupations of Consumptive Persons. 1910.
| Occupations. | Survivors 1909.* | Dispensary | Poor Law. | Other Medical. | Lay Reports. | Totals. | Died | Removed, &c. | Survivors, 1910. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Definite' | "Suspect" | "Definite' | "Suspect" | |||||||||||||||||||
| (649) | (233) | (247) | (93) | (15) | (22) | (1,259) | (79) | (16) | (572) | (592) | ||||||||||||
| Indoor | m. | f. | m. | f. | m | f. | m. | f. | m. | f. | m. | f. | m. | f. | m. | F. | m. | f. | m. | f. | m. | f. |
| Domestic duties | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Housewives | - | 132 | - | 75 | - | 48 | - | 14 | - | 3 | - | 4 | - | 276 | - | 14 | - | 4 | - | 162 | - | 96 |
| Servants | 2 | 29 | 1 | 10 | - | 17 | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 4 | 61 | 1 | 3 | - | 1 | 3 | 35 | - | 22 |
| Charwomen | - | 16 | - | 5 | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 24 | - | 3 | - | - | - | 9 | - | 12 |
| Laundry workers | - | 10 | - | 5 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 17 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 10 | - | 6 |
| Clerks | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 13 | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 5 | 1 | 5 | - |
| Shop assistants,Keep'rs | 9 | 5 | 7 | 2 | - | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 19 | 10 | 8 | - | - | - | 6 | 3 | 5 | 7 |
| Dressmakers, Tailors | 2 | 15 | 3 | 13 | - | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | 7 | 37 | 1 | 4 | - | - | 5 | 24 | 1 | 9 |
| Bootmakers | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | - |
| Skilled Artizans | 17 | - | 8 | - | 2 | - | 6 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 34 | - | 5 | - | - | - | 21 | - | 8 | - |
| Bottle washers and Labellers | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Waitress, Barman, &c. | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - |
| Caretaker | - | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | - |
| Building Trades | 5 | - | 4 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 4 | - | 5 | - |
| Painters | 9 | - | 1 | - | 3 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 15 | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | 7 | - | |
| Labourers | 16 | - | 4 | - | 4 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 25 | - | 4 | - | - | - | 11 | - | 10 | - |
| Road traffic | 5 | - | 3 | - | 1 | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | - | 3 | - | - | - | 8 | - | 2 | - |
| Carmen | 11 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 15 | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | 7 | - | 5 | - |
| Stable workers | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 4 | - | 3 | - |
| Railway traffic | 11 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | - | 4 | - | - | - | 8 | - | 1 | - |
| Postmen | 2 | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | -4 | - | - | - | 3 | - | 2 | - |
| Gardeners | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - |
| Street Merchants | 6 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 1 | 2 | - |
| Lighterman | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Road workers | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| School life | 121 | 122 | 31 | 34 | 61 | 64 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 2 | 223 | 224 | - | - | 1 | 80 | 67 | 143 | 154 | |
| Church officers | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Stage, Music | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| Sick attendants | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Soldiers | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Butchers, Fishmongers | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 1 | - |
| Dairy Trade | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - |
| Veterinary Surgeon | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Woodyard workers | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 |
| Shop porters, Mess'ng's | 4 | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | 4 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 13 | - | 3 | - | - | - | 7 | - | 3 | - |
| Odd jobs | 12 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 17 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 7 | 1 | 10 | - |
| No occupation, or occupation not stated | 24 | 30 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 6 | 18 | 14 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 64 | 58 | 2 | 5 | 7 | l | 26 | 22 | 29 | 30 |
| Totals | 282 | 367 | 77 | 156 | 101 | 146 | 54 | 39 | 11 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 537 | 722 | 45 | 34 | 9 | 7 | 230 | 342 | 253 | 339 |
* Including four cases revived.