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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 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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TUBERCULOSIS.
* Including 9 old cases traced and re-entered during 1912.
TABLE 29. Pulmonary Tuberculosis. Occupations of all Reported Cases to end of 1912.
| Survivors, 1912. | New Cases Reported, 1912. | Not Medically Certified. | Struck off Register. | Survivors, 1913. | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medically Certified. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Poor Law. | Dispensary. | Other Institutions. | Private Practitioners. | Other Medical Sources. | Dispensary "S." | Totals. | By Death. | By Removal, &c. | Medically Certified. | Not Madically Certified. | ||||||||||||||
| Columns | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||||||||||||
| Total Cases | 1,674* | 90 | 346 | 83 | 245 | 8 | 239 | 2,690 | 130 | 312 | 1,421 | 827 | ||||||||||||
| Occupations. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| m. | f. | 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 | - | 342 | - | 14 | - | 89 | - | 13 | - | 38 | - | - | - | 42 | - | 538 | - | 29 | - | 49 | - | 324 | 136 | |
| Servants | 5 | 75 | 1 | 2 | - | 13 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | - | - | - | 9 | 11 | 114 | 1 | 3 | - | 11 | 8 | 63 | 2 | 37 |
| Charwomen | - | 25 | - | 4 | - | 3 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - | 36 | - | 1 | - | 8 | - | 21 | - | 6 |
| Laundry Workers | 1 | 21 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 30 | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 9 |
| Clerks | 21 | 3 | - | - | 8 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 2 | - | - | - | 3 | 48 | 10 | 5 | - | 5 | - | 33 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
| Shop Ass'ts, Keepers | 10 | 13 | 1 | - | 5 | 6 | - | 1 | 5 | 3 | - | - | 2 | - | 23 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 3 |
| Dressmakers, Tailors | 8 | 50 | - | 4 | 2 | 16 | - | 7 | 3 | 7 | - | - | - | 6 | 13 | 90 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 60 | - | 18 |
| Bootmakers | 2 | - | l | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | - | - | - | |
| Skilled Artizans | 39 | - | 2 | - | 5 | - | 4 | - | 4 | - | - | - | 2 | - | 56 | - | 10 | - | 2 | - | 33 | - | 11 | - |
| Bottle Washers | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Waitresses, Barmen, &c. | 7 | 3 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| Caretakers | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 1 | - |
| Bakers | 2 | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | 2 | - | 3 | - | 3 | - | - | - |
| Others | 6 | 8 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | 3 | 3 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 2 | - | - | - | 7 | 12 | 4 | 2 |
| Building Trades | 6 | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 12 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 8 | - | 2 | - |
| Painters | 18 | - | 5 | - | 6 | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 32 | - | 6 | - | 1 | - | 16 | - | 9 | - |
| Labourers | 31 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 32 | - | 7 | - | 5 | - | 14 | - | 6 | - |
| Road Traffic | 29 | - | 6 | - | 6 | - | 3 | - | 6 | - | - | - | 2 | - | 52 | - | 10 | - | 2 | - | 30 | - | 10 | - |
| Stable Workers | 6 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | - | 3 | - | - | - | 6 | - | 2 | - |
| Railway Traffic | 11 | - | - | - | 3 | - | 2 | - | 6 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 23 | - | 3 | - | 2 | - | 17 | - | 1 | - |
| Postmen | 9 | - | - | - | 9 | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 11 | - | 1 | - |
| Gardeners | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | 1 | - |
| Street Merchants | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 5 | 2 | - | |
| Lightermen | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Road Workers | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| School Life | 354 | 325 | 4 | 6 | 59 | 51 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 32 | 1 | 4 | 54 | 57 | 495 | 479 | 5 | 2 | 57 | 53 | 221 | 218 | 212 | 206 |
| Church Officers | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Stage, Music | 1 | -1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | - | - |
| Sick Attendants | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | - |
| Soldiers and Sailors | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - |
| Butchers, Fishmongers | 5 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 7 | - | 2 | - |
| Dairy Trade | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Woodyard Workers | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 7 | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Shop Porters, Messengers | 29 | 2 | 1 | - | 5 | - | 2 | - | 5 | - | - | - | 4 | - | 46 | 2 | 2 | - | 6 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 16 | - |
| Odd Jobs | 5 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | -_ | - | - | - | - | 7 | - | 3 | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Others | 4 | - | 1 | - | 4 | - | 1 | - | 5 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 15 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 13 | 1 | - | - |
| No occupation or occupation not stated | 85 | 79 | 19 | 5 | 9 | 30 | 9 | 11 | 21 | 36 | - | 1 | 22 | 24 | 165 | 186 | 8 | 4 | 39 | 32 | 68 | 94 | 50 | 56 |
| 718 | 956 | 52 | 38 | 127 | 220 | 45 | 43 | 108 | 137 | 2 | 6 | 92 | 147 | 1144 | 1547 | 83 | 48 | 142 | 170 | 571 | 850 | 348 | 479 | |