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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 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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TUBERCULOSIS.
TABLE 25.
Tuberculosis. Occupations—New Cases and Deaths. 1914.
| Pulmonary. | Other Forms. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Cases. | Deaths. | New Cases. | Deat | |||||
| Occupations. | ||||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| Domestic Duties— | ||||||||
| Housewives | — | 61 | — | 32 | — | 4 | — | 1 |
| Do. and other occupation | — | 4 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Servants | 2 | 34 | 1 | 11 | — | 9 | — | 1 |
| Charwomen | _ | 6 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Laundry Workers | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Clerks | 16 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Shop Assistants, Keepers | 17 | 2 | 6 | 3 | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Dressmakers, Tailors | 2 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | — | |
| Bootmakers ... | 4 | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Skilled Artizans | 14 | — | 8 | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| Waitresses, Barmen, &c. | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| Others | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Building Trades | 9 | — | 5 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Painters | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Labourers | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Road Traffic | 18 | — | 9 | — | 4 | — | 1 | — |
| Railwaay | 4 | 1 | 3 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Postmen | — | — | — | |||||
| Gardeners | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Street Merchants | 3 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Others | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bakers | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Butchers, Fishmongers | 3 | — | 2 | |||||
| Dairymen | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Others | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| School Life | 31 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 42 | 23 | 1 | — |
| Unskilled Workers | 14 | — | 8 | 1 | 3 | — | — | — |
| Professional | 4 | 6 | 2 | |||||
| Other | 19 | 4 | 5 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Commercial Traveller, &c. | 3 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Infants | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 21 | 15 | 10 |
| No occupation or occupation not stated | 23 | 22 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 2 | — |
| 213 | 183 | 79 | 72 | 82 | 67 | 20 | 15 | |