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Paddington 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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tuberculosis: occupations.
TABLE 10.
Tuberculosis. Occupations—New Cases and Deaths. 1923.
| Pulmonary. | Other Forms. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Cases. | Deaths. | New Cases. | Deaths. | |||||
| Occupations. | ||||||||
| Indoor. | m. | f. | m. | f. | m. | f. | m. | f. |
| Domestic Duties— | ||||||||
| Housewives | — | 41 | — | 20 | — | 5 | — | 6 |
| „ and otder occupation | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Servants | 1 | 24 | — | 7 | — | 4 | — | — |
| Charwomen | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Laundry Workers | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Clerks | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | — |
| Shop Assistants, Keepers | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Dressmakers, Tailors | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Bootmakers | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Skilled Artizans | 6 | 1 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Waitresses, Barmen, etc. | — | 4 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Otders | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Outdoor. | ||||||||
| Building Trades | 4 | — | 3 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Painters | 4 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Labourers | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Road Traffic | 4 | — | 6 | — | 2 | — | 1 | — |
| Railway Traffic | 3 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Postmen | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Gardeners | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Street Merchants | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Otders | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Commercial Travellers, etc. | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Food Trades. | ||||||||
| Bakers | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Butchers, Fishmongers | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dairymen | — | — | 1 | |||||
| Otders | 2 | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Miscellaneous. | ||||||||
| School Life | 5 | 7 | — | — | 33 | 29 | 2 | 5 |
| Unskilled Workers | 16 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Professional Workers | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Otder ,, | 10 | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Infants | — | — | 1 | — | 12 | 7 | 5 | 3 |
| No occupation, or occupation not stated | 17 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 7 | — | 2 |
| 104 | 118 | 53 | 44 | 61 | 55 | 14 | 16 | |