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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
City of Westminster 1905
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Table XI. continued.—Occupations of Females over 10, with Causes of Death, 1905.
| Total Deaths. | Infectious Diseases. | Septic. | Phthisis. | Other Tubercular. | Bronchitis. | Pneumonia. | Other Respiratory Diseases. | Alcoholism. | Cirrhosis of Liver. | Other Digestive Diseases. | Rheumatic Fever. | Valvular Diseases. | Other Circulatory Diseases. | Insanity. | Other Nervous Diseases. | Cancer. | Diabetes. | Bright's Disease. | Suicide. | Accident. | Other Causes. | Old Age. | |
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| Professional | 14 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 3 | — | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 |
| Domestic indoor service | 82 | — | 3 | 7 | — | 12 | 5 | — | — | 3 | 4 | — | 8 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| Charwomen | 48 | 1 | — | 8 | — | 8 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | — | 7 | — | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Laundresses | 18 | — | — | 4 | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —2 |
| Bookbinders | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Tailoresses | 23 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | 2 | — | — | 2 | 3 |
| Dressmakers, milliners &c. | 55 | 1 | — | 5 | 1 | 5 | 3 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| Lodging- and boarding-house keepers | 9 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | |
| Inn and hotel service | 15 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Shopkeepers and shop assistants | 11 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Hawkers | 9 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Others | 6 | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |