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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 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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| Occupation. | Adult Males. | Wives and Children of. | Occupation. | Adult Males. | Wives and Children of. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dairymen | 2 | 3 | Shopkeepers | 32 | 21 |
| Butchers | 5 | 4 | Hawkers | 42 | 11 |
| Bakers | 5 | 1 | Firemen, engine drivers | 1 | 4 |
| Fishmongers | 2 | 1 | Stokers | 2 | 2 |
| Provision merchants and grocers | 10 | 2 | Chimney sweeps | 7 | 4 |
| Modeller | 1 | — | |||
| Ice cream vendors | 1 | — | Window cleaners | 5 | 1 |
| Brewer | 1 | — | Bottle labelled | 1 | - |
| Lodging house and chambers keepers | 16 | 7 | Superintendents | — | 1 |
| Scene shifters, | 13 | 3 | |||
| Coffee house keepers | — | 1 | Basket makers | — | 1 |
| Lodging house deputies | 4 | — | Brush makers | 1 | 1 |
| Licensed victuallers | 5 | — | Gas workers | — | 3 |
| Barmen, potmen, cellarman | 41 | 18 | Labourers | 150 | 76 |
| Mineral water bottler | 1 | Wood chopper | - | 1 | |
| Shoeblack | 1 | — | |||
| Blacklead maker | 1 | — | |||
| Teacher | 2 | Paper sorter | 1 |
| Dancer | 1 | Tailoresses | 21 |
| Nurse | 3 | Milliners | 2 |
| House keeper, manageress | 7 | Dressmakers, sempstresses | 36 |
| Cooks | 21 | Staymakers | 2 |
| Other servants | 64 | Wigmaker | 1 |
| Charwomen | 49 | Cigarette maker | 1 |
| Laundresses | 23 | Dairy assistant | 1 |
| Waitresses | 5 | Seed sorter | 1 |
| Clerk | 1 | Incandescent mantle makers | 2 |
| Upholsteress | 2 | Flower sellers, market women | 5 |
| Furniture dealer | 1 | Hawker | 8 |
| Printer's ruler | 1 | Packer | 1 |
| Book folders, sewers | 2 | Shop assistants | 4 |
Notification.— One hundred and ten notifications were received in
1907; the numbers in previous years were: 1903, 123; 1904, 148;
1905, 112; 1906, 78. Two hundred and ninety-two visits were paid in
connection with consumption cases, and in addition thereto 82 cases
were visited from time to time by the Health Society's visitors.
At the end of the year the department is in touch with 242 persons
known to be suffering from consumption, who are now in sanatoria, in
infirmaries, hospitals, or at home. Difficulty is experienced in securing
proper treatment for cases in the early stages, when most good can be
done. The St. Henry Fund assists those living in St. Anne's Parish,
and the Jewish Health Board looks after the Jewish cases; but in the
rest of the city, patients unable to get away at their own cost are
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