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City of Westminster 1922
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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D.—Occupations, Workshops, etc.
The total occupied residents are as follows :—
| Males. | Females. | |
|---|---|---|
| Employers | 2,366 | 529 |
| Employees | 39,639 | 38,419 |
| Working on own account | 2,858 | 1,548 |
| Total | 44,863 | 40,496 |
| Unoccupied include | ||
| - | Males. | Females. |
| Students (over 18) | 178 | 260 |
| Visitors from abroad | 2,141 | 826 |
| Retired from previous gainful occupations | 964 | 234 |
| Ex-naval or military | 764 | — |
| Other persons (not retired and not gainfully occupied) | 4,680 | 30,512 |
The principal occupations in which the above are engaged are per 1,000 persons employed
| Personal service | 176 | 649 |
| Transport (railway, roads, &c.) | 115 | 12 |
| Commercial, finance and insurance | 89 | 51 |
| Defence | 67 | — |
| Public administration | 54 | 17 |
| Clerks (not Civil Service or municipal) | 49 | 94 |
| Professional | 47 | 52 |
| General labourers, watchmen, &c. | 41 | 1 |
| Metal workers | 41 | 1 |
| Textile trades (dress) | 31 | 82 |
| Builders, painters, &c. | 26 | — |
Compared with the figures at the Census of 1901, there is a considerable
reduction in the number of occupied persons resident in the city, viz.,
from 63,198 to 44,863 males, 46,384 to 40,496 females.
There is an increase in males engaged in commercial and engineering
pursuits and in females engaged in clerical work. Tailors are
only 1,000 compared with 2,586, and 897 tailoresses compared with
2,390 in 1901, showing that persons engaged in this occupation, which
was an important one in Soho, have migrated elsewhere, as has been
indicated by the out-workers' lists. Milliners, dressmakers and other
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