London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Wandsworth 1901
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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OCCUPATIONS OF BORROWERS.
| Actors and Actresses | 8 | Laundresses | 4 |
| Accountants | 35 | Librarians | 4 |
| Agents | 35 | Managers | 20 |
| Apprentices | 19 | Master Mariner | 1 |
| Architects and Surveyors | 40 | Mechanics | 6 |
| Artists and Art Teachers | 36 | Medical Men | 34 |
| Art Needleworkers | 4 | Merchants and Manufacturers | 46 |
| Army and Navy Officers | 9 | Messengers and Porters | 31 |
| Assistants | 45 | Musicians and Music Teachers | 33 |
| Auctioneers | 6 | Nurses | 8 |
| Authors | 8 | Painters, Plumbers and Decorators | 20 |
| Bakers and Confectioners | 13 | ||
| Barristers and Solicitors | 38 | Photographers | 11 |
| Boat Builders | 3 | Pianoforte Tuners | 2 |
| Book-keepers | 20 | Picture Frame Makers | 2 |
| Bootmakers | 9 | Plasterers | 3 |
| Bricklayers | 4 | Police Officers | 4 |
| Builders and Contractors | 21 | Post Office Officials | 20 |
| 'Bus Drivers and Conductors | 10 | Printers and Publishers | 16 |
| Butchers | 15 | Registrar | 1 |
| Butlers and Footmen | 4 | Relieving Officers | 2 |
| Caretakers | 7 | Saddler | 2 |
| Carpenters and Joiners | 27 | Salesmen | 10 |
| Cashiers | 3 | Shipowner | 1 |
| Chemists | 17 | Schoolmasters and Teachers | 156 |
| Civil Servants | 65 | Secretaries | 32 |
| Clergy | 25 | Signwriters | 2 |
| Clerks | 405 | Smiths and Fitters | 4 |
| Clothiers | 11 | Stationers | 10 |
| Coachmen, Grooms, &c. | 10 | Stewards | 4 |
| Collectors | 5 | Stockbrokers, &c. | 7 |
| Corn Chandler | 1 | Stonemasons | 3 |
| Cycle Makers | 3 | Students and Scholars | 399 |
| Directors | 5 | Tailors | 11 |
| Domestic Servants (Female) | 63 | Taxidermists | 3 |
| Drapers and Assistants | 29 | Tobacconists | 8 |
| Draughtsmen | 3 | Tradesmen (General) | 32 |
| Dressmakers and Milliners | 78 | Travellers | 38 |
| Dyers and Cleaners | 3 | Typists | 3 |
| Electricians | 22 | Umbrella Makers | 3 |
| Elocutionist | 1 | Upholsterers | 7 |
| Engineers | 44 | Vocalists | 4 |
| Farriers | 6 | Waiter | 1 |
| French Polisher | 1 | Watchmakers and Jewellers | 12 |
| Gardeners and Florists | 28 | Warehousemen | 16 |
| Hairdressers | 13 | Occupations not stated | 243 |
| House Furnisher | 1 | ||
| Housekeepers and Companio | 19 | 4,138 | |
| Inspectors | 9 | Less number of Tickets cancelled during year | 290 |
| Ironmongers | 9 | ||
| Journalists | 21 | ||
| Labourers | 8 | Total | 3,848 |
| Ladies | 1,545 |