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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
London County Council 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Table 11.
| Occupation. | Number of defectives employed. | Occupation. | Number ??? defectives employed. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boot makers and repairers | 2 | Domestic service:— | |
| Building trade | 4 | Daily general | 3 |
| Cabinet making | 4 | Daily kitchen | 4 |
| Coal trade | 2 | Resident | 7 |
| Decorating trade | 1 | Useful work at home | 1 |
| Despatching clerk | 1 | Dressmaking and millinery | 1 |
| Domestic work | 6 | Factory hands | 1 |
| Errand boys and shop boys | 8 | Furriers | 1 |
| Factory hands | 7 | Hawker | 1 |
| French polishers | 1 | Laundry workers | 2 |
| Furriers | 2 | Railway carriage cleaner | 1 |
| Gardeners | 2 | Shop assistant | 1 |
| Glass blower | 1 | ||
| Hawker | 1 | ||
| Kitchen work | 3 | ||
| Labourers | 4 | ||
| Metal work | 5 | ||
| Motor driving | 1 | ||
| Motor repairs | 1 | ||
| Pastry cook | 1 | ||
| Porters | 3 | ||
| Rag sorters | 1 | ||
| Road worker | 1 | ||
| Seaman | 1 | ||
| Shop assistant | 1 | ||
| Street sellers | 2 | ||
| Tailoring | 2 | ||
| Transport workers | 2 | ||
| Van boy | 1 | ||
| Various (odd jobs) | 1 | ||
| Wood trade—Sawmills | 1 | ||
| Total | 73 | Total | 23 |
Table 12.
| District. | New cases. | Old cases. | Totals. | Percentage. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | Net. | ||||
| North | East | 38 | 34 | 81 | 62 | 119 | 96 | 215 | 305 | 61 |
| West | 17 | 19 | 24 | 30 | 41 | 49 | 90 | |||
| South | East | 24 | 11 | 34 | 46 | 58 | 57 | 115 | 177 | 35.4 |
| West | 8 | 9 | 20 | 25 | 28 | 34 | 62 | |||
| No fixed abode | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 2.8 | |
| Out-county | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | .8 | |
Analysis of types of cases dealt with during the year.
91. The following statement furnishes an analysis of the various types of cases Analysis of
notified during the year 1929, which were dealt with by way of institutional care,
guardianship or supervision during the year:—