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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 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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T able T.6—
| Riegistrar-General's Short Classifications Employment | Population mid 1951 | Tuberculosis Notifications—1951 | Tuberculosis Notifications—1953 | Tuberculosis Notifications—1954 | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | Females | Males | Females | Males | Females | ||||||||||
| Males | Females | Number | Rate* per 1,000 | Number | Rate* per 1,000 | Number | Rate* per 1,000 | Number | Rate* per 1,000 | Number | Rate* per 1,000 | Number | Rate* per 1,000 | ||
| 1. | Fishermen | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2. | Agriculture, horticulture, etc. | 4,500 | 400 | 8 | 1.8 | 1 | 2.5 | 10 | 2.2 | 2 | 5.0 | 8(1) | 1.8 | - | _- |
| 3. | Mining, quarrying occupations | — | — | 2(1) | .. | — | .. | — | — | - | - | 1 | .. | - | -_ |
| 4. | Non-metalliferous mining products | 3,700 | 1,700 | 10(1) | 2.7 | 2 | 1.2 | 9(1) | 2.4 | 2(1) | 1.2 | 5 | 1.4 | 2 | 1.2 |
| 5. | Coal, gas, coke, chemical workers | 6,300 | 600 | 2 | 0.3 | — | — | 7 | 1.1 | - | -_ | 4 | 0.6 | - | - |
| 6. | Metalwork, engineering | 131,800 | 15,000 | 245(12) | 1.9 | 16(2) | 1.1 | 258(8) | 2.0 | 16 | 1.1 | 203(8) | 1.5 | 11 (1) | 0.7 |
| 7. | Textile workers | 1,000 | 1,600 | 2 | 2.0 | 1 | 0.6 | 4 | 4.0 | 2(1) | 1.3 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 1.3 |
| 8. | Tanners, leatherworkers, etc. | 6,700 | 5,000 | 14 | 2.1 | 5 | 1.0 | 19 | 2.8 | 8 | 1.6 | 23 (1) | 3.4 | 1 | 0.2 |
| 9. | Textile goods and dressmakers | 26,500 | 70,600 | 45(2) | 1.7 | 117(13) | 1.7 | 42(2) | 1.6 | 96(12) | 1.4 | 49(2) | 1.8 | 88 (5) | 1.2 |
| 10. | Food, drinks, tobacco makers | 11,200 | 8,200 | 30(2) | 2.7 | 10 | 1.2 | 22(1) | 20 | 7 | 0.9 | 16(1) | 1.4 | 4 | 0.5 |
| 11. | Wood, cane, corkworkers | 36,100 | 1,100 | 64(1) | 1.8 | 2 | 1.8 | 41 (4) | 1.1 | -_ | - | 45 (4) | 1.2 | 1 | 0.9 |
| 12. | Papermakers, bookbinders, printers | 24,500 | 13,700 | 36(2) | 1.5 | 12 | 0.9 | 24(1) | 1.0 | 18(1) | 1.3 | 29(1) | 1.2 | 12 | 0.9 |
| 13. | Other products (plastics, etc.) | 7,200 | 5,700 | 12(1) | 1.7 | 2 | 0.4 | 10 | 1.4 | 5 | 0.9 | 9 | 1.3 | 3 | 0.5 |
| 14. | Builders and contractors | 66,700 | - | 73(7) | 1.1 | — | — | 173(7) | 2.6 | 2 | .. | 53 (3) | 0.8 | - | - |
| 15. | Painters and decorators | 35,500 | 1,300 | 74(3) | 2.1 | 1 | 0.8 | 61 | 1.7 | 2(1) | 1.5 | 52(5) | 1.5 | - | -_ |
| 16. | Administrators, directors, managers | 32,200 | 7,700 | 8 | 0.3 | - | - | 17(1) | 0.5 | - | - | 17 | 0.5 | 5(1) | 0.6 |
| 17. | Transport and communications | 162,400 | 16,500 | 287(16) | 1.8 | 35(4) | 2.1 | 289(17) | 1.8 | 31(4) | 1.9 | 258(14) | 1.6 | 25(4) | 1.5 |
| 18. | Finance, insurance, commerce | 107,700 | 60,600 | 148(1) | 1.4 | 88(11) | 1.5 | 156(3) | 1.4 | 69(5) | 1.1 | 140(6) | 1.3 | 67(10) | 11 |
| 19. | Professional and technical | 61,200 | 54,700 | 94 (6) | 1.5 | 112(8) | 2.0 | 103(4) | 1.7 | 87(6) | 1.6 | 78(4) | 1.3 | 67(3) | 1.2 |
| 20. | Defence services | 40,300 | 1,200 | 96(3) | 2.4 | 2 | 1.7 | 86(3) | 2.1 | 2 | 1.7 | 54(1) | 1.3 | 3 | 2.5 |
| 21. | Entertainment and sport | 12,300 | 5,600 | 27(1) | 2.2 | 9(1) | 1.6 | 28(1) | 2.3 | 9 | 1.6 | 21(1) | 1.7 | 6 | 1.1 |
| 22. | Personal services (hotels, etc.) | 75,700 | 193,500 | 218(10) | 2.9 | 211(17) | 1.1 | 181(7) | 2.4 | 173(23) | 0.9 | 183(3) | 2.4 | 150(15) | 0.8 |
| 23. | Clerks, typists, etc. | 94,900 | 167,300 | 261(10) | 2.8 | 307(21) | 1.8 | 219(13) | 2.3 | 284(21) | 1.7 | 230(7) | 2.4 | 252(17) | 1.5 |
| 24. | Packers, warehousemen, etc. | 41,100 | 22,200 | 69(1) | 1.7 | 29(2) | 1.3 | 61(4) | 1.5 | 16(3) | 0.7 | 45(1) | 1.1 | 31(1) | 1.4 |
| 25. | Stationary engine drivers, stokers | 10,700 | — | 35(2) | 3.3 | — | — | 18(1) | 1.7 | - | -_ | 31(1) | 2.9 | - | - |
| 26. | Unskilled workers (not elsewhere specified) | 74,500 | 28,800 | 202(18) | 2.7 | 51(4) | 1.8 | 152(7) | 2.0 | 49(5) | 1.7 | 252(15) | 3.4 | 48(3) | 1.7 |
| 27. | Other and undefined workers | 11,400 | 2,200 | 95(8) | 8.3 | 16(3) | 7.3 | 16(1) | 1.4 | 3 | 1.4 | 13 | 1.1 | 2 | 0.9 |
| Total (1-27) | 1,086,100 | 685,200 | 2,157(106) | 20 | 1,029(86) | 1.5 | 2,006(86) | 1.8 | 883(83) | 1.3 | 1,821 (79) | 1.7 | 780(60) | 1.1 | |
| 28. | Housewives | - | .. | - | - | 743(83) | .. | - | .. | 742(71) | .. | - | - | 772(78) | .. |
| Unemployed | .. | .. | 414(17) | .. | 230(31) | .. | 434 | .. | 239(30) | .. | 461(29) | .. | 185(28) | .. | |
| Retired | 83,000 | 32,300 | 171(9) | 2.1 | 36(4) | 1.1 | 190 | 2.3 | 51(12) | 1.6 | 191(4) | 2.3 | 40(8) | 1.2 | |
| Students | .. | .. | 29(5) | .. | 23(4) | .. | 37 | .. | 22(3) | .. | 45(2) | .. | 28(6) | .. | |
| Children under 15 | 338,200 | 323,200 | 382(92) | 1.1 | 355(87) | 1.1 | 304 | 0.9 | 293(55) | 0.9 | 236(46) | 0.7 | 277(57) | 0.9 | |
Note.—Numbers in brackets are non-pulmonary cases included in the total.
* Rates based on 195/ population distribution.
The figures stated are based on weekly (uncorrected) notifications and therefore differ slightly from the Reg. Gen. Total (Table T.1).
Information not available for 1952 owing to change in the Regulations governing the notification of Tuberculosis.