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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 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Table T.7—Tuberculosis—Statutory notifications by occupations—London Administrative
| Registrar General's short classification of employment | Population Census 1951 | Notifications (a) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | Females | |||||
| Mates | Females | No. | Rate per 1,000 population (b) | No. | Rate per 1,000 population (b) | |
| 1. Fishermen | 15 | _ | — (-) | _ | -(-) | _ |
| 2. Agriculture, horticulture, etc. | 3,829 | 283 | -(-) | — | -(-) | — |
| 3. Mining, quarrying occupations | 137 | — | -(-) | _ | — (-) | _ |
| 4. Non-metalliferous mining products | 4,471 | 1,559 | -(—) | _ | -(-) | _ |
| 5. Coal, gas, coke, chemical workers | 5,347 | 896 | 3 (—) | -(-) | _ | |
| 6. Metalwork, engineering | 137,927 | 13,178 | 126 (11) | 0.9 | 4(2) | |
| 7. Textile workers | 896 | 2,142 | 1 (-) | -(-) | — | |
| 8. Tanners, leatherworkers, etc. | 8,435 | 4,750 | 12 (—) | 3 (—) | ||
| 9. Textile goods and dressmakers | 26,475 | 71,908 | 27(3) | 1.0 | 37(4) | 0.5 |
| 10. Food, drinks, tobacco makers | 13,070 | 7,596 | 15 (—) | 2 (—) | ||
| 11. Wood, cane, corkworkers | 35,998 | 1,206 | 39(3) | 1.1 | — (—) | — |
| 12. Papermakers, bookbinders, printers | 21,803 | 11,709 | 28 (—) | 1.3 | 3 (—) | |
| 13. Other products (plastics, etc.) | 7,876 | 4,485 | 9 (—) | — (—) | — | |
| 14. Builders and contractors | 68,838 | 39 | 40(2) | 0.6 | 1(1) | |
| 15. Painters and decorators | 34,964 | 1,023 | 36(2) | 1.0 | 2 (—) | |
| 16. Administrators, directors, managers | 31,075 | 7,958 | 12 (—) | — (—) | _ | |
| 17. Transport and communications | 162,138 | 18,140 | 251 (8) | 1.5 | ||
| 18. Finance, insurance, commerce | 103,875 | 58,813 | 91 (6) | 0.9 | 41 (6) | 0.7 |
| 19. Professional and technical | 60,573 | 53,959 | 62(4) | 1.0 | 56(11) | 1.0 |
| 20. Defence services | 38,934 | 1,173 | 21 (-) | 0.5 | 2 (—) | |
| 21. Entertainment and sport | 12,417 | 5,549 | 13 (—) | 3 (—) | ||
| 22. Personal services (hotels, etc.) | 72,919 | 195,271 | 156(5) | 2.1 | 115 (7) | 0.6 |
| 23. Clerks, typists, etc. | 96,115 | 167,721 | 137 (6) | 1.4 | 132 (18) | |
| 24. Packers, warehousemen, etc. | 40,674 | 21,317 | 58(6) | 1.4 | 5(1) | 0.2 |
| 25. Stationary engine drivers, stokers | 12,176 | 83 | 15(3) | -(-) | _ | |
| 26. Unskilled workers (not elsewhere specified) | 79,229 | 31,703 | 195 (10) | 2.5 | 35(7) | 1.1 |
| 27. Other and undefined workers | 13,806 | 4,197 | 20 (—) | 1.4 | 3 (—) | |
| Total (1-27) | 1,094,012 | 686,658 | 1,367(69) | 1.2 | 451 (57) | 0.7 |
| Students | 25,941 | 19,470 | 42(5) | 1.6 | 15(3) | |
| Children under 15 | 334,401 | 320,134 | 126 (20) | 0.4 | 119 (14) | 0.4 |
| Occupation outside U.K. | 6,458 | 1,720 | 4 (—) | -(-) | — | |
| Retired | 78,906 | 27,678 | 136 (5 ) | 1.7 | 14(1) | |
| Unemployed or no occupation stated | 26,170 | 726,434 | 263 (16) | (c) | 141 (21) | (c) |
| Housewives | — | — | — | 374 (43) | ||
(a) Notifications are based on weekly (uncorrected) notifications and therefore differ by 14 from the corrected
totals (table T.1); numbers in brackets are non-pulmonary cases included in the total figure.
(b) Figures in italics are based on fewer than 20 notifications.
(c) Rates cannot be quoted because of different uses of the terms unemployed, no occupation and housewives,
in the context of census classification of employment and notifications.
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