Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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The following table shows the occupations of the 86 people who died from cancer during the year 1937
*Male. | Female. | ||
---|---|---|---|
Brewery Stoker | 1 | Wives | 30 |
Cafe Proprietor | 1 | Spinsters | 1 |
Car Examiner | 1 | Widows | 8 |
Carpenter | 1 | Children | 2 |
Chemical Workers | 2 | ||
Fitters | 3 | ||
Gas-work Workers | 5 | ||
House Decorator | 1 | ||
Labourers | 10 | ||
Master Cooper | 1 | ||
Night Watchman | 1 | ||
Painter | 1 | ||
Park-keeper | 1 | ||
Plumber | 1 | ||
Police Constables | 2 | ||
Printer's Assistant | 1 | ||
Private-hire Car Owner | 1 | ||
Railway Inspector | 1 | ||
Road Foreman | 1 | ||
Rubber Worker | 1 | ||
Schoolmasters | 2 | ||
Stone Breaker | 1 | ||
Stevedore | 1 | ||
Tackleman | 1 | ||
Telephone Operator | 1 | ||
Tram Driver | 1 | ||
Warehouseman | 1 | ||
45 | 41 |
* Where the person had retired, his occupation prior to his retirement is given.