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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
Stepney 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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Incidence of
Tuberculosis
in various
occupations,
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| Occupation. | New Cases Notified. | Deaths. | Occupation. | New Cases Notified. | Deaths . |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bakers | 1 | 2 | Motor Fitters | — | 1 |
| Bath Attendants | 1 | —. | Newsvendors | — | 1 |
| Book Keepers | 1 | 1 | No Occupations | 38 | 22 |
| Book Makers | — | 1 | Nurses | 1 | — |
| Boot Makers | — | 2 | Old Age Pensioners | 1 | — |
| Bottle Washers | — | 1 | Packers | 3 | 1 |
| Box Makers | 1 | 2 | Painters | — | 2 |
| Brewers' Bottlers | — | 1 | Paper Sorters | 1 | — |
| Bricklayers | 1 | 1 | Paviors | — | 1 |
| Brush Makers | — | 1 | Pedlars | 1 | 4 |
| Biscuit Packers | — | 1 | Plasterers | 1 | 1 |
| Butchers | 4 | 1 | Porters | 2 | — |
| Cabinet Makers | 8 | 4 | Postmen | 1 | 1 |
| Canvassers | 1 | — | Pressers | 7 | 3 |
| Cap Makers | 1 | — | Printers | 4 | — |
| Caretakers | — | 1 | Rag Sorters | — | 1 |
| Carmen | 4 | 8 | Railway Messengers | 1 | 1 |
| Carpenters | 3 | — | Rent Collectors | 1 | — |
| Caterers | 1 | 1 | Restaurant Keepers | — | 1 |
| Charwomen | 3 | 1 | Ropemakers | 1 | — |
| Checkers | — | 1 | Salesmen | 2 | 1 |
| Chemists | 1 | — | Scavengers | 2 | — |
| Christmas Card Sorters | — | 1 | Scholars | 43 | 1 |
| Cigarette Makers | — | 2 | Seamen | 20 | 5 |
| Cinema Operators | 1 | 1 | Second-hand Clothiers | — | 1 |
| Clerks | 5 | 6 | Servants (Domestic) | — | 2 |
| Coal Porters | 2 | 2 | Sheet Metal Workers | — | 1 |
| Commercial Traveller | — | 1 | Shop Assistants | 1 | — |
| Compositors | 1 | 1 | Shop Boys | 1 | - |
| Cooks | 1 | 1 | Signwriters | — | 1 |
| Cowmen | 1 | 1 | Skin Dressers | - | 1 |
| Dispensers | - | 1 | Stationer's Cutters | 1 | — |
| Dressmakers | 5 | 1 | Stevedores | 3 | 11 |
| Electricians | - | 1 | Stewards | 1 | — |
| Embroiderers | 1 | 1 | Stick Makers | 1 | 1 |
| Engineers | — | 1 | Stokers | 2 | 2 |
| Factory Hands | 1 | — | Street Traders | 1 | 3 |
| Factory Supervisors | 1 | — | Tailors | 22 | 13 |
| Fine Art Publishers | 1 | - | Taxi Drivers | 1 | — |
| Fish Porters | 1 | 1 | Tea Packers | 1 | — |
| French Polishers | 2 | 1 | Telephone Operators | — | 1 |
| Fruit Porters | — | 1 | Tin Polishers | 1 | 1 |
| Fruit Salesmen | 1 | — | Tinsmiths | — | 1 |
| Furriers | 3 | 2 | Timber Porters | 1 | 1 |
| Greengrocers | 1 | — | Tobacco Workers | 3 | — |
| Hairdressers | 2 | 1 | Tool Makers | 1 | — |
| Handymen | — | 1 | Transport Workers | 1 | — |
| Hawkers | 6 | — | Trimmers | 1 | - |
| Housekeepers | 6 | — | Turncocks | 1 | — |
| Housewives | 48 | 31 | Typists | 2 | — |
| J ewellers | — | 1 | Umbrella Makers | — | 1 |
| Job Buyers | — | 1 | Unknown Occupations | 54 | — |
| Jute Spinners | — | 1 | Upholsterers | 1 | 1 |
| Labourers | 24 | 12 | Van Boys | 1 | — |
| Laundry Hands | 3 | — | Van Guards | 1 | — |
| Librarians | 1 | — | Victuallers | 1 | — |
| Lightermen | 1 | 1 | Waiters | 5 | — |
| Machinists | 10 | 2 | Warehousemen | 3 | — |
| Mat Makers | 1 | 1 | Waterside Horse Drivers | 1 | — |
| Match Sellers | 1 | _ | Wharf Foremen | — | 1 |
| Messengers | — | 1 | Under 5 years | 9 | 3 |
| Metalworkers | 2 | — | |||
| Milliners | 1 | — | 420 | 204 | |
| Motor Drivers | 3 | 2 |