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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

Woolwich 1913

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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Table: 75. Occupation.Of the 602 cases from which information was obtained, the occupations were as follows:—

75. Occupation.Of the 602 cases from which information was obtained, the occupations were as follows:—

Outdoor—
Official, Soldiers, etc.20
Mechanical7
Carmen and Costers8
Labourers, Porters—Dock and all others28
63
Indoor—
Clerks24
Mechanical52
Printers2
Bakehouses2
Laundry4
Domestic—Private30
Public House7
37
Labourers30
School Children and Teachers219
Housewives105
All Others64
539
602

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75a. Visiting. Cases notified by the Tuberculosis Dispensary
are visited by the Dispensary Medical Officers and
Nurses, and full particulars provided to the Public Health
Department, which follows up any sanitary defects reported.
Other cases (except where the social conditions are exceptionally
favourable) are visited by the Medical Officer of
Health, or one of the Sanitary Inspectors, instructions as to
precautions and open-air treatment given, and examination
of contacts advised. Printed instructions are sent to every