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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

Kensington 1861

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]

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Table: MORTALITY TABLES, SHEWING THE OCCUPATIONS OF THOSE OYER TWENTY YEARS OF AGE.

MORTALITY TABLES, SHEWING THE OCCUPATIONS OF THOSE OYER TWENTY YEARS OF AGE.

20 to 4040 to 6060 to 8080 & upwds.total,20 to 4040 to 6060 to 8080 & upwds.total.
1. 1, Encaged by Post Office1......1xii. Cowkeepers and Milksellers......2...2
1 & 3, Custom House and other Govern-meat Officers12....3Cheesemongers, Poulterers, and Fish mongers, Butchers, and others dealing in Animal Food441...9
2. Police and Parochial Officers..12..3
II. Army, Navy, and East India Company5322122, 3, Soap and Tallow Chandlers, and others dealing in Skins, Horns, &c....11...2
4, 5, Dealers in Feathers, Hair, Brushes, See.2...1...3
III. 1, 2 & 3, Members of the learned Professions434..116, Dealers in Wood and Silk...............
4 and 5, Parish and Law Clerks1......1
6, Druggists & Surgical Instrument Makers..1....1xiii, Greengrocers, Corn Merchants & Millers621...8
IV. 1, 3 & 4, Authors, Editors, Teachers, &c...11..2Bakers and Confectioners...............
2, Maltsters, Brewers, and Wine Merchants...............
2, Artists and Architects11....2Publicans and Licensed Victuallers...............
V. Relatives (occupations not stated) and Scholars3......8Grocers, Tobacconists, & Sugar Refiners791...13
3, Oilmen and French Polishers...............
4, 5, 6,7, Dealers & Workers in Wood & Cork...1......1
8, 9, 10, 11, Coopers' Basket & Rope Makers...............
VI.1, Inn and Lodging House Keepers1......112, Dealers in Flax, Lace, & Cotton Drapers...............
2, Domestic Servants of all descriptions333..913, Paper Makers, Stationers and Japanners321...6
3, Hatters, Hosiers, Hairdressers, and Umbrella Makers11....3xiv. Coal Miners and Merchants...............
Tailors22217Coalheavers and Chimney Sweep............
Shoemakers51219Engaged at Gas Works............1
VII. House Proprietors, Merchants, Bankers,Brokers, Auctioneers,CommercialClerks and Shipowners8251162, Bricklayers, Stone and Marble Masons Sandmen121...4
Road and Railway Labourers......1...1
..........3, 4, Earthenware and Glass Manufactures............
Pawnbrokers and Shopkeepers (not other wise defined)5,6, Water Providers...............
7, 8, Jewellers, Silversmiths and Gilders...1......1
Hawkers and Pedlars..12..3Persons engaged with Copper, Tin, Zinc, Lead and Brass...............
VIII.1, Engine Drivers..........14, Smiths, and others working in iron, Steel Locksmiths, &c,511...7
Others engaged in Railway Traffic..........
2, Toll Collectors, Cab Owners, & LiveryStable Keepers31....4XV.1, Labourers (branch undefined)14114...29
Cabmen, Coachmen (not Domestic Scr vants and Postboys)362..112, Mechanics, Manufacturers & Shopmen (branch undefined)...............
Carmen, Carters, and others on the Road11....2Others of Indefinite Occupation542...11
Omnibus Owners, Conductors & Drivers.............
3, Boatmen, and others connected with Inland Navigation..........XVI. Gentlemen, Annuitants, Independent4928849
4, Sailors and others connected with the Sea2.....2XVII. Dependent on Relatives, Alms, Pau-pers, Prisoners, and Vagrants...............
5, 6, Persons engaged in Storeage, Por-terage, and Messages41....5
Persons of no stated Occupation or Condition22......4
IX.1, Landowners, Farmers, and Graziers..........
Agricultural Labourers..........
2, 3, Woodmen, Gardeners and Nursery men12317
X. Horse and Cattle Dealers and Farriers....1..1FEMALES.20 to 4040 to 6060 to 8080&upwds.total,
Grooms and others engaged about animals211..4
.Relatives749511031310
XI. 1, Dealers in Books, Printers, &c.2....2. Schoolmistresses and Governesses12......3
2, Engaged at Theatres....I..1Lodging-house Keepers...1......1
3, Musicians (not Teachers) Musical In-strument Makers112..4Domestic Servants, Nurses, and Charwomen2959346
Milliners, Dressmakers, and Stay Makers963...18
4, 5, 6 & 8, Engravers, Picture Dealers. and persons connected with Games..2..13Washerwomen and Laundresses81......4
Shopkeepers...1......1
7, Civil Engineers and Draughtsmen..1..1Hawkers...............
9, Watchmakers and Philosophical Instru-ment Makers....• • • •....Artificial Flower Makers...............
Milksellers...............
10, 11 Gunsmiths. Engine & Tool Makers........Butchers...............
12, 13, Coachmakers and Saddlers2114Drapers and Lace Dealers2.........2
14, 16, Ship-builders and Wheelwrights1.....1Crossing Sweepers...............
15, Surveyors, Builders,Carpenters,brick- layers Slaters, Plasterers, Plumbers, and others engaged in House Building13117..31Licensed Victuallers...............
Gold Burnishers...............
Gentlewomen12919747
16, Dyers and Manufacturers of Chemicals..........Dependant on Relatives or Alms, Paupers...............