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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 1863

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]

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

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

20 to 4040 to 6060 to 8080 & upds.Total20 to 4040 to 6060 to 8080 & upda.Total
I. 1, Engaged by Poat Office .1.........1XII. Cowkeepers and Milksellers2...1...3
1 & 3, Custom House and other Govern-ment Officers1...1...2Cheesemongers, Poulterers, & Fishmongers2.........2
Butchers, and others dealing in Animal Food11......2
2, Police and Parochial Officers .1...1...22, 3, Soap and Tallow Chandlers, and others dealing in Skins, Horns, &c.......1...1
II. Army, Navy, and East India Company213394, 5, Dealers in Feathers, Hair, Brushes, &c1...1......
6, Dealers in Wood and Silk......1...1
III. 1,2, & 3, Members of the learned Professions 4 & 5, Parish and Law Clerks277319
...1......1XIII. Greengrocers, Corn Merchants and Millers...............
6, Druggists & Surgical Instrument Makers.1.........1Bakers and Confectioners412...7
2, Malsters, Brewers, and Wine Merchants...............
IV. I, 3 & 4, Authors, Editors, Teachers, &c 2, Artists, and Architects .33...17Publicans and Licensed Victuallers ................
...23...5Grocers, Tobacconists, & Sugar Refiners421...7
3, Oilmen and French Polishers .11......2
V. Relatives, (occupations not stated) andScholars1.........14, 5, 6, 7, Dealers & Workers in Wood-& Cork4.........4
8, 9, 10, 11, Cooper's Basket & Rope Makers1.........1
12, Dealers in Flax, Lace and Cotton Drapers................
VI. 1, Inn and Lodging House Keepers...............13, Paper Makers, Stationers and Japanners.1.........1
2 Domestic Servants of all descriptions926...17
3, Hatters, Hosiers, Hairdressers, and Umbrella Makers2...2...4XIV. Coal Miners and Merchants1.........1
Coalheavers and Chimney Sweeps ................
Tailors45......9Engaged at Gas Works ....2......2
Shoemakers44...192, Bricklayers, Stone and Marble Masons and Sandmen...31...4
VII. House Proprietors, Merchants, Bankers, Brokers, Auctioneers, Commercial Cierks and Shipowners676...19Road and Railway Labourers .1.........1
3, 4, Earthenware aud Glass Manufacturers....1......1
5, 6, Water Providers .......1......
Pawnbrokers and Shopkeepers, (not other-wise defined)1.........17. 8, Jewellers, Silversmiths and Gilders2.........2
Persons engaged with Copper, Tin, Zinc, Lead and Brass...1......1
Hawkers and Pedlars...............
14, Smiths, and others working in Iron, Steel, Locksmiths, &c.321...6
VIII. 1, Engine Drivers...1.........
Others engaged in Railway Traffic.............1
2, Toll Collectors, Cab Owners, & Livery Stable Keepers1...1...2XV. 1, Labourers (branch undefined).12118132
2, Mechanics, Manufacturers & Shopmen (branch undefined)...1......1
Cabmen, Coachmen, not Domestic) Servants and Postboys372...12
Others of Indefinite Occupation463...14
Carmen, Carters, and others on the Road.241...7
Omnibus Owners, Conductors & Drivers .431...8XVI. Gentlemen, Annuitants, Independent101023548
3, Boatmen, and others connected with Inland Navigation1.........1
XVII. Dependant on Relatives, Alms, Pau-pers, Prisoners, and Vagrants.......1...1
4, Sailors, and others connected with the Sea.12115
5, 6, Persona engaged in Storeage, Por-terage and Messages51......6Persons of no Stated Occupation or Condtn.21......3
IX. 1, Land-owners, Farmers and Graziers...............FEMALES.20 to 4040 to 6O60 to 8080 & upds.Total
Agricultural Labourers12216
2, 3, Woodmen, Gardeners and Nurserymen222...6
X. Horse and Cattle Dealers and Farriers......1...1Relatives949810234328
Grooms, and others engaged about animals...2......2
XI. 1, Dealers in Books, Printers, &c.1.........1Schoolmistresses and Governesses411...6
2, Engaged at Theatres...............Lodging-house Keepers1...1...2
3, Musicians (not Teachers) Musical In-struraent Makers31......4Domestic Servants, Nurses and Charwomen3198351
Milliners, Dressmakers and Stay Makers .111......12
4, 5, 6 & 8, Engravers, Picture Dealers, and persons connected with Games................Washerwomen and Laundresses.331...7
...1......1
7, Civil Engineers and Draughtsmen.22......4Hawkers...............
9, Watchmakers, and Philosophical Inatru-ment Makers2.........2Artificial Flower Makers2.........2
Milksellers...............
10, 11, Gunsmiths, Engine & Tool Makers....1......1Butchers...............
12, 13,.Coachmakers and Saddlers31116Drapers and Lace Dealers...............
11, 16, Ship-builders and Wheelwrights...11...2Crossing Sweepers...............
15, Surveyors, Builders, Carpenters, Brick-layers, Slaters, Plasterers, Plumbers, and others encaged in House-Building18104335Licensed Victuallers......-...
Gold Burnishers......
Gentlewomen15513235
18, Dyers, and Manufacturers of Chemicals...............Dependant on Relatives or Alms, Paupers.232...7