London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Clerkenwell 1899
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Clerkenwell, St. James and St. John]
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| Managers, etc. | 16 | 20 |
| Messengers | – | 10 |
| Musicians | 12 | l6 |
| Opticians and Scientific Instrument Makers | 45 | 59 |
| Organists | – | 5 |
| Painters | 27 | 19 |
| Physicians and Surgeons | 7 | 13 |
| Plumbers | 12 | 9 |
| Policemen, Firemen, etc. | 19 | |
| Polishers and Burnishers | 39 | 40 |
| Porters, Packers, etc. | 115 | 95 |
| Post Office Employes | 141 | 156 |
| Printers and Lithographers | 149 | 124 |
| Relieving Officers | — | 3 |
| Saddlers | — | 12 |
| Scholars and Students | 112 | 329 |
| Servants | — | 50 |
| Shop Assistants | 94 | 74 |
| Silversmiths | 26 | 35 |
| Stone Masons | — | 3 |
| Tailors and Clothiers | 37 | 27 |
| Teachers | 107 | 137 |
| Telephone Operators | — . | 7 |
| Tobacconists | 13 | 28 |
| Turners in metal | 15 | 17 |
| Typefounders .. | 13 | 16 |
| Typists | — | 17 |
| Undertakers | — | 20 |
| Warehousemen | 48 | 14 |
| Watch and Clock Makers.. | 82 | 82 |
| Wheelwrights | — | 9 |
| Occupations not stated, principally females | 1,295 | 751 |
| Total | 3.527 | 3.768 |
Note.—A different method of classification was in vogue in 1893, which
accounts for the blanks in certain of the occupations.