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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
Camberwell 1902
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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RETURN OF HOURS OF LABOUR, &c.—Continued.
| Workmen. | Season. | Days. | Commence Work. | Leave Work. | Gross No. of Hours per day. | Deduct for Meals. | Nett No. of Working Hours per Day. | No. of Days per Week. | Nett No. of Working Hours per Week | Rate of Wage per Week. | Weekly Wage = at per hour Worked. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEPOT or WHARF TICKET CLERKS (Class A) | a.m. | p.m | Hours. | Hours. | Hours. | Days. | Hours. | Note.—The wages of Depôt Clerks are inclusive of all Sunday work, overtime and extra duties. | |||
| The Clerks attend at the various Depôts as long as they are open. | 35s. | ||||||||||
| DEPOT or WHARF TICKET CLERKS (Class B) | The Clerks attend at the various Depôts as long as they are open. | 32s.6d. | Note.—The wages of Depôt Clerks arc inclusive of all Sunday work, overtime and extra duties. | ||||||||
| GENERAL LABOURERS | Summer. | Monday to Friday | 6.0 | 5.0 | = 11 | – 1½ | = 9½ | x 5 | = 47½ | ||
| Saturday | 6.0 | 1.0 | = 7 | – ½ | = 6½ | x 1 | =6½ | ||||
| — 54 | 28s. 6d. | Average hours per week, 51. Average wages at per hour, 6¾d. | |||||||||
| Winter. | Monday to Friday | 7.0 | 5.0 | = 10 | – 1½ | = 8½ | x 5 | = 42½ | |||
| Saturday | 7.0 | 1.0 | = 6 | – ½ | = 5½ | x 1 | = 5½ | ||||
| – 48 | |||||||||||
| UNLOADING BARGES BY GENERAL LABOURERS | 6 men to each barge and paid for at the rate of 7s. 6d. per barge per man. | ||||||||||
| URINAL CLEANERS | Same Hours as General Labourers. See foregoing. | In Summer | 54 | (a) 30s. | Average hours per week, 51. Average wages at per hour, about 7d. | ||||||
| In Winter | 48 | (b) 28s. 6d. | Average wages at per hour, about 6¾d. | ||||||||
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