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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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHOOTMEN (SLOP) | Summer. | Monday to Friday | a.m. | p.m. | Hours. | Hours. | Hours. | Days. | Hours. | Average hours per week, 51. | |
| 6.30 | 5.30 | = 11 | – 1½ | = 9½ | x 5 | = 47½ | |||||
| Saturday | 6.30 | 1.30 | = 7 | – ½ | = 6½ | x 1 | = 6½ | ||||
| — 54 | 28s. 6d. | ||||||||||
| Winter. | Monday to Friday | 7.0 | 5.0 | = 10 | – 1½ | = 8½ | x 5 | = 42½ | Average wages at per hour, about 6¾d | ||
| Saturday | 7.0 | 1.0 | = 6 | – ½ | – 5½ | x 1 | = 5½ | ||||
| — 48 | 28s 6d. | ||||||||||
| SHOOTMEN (DUST) | Summer. | Monday to Friday | 6.30 | 5.30 | = 11 | – 1½ | = 9½ | x 5 | = 47½ | Average hours per week, 51. | |
| Saturday | 6.30 | 1.30 | = 7 | – ½ | = 6½ | x 1 | = 6½ | ||||
| — 54 | 28s. 6d. | ||||||||||
| Winter. | Monday to Friday | 7.0 | 5.0 | = 10 | – 1½ | = 8½ | x 5 | = 42½ | Wages at per hour, about 6¾d. | ||
| Saturday | 7.0 | 1.0 | = 6 | – ½ | = 5½ | x 1 | = 5½ | ||||
| — 48 | 28s. 6d. | ||||||||||
| HORSE KEEPER at Grove Vale Depot | Monday to Saturday | about 5.0 | about 8.30 | about = 13½ | – ½ | = 11½ | x 6 | = 69 | And Cottage at Grove Vale Depôt rent free. | ||
| – 1 | |||||||||||
| – ½ | |||||||||||
| – 2 | |||||||||||
| Sundays 6.30 to 10.0 a. m., back to Yard 12.0 to 1. | 6.0 to 8.0 p.m. | 6½ | |||||||||
| about 75½ | 40s. | ||||||||||
| HORSE KEEPER Park Road Whare | Monday to Saturday | 5.15 | 7.30 | = 14¼ | – 1¾ | = 12½ | x 6 | = 75 about | 40s. | And Cottage on Wharf rent free. | |
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