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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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shoeing Smiths. | BLACKSMITH or FARRIER | Summer & Winter. | Monday to Friday | a.m. | p.m. | Hours. | Hours | Hours. | Days. | Hours. | N.B.—If required, start work earlier but make the same number of hours. | |
| 5.0 | 4.30 | = 11½ | – 2 | = 9½ | x 5 | =47½ | ||||||
| Saturday | 5.0 | 12.30 | = 7½ | – 1 | = 6½ | x 1 | = 6½ | |||||
| – 54 | 44s. | = about 9¾d. per hour. | ||||||||||
| DOORMEN | Same Hours as Farrier | 54 | 38s. | = 8½ per hour. These wages include 2s. "walk money." The Farriers look round the stud at Grove Yale Depôt every morning, and one Farrier attends in rotation each Sunday morning to examine the horses at that Depôt. Any spare time of the Farriers is utilised in sharpening picks and in the performance of incidental smiths' work. | ||||||||
| WHEELWRIGHTS' SMITHS | Same Hours as Wheelwrights. | as below. | 54 | 38s. 3d. | = 8½d. per hour. | |||||||
| SMITHS' HAMMERMEN | Same Hours as Wheelwrights. | as below. | 54 | 31s. 6d. | =7d. per hour. | |||||||
| INCIDENTAL SMITHS | (a) | Same Hours as Wheelwrights. | as below. | 54 | 38s. 3d. | =8½d. per hour. | ||||||
| (b) | 54 | 36s. | = 8d. per hour. | |||||||||
| TYRE SMITH | Same Hours as Wheelwrights. | as below. | 54 | 38s.3d. | = 8½d per hour. | |||||||
| WHEELWRIGHTS | Summer & Winter. | Monday to Friday | 6.0 | 5.0 | = 11 | – 1½ | = 9½ | x 5 | = 47½ | 40s.6d. | =9d. per hour. | |
| Saturday | 6.0 | 1.0 | = 7 | – ½ | = 6½ | x 1 | =6½ | |||||
| — 54 | ||||||||||||
| FOREMAN WHEELWRIGHT | Same Hours as Wheelw rights. | as above. | 45s. | = 10d. per hour. | ||||||||
| WHEELWRIGHTS' LABOURERS | Same Hours as Wheelwrights. | as above. | 31s. 6d. | = 7d. per hour. | ||||||||
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