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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 LABOUB, &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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHAFF CUTTER | Summer & Winter. | Monday to Friday | a.m. | p.m. | Hours. | Hours. | Hours. | Days. | Hours. | = about 6¼d. per hour. | |
| 6.0 | 5.30 | = 11½ | – 1½ | = 10 | x 5 | = 50 | |||||
| Saturday | 6.0 | 1.0 | = 7 | – ½ | = 6½ | x 1 | = 6½ | ||||
| — 56½ | 30s. | ||||||||||
| HARNESS MAKER (a) | Summer & Winter. | Monday to Friday | 7.0 | 6.30 | = 11½ | – 1½ | = 10 | x 5 | =50 | In addition, on Tuesdays and Thursdays Harness Maker works at Park Road Depôt until 7 o'clock or later. | |
| Saturday | 7.0 | 1.0 | = 6 | – ½ | = 5½ | x 1 | = 5½ | ||||
| — 55½ | (a) 45s. | about 10d. per hour. | |||||||||
| (b) | Monday Wednesday Friday | 7.0 | 5.30 | = 10½ | – 1½ | = 9 | x 3 | = 27 | |||
| Tuesday Thursday | 7.0 | 6.30 | = 11½ | – 1½ | = 10 | x 2 | = 20 | ||||
| Saturday | 7.0 | 1.0 | = 6 | – ½ | = 5½ | x 1 | = 5½ | ||||
| — 52½ | (b) 36s. | = about 8¼d. per hour. | |||||||||
| PLUMBER | Same Hours as Carpenters. | Summer | 50 | 45s. 10d. | =11d. per hour (Summer and Winter.) | ||||||
| Winter (a) | 47 | 43s. 1d. | |||||||||
| Do. (b) | 44 | 40s. 4d. | |||||||||
| PLUMBER'S LABOURER | Same Hours as Carpenters. | Summer | 50 | 25s. | = 6d. per hour. | ||||||
| Winter (a) | 47 | 23s. 6d. | |||||||||
| Do. (b) | 44 | 22s. | |||||||||
| MACHINIST | Summer & Winter. | Monday to Friday | 5.0 | 5.0 | = 12 | – 1½ | = 10½ | x 5 | = 52½ | = 8½d. per hour. | |
| Saturday | 5.0 | 1.0 | = 8 | – ½ | = 7½ | x 1 | = 7½ | ||||
| – 60 | 42s. 6d. | ||||||||||
| MACHINIST'S LABOURER | Same Hours as Carpenters. | Summer | 50 | 29s 2d. | = 7d. per hour. | ||||||
| Winter (a) | 47 | 27s. 5d. | |||||||||
| (b) | 44 | 25s. 8d. | |||||||||
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