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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. or Hours per day. | Deduct for Meals. | Nett No. of Working Hours per Day. | No. of Days per Week. | Sett No. of Working Hours per Week. | Rate of Wage per Week. | Weekly Wage = at per hour Worked. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STABLE HELP | Summer & Winter | a.m. | p.m. | Hours. | Hours. | Hours. | Days. | Hours. | |||
| Same Hours as Carmen | 56¾ | 28s. 6d. | = 6d. per hour. | ||||||||
| STOREKEEPER ASSISTANT) | Summer & Winter. | Monday to Friday | 6.0 | 5.0 | = 11 | – 1½ | = 9½ | x 5 | = 47½ | =about 7d. per hour. | |
| Saturday | 6.0 | 1.0 | = 7 | – ½ | = 6½ | x 1 | = 6½ | ||||
| — 54 | 32s. | ||||||||||
| STEAM ROLLER DRIVERS | Same Hours as General Labourers viz. : | In Summer | 54 | 37s. | Average hours per week, 51. | ||||||
| In Winter | 48 | 37s. | Average wages at per hour, about 8¾d. | ||||||||
| STEAM ROLLER ATTENDANTS | Same Hours as General Labourers, viz.:— | In Summer | 54 | 28s. 6d. | Average hours per week, 51. | ||||||
| In Winter | 48 | 28s. 6d. | Average wages at per hour, about 6¾d. | ||||||||
| WATCHMEN WITH STEAM ROLLER | Summer. | Monday to Friday | p.m. 5.0 | a.m. 6.0 | = 13 | — Nil. | = 13 | x 5 | = 65 | 22s. 6d. (5 nights) | |
| Saturday | Do not Work with Roller. | Average hours per week, 67½. | |||||||||
| Winter. | Monday to Friday | 5.0 | 7.0 | = 14 | — Nil. | = 14 | x 5 | = 70 | 22s. 6d. (5 nights) | Average wages at per hour, about 4d. | |
| Saturday | Do not Work with Roller. | ||||||||||
| SHOOT CLERK at Glengall Whare | The Clerks attend at the various Depots as long as they are open. 35s. | N.B.—These wages are inclusive of all Sunday work, overtime and extra duties. | |||||||||
| TICKET CLERK AT Glengall Wharf. | as above | 32s. 6d. | |||||||||
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