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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 Honrs per Week. | Rate of Wage per Week. | Weekly Wage = at per hour Worked. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASSISTANT GARDENER | a.m. | p.m. | Hours. | Hours. | Hours. | Days. | Hours. | Average hours per week,50½. Average wages at per hour, about 9½. | |||
| Same Hours as Open Spaces Labourers, as below. | In Summer | 54 | 40s. | ||||||||
| In Winter | 48 | 40s. | The Assistant Gardener is provided with a reefer suit and hat. | ||||||||
| OPEN SPACES' LABOURERS (Camberwell Green, &c.) | Summer. | Monday to Friday | 6.0 | 5.0 | = 11 | – 1½. | = 9½ | x 5 | = 47½ | Open Spaces Labourers are provided with hats. | |
| Saturday | 6.0 | 1.0 | = 7 | – ½ | – 6½ | x 1 | = 6½ | ||||
| – 54 | 28s. 6d. | ||||||||||
| Winter. | Monday to Friday | 7.0 | 5.0 | = 10 | – 1½ | = 8½ | x 5 | = 42½ | Average hours per week, 50½. Average wages per hour, about 6¾.d. | ||
| Saturday | 7.0 | 1.0 | = 6 | – ½ | = 5½ | x 1 | = 5½ | ||||
| —48 | 28s. 6d. | ||||||||||
| CAMBERWELL GREEN. (a) OPEN SPACES' GARDENERS AND ATTENDANTS | Monday to Saturday | About 8.0 a.m. to 7.0 p.m. average all the year round | 11 | – 1½ | = 9½ | x 6 | = 57 | 28s. 6d. | Open Spaces Gardeners and Attendants are provided with reefer suits and caps = about 6d. per hour. | ||
| (b) OPEN SPACES' WATCHMEN (Other Open Spaces) | Monday to Saturday | About 9.0 a.m. to 7.0 p.m. average all the year round | 10 | See Note | x 6 | = 60 | 27s. | Open Spaces Watchmen are provided with frock coats, trousers, vests & caps. = about 5¾d. per hour. | |||
| NOTE,—Included in the nett hours per week are 9 hours per week (average) for meal times during which the "Watchmen" and "Gardeners and Attendants" are not supposed to leave the grounds. | |||||||||||
| SEWER FLUSHERS, When Underground | Summer & Winter. | Monday to Friday | 8.0 | 4.0 | = 8 | — 1 | = 7 | x 5 | = 35 | N.B.—Sewer Men are provided with top boots, stockings, sou'-westers and serge jackets. | |
| Saturday | 8.0 | 1.0 | = 5 | Dinner. Nil | = 5 | x 1 | = 5 | ||||
| — 40 | 36s. | Average hoursperwk. (underground) 40. = about 10¾d. per hour. | |||||||||
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