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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 1903
[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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNLOADING BARGES BY GENERAL LABOURERS | a.m. | p.m. | Hours. | Hours. | Hours. | Days. | Hours. | ||||
| 6 men to each barge and paid for at the rate of 7s. 6d. per barge per man. | |||||||||||
| URINAL CLEANERS | Same Hours as General Labourers. | In Summer | 54 | 30s. | Average hours per week, 51. | ||||||
| See foregoing. | In Winter | 48 | Average wages at per hour, about 7d. | ||||||||
| MASONS | Summer. | Monday to Friday | 6.0 | 5.0 | = 11 | – 1½ | = 9½ | x 5 | = 47½ | ||
| Saturday | 6.0 | 1.0 | = 7 | – ½ | = 6½ | x 1 | = 6½ | ||||
| – 54 | 40s. | Average hours per week, 52½, Average wages at per hour, about 9¼d. | |||||||||
| Winter. | Monday to Friday | 7.0 | 5.0 | = 10 | – 1 | = 9 | x 5 | =45 | |||
| Saturday | 7.0 | 1.0 | = 6 | Nil. | = 6 | x 1 | = 6 | ||||
| — 51 | 40s. | ||||||||||
| MASONS' LABOURERS | Same Hours as Masons, viz.: | In Summer | 54 | 30s. | Average hours per week, 52½. | ||||||
| In Winter | 51 | 30s. | Average wages at per hour, about 7d. | ||||||||
| CARPENTERS | Summer. | Monday to Friday | 6.30 | 5.0 | = 10½ | – 1½ | = 9 | x 5 | = 45 | ||
| Saturday | 6.30 | a.m. 12.0 | = 5½ | – ½ | = 5 | x 1 | = 5 | ||||
| I | – 50 | 43s. 9d. | At 10½d. per hour. (Summer and Winter.) | ||||||||
| Winter (a) | Monday to Friday | 7.0 | p.m. 5.0 | = 10 | – 1½ | = 8½ | x 5 | = 42½ | |||
| Saturday | 7.0 | a.m. 12.0 | = 5 | – ½ | = 4½ | x 1 | = 4½ | ||||
| – 47 | 41s. 2d. | ||||||||||
| Winter (b) | Monday to Friday | 8.0 | p.m. 5.0 | = 9 | — 1 | = 8 | x 5 | = 40 | Note.—Winter : 12 weeks after 2nd Monday in November. Winter (a): 3 Weeks at beginning and 3 Weeks at end of above period. Winter (b) : 6 middle Weeks. | ||
| Saturday | 8.0 | a.m. 12.0 | = 4 | – Nil. | = 4 | x 1 | = 4 | ||||
| — 44 | 38s. 11d. | ||||||||||
| FOREMAN CARPENTER | As above. | As above. | £2 14s. 2d. | At 1s. 1d. per hour. | |||||||
| £2 10s. 11d. | |||||||||||
| £2 7s. 8d. | |||||||||||
| CARPENTERS' LABOURERS | Same Hours as Carpenters. As above. | (a) 29s. 2d. | At 7d. per hour. | ||||||||
| (b) 27s. 5d. | |||||||||||
| (c) 25s. 8d. | |||||||||||