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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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JOBBING CARPENTERS or CARPENTERS' LABOURERS | Summer. | a.m. | p.m. | Hours. | Hours. | Hours. | Days. | Hours. | |||
| Same Hours as General Labourers, viz.: | |||||||||||
| 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 | 30s. | Average hours per week 51. Average wages at per hour, 7d. | |||||||||
| Winter. | Monday to Friday | 7.0 | 5.0 | = 10 | 1½ | = 8½ | x 5 | = 42½ | |||
| Saturday | 7.0 | 1.0 | = 6 | – ½ | = 5½ | x 1 | 5½ | ||||
| – 48 | 30s. | ||||||||||
| CART PAINTERS (a) | Summer and Winter. | Same Hours as Wheelwrights, viz.: | |||||||||
| Monday to Friday | 6.0 | 5.0 | = 11 | — 1½ | = 9½ | x 5 | = 47½ | Average hours per week, 54. | |||
| Saturday | 6.0 | 1.0 | = 7 | – ½ | – 6½ | x 1 | = 6½ | ||||
| – 54 | (a)40s. 6d. | = 9d. per hour. | |||||||||
| FOREMAN PAINTER (b) | As above. | (b) 45s. | = 10d. per hour. | ||||||||
| LINERS and WRITERS (c) | As above. | (c) 45s. | = 10d. per hour. | ||||||||
| JOBBING PAINTERS or PAINTERS' LABOURERS (a) | Summer. | Same Hours as General Laboure rs, viz.: | |||||||||
| 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 | (a) 32s. | ||||||||||
| Winter. | Monday ) to [ Friday ) | 7.0 | 5.0 | 10 | 1½ | = 8½ | x 5 | =42½ | |||
| Saturday | 7.0 | 1.0 | = 6 | – ½ | = 5½ | x 1 | = 5½ | ||||
| — 48 | (a) 82s. | Average hours per week, 51. Average wages at per hour, about 7½d. | |||||||||
| (b) | Summer and Winter. | 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 | 30s. | Average hours per week, 54. Average wages at per hour, 6¾d. | |||||||||