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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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NIGHT WATCHMAN AT DEPOT Grove Vale Depot (a) Stables | Summer & Winter. | Monday to Saturday | p.m. | a.m. | Hours. | Hours. | Hours. | Days. | Hours. | |||
| 6.30 | 7.0 | = 12½ | – Nil. | = 12½ | x 6 | = 75 about | 36s. | about 5¾d. per hour. | ||||
| (b) Shops and Yard | Summer & Winter. | Monday to Saturday | 5.0 | 6.0 | = 13 | — Nil. | = 13 | x 6 | = 78 | 30s. | about 4¾d. per hour. | |
| YARDMAN | Summer & Winter. | Monday to Friday | а.m. б.0 | p.m. 5.0 | = 11 | – 1½ | = 9½ | x 5 | = 47½ | |||
| 6.0 | 1.0 | =7 | — ½ | = 6½ | x 1 | = 6½ | Saturday | |||||
| 54 | 30s. | about 6¾d. per hour. | ||||||||||
| CARMEN | Summer. | Monday ) to Friday ) | 5.45 | 5.15 | = 11½ | — 1½ | = 10 | x 5 | =50 | |||
| Saturday | 5.45 | 1.0 | =7¼ | – ½ | = 6¾ | X 1 | = 6¾ | |||||
| — 56¾ | 30s. | Average'hours per week, 56¾. Average wages at per hour, about 6¼d. | ||||||||||
| Winter. | Monday to Friday | 6.0 | 5.30 | =11½ | — 1½ | = 10 | x 5 | =50 | ||||
| Saturday | 5.45 | 1.0 | 7¼ | – ½ | = 6¾ | X 1 | =6¾ | |||||
| I | I | -56¾ | 30s. | |||||||||
| NIGHT HORSE BROOM SWEEPERS | Monday to Saturday | a.m. 12.30 | a.m. 9.30 | = 9 | – Nil. | = 9 | X 6 | = 54 about | 30s. | =6¾d. per hour. N.B.— These men are provided with capes, sou'-westers and leggings. | ||
| Shoeing Smiths. | BLACKSMITH or FARRIER | Hummer & Winter. | Monday to Friday | 5.0 | 4.30 | = 11½ | — 2 | = 9½ | x 5 | =47½ | N.B.—If required, start work earlier but make the same number of hours. | |
| Saturday | 5.0 | 12.30 | – 7½ | — 1 | = 6½ | X 1 | = 6½ | |||||
| — 54 | 44s. | = about 9¾d. per hour. | ||||||||||
| DOORMEN | Same Hours as Carrier | 54 | 38s. | =8½d. per hour. These wages include 2s. " walk money." The Farriers look round the stud at Grove Vale Depot every morning, and one Farrier attends in rotation each Sunday morning to examine the horses at that Depôt. Any spare time of the Farriers is utilised in sharpening picks and in the performance of incidental smiths' work. | ||||||||