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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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PLUMBER | a.m. | p.m. | Hours. | Hours. | Hours. | Days. | Hours. | ||||
| Same H ours as Carpenters. | Summer | 50 | 45s. 10d. | =11d. per hour (Summer and Winter.) | |||||||
| Winter (a) | 47 | 43s. 1d. | |||||||||
| Do. (b) | 44 | 40s. 4d. | |||||||||
| PLUMBER'S LABOURER | Same Hours as Carpenters. | Summer | 50 | 31s. 3d. | = 7½d. per hour. | ||||||
| Winter (a) | 47 | 29s. 5d. | |||||||||
| Do. (b) | 44 | 27s. 6d. | |||||||||
| MACHINIST | Summer & Winter. | Monday to Friday | 5.0 | 5.0 | = 12 | – 1½ | = 10½ | x 5 | =52½ | 42s. 6d. | = 8½d, per hour. |
| Saturday | 5.0 | 1.0 | = 8 | – ½ | = 7½ | X 1 | = 7½ | ||||
| L_ I | I 1 | – 60 | |||||||||
| SAWYER | Summer & Winter. | Monday to Friday | 5.0 | 5.0 | = 12 | — 1½ | = 10½ | x 5 | =52½ | 37s. 6d. | = 7½d. per hour. |
| Saturday | 5.0 | 1.0 | = 8 | – ½ | = 7½ | x 1 | = 7½ — 60 | ||||
| STABLE HELP | Summer & Winter | Same Hours as Carmen | 56¾ | 30s. | = 6½d. per hour. | ||||||
| STOREKEEPER (ASSISTANT) | Summer & Winter. | Monday to Friday | 6.0 | 5.0 | = 11 | – 1½ | = 9½ | x 5 | = 47½ | 32s. | =about 7d. per hour. |
| Saturday | 6.0 | 1.0 | = 7 | — ½ | = 6½ | X 1 | = 6½ | ||||
| — 54 . | |||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||
| STEAM ROLLER ATTENDANTS | Same Hours as General Labourers viz.:— | In Summer | 54 | 30s. | Average hours per week, 51. | ||||||
| In Winter | 48 | 30s. | Average wages at per hour, about 7d. | ||||||||
| WATCHMEN WITH STEAM ROLLER | Summer. | Monday to Friday | p.m. 5.0 | a.m. 6.0 | = 13 | – Nil. | 13 | x 5 | — 65 | 25s. (5 nights) | Average hours per week, 67½ Average wages at per hour, about 4½d. |
| Saturday | Do not Work with Roller. | ||||||||||
| Winter. | Monday to Friday | 5.0 | 7.0 | = 14 | – Nil. | 14 | X 5 | = 70 | 25s. (5 nights) | ||
| Saturday | Do not Work with Roller. | ||||||||||