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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 Wages per Week. | Weekly Wage = at per Hour Worked. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEWER FLUSHERS, WHEN Aboveground | Summer &. Winter. | a.m. | p.m. | Hours. | Hours. | Hours. | Days. | Hours. | ||||
| Monday to Friday | 7.0 | 5.0 | = 10 | – 1 | = 9 | x 5 | =45 | Average hours per week above ground 50½. | ||||
| Saturday | 7.0 | 1.0 | = 6 | – ½ | = 5½ | X 1 | = 5½ | |||||
| 50½ | 36s. | =About 8½d. per hour. | ||||||||||
| SEWERS WORK CLERK | Summer & Winter. | Monday to Saturday | The Clerks attend at the various De pots as long as they are open, 35s. | Note.—This wage is inclusive of all Sunday work, overtime and extra duties. | ||||||||
| DISINFECTING MEN | Summer & Winter. | Monday to Friday | 7.0 | 6.0 | = 11 | — 1½ | = 9½ | x 5 | = 47 ½ | Average hours per week, 53. | ||
| (a) DISINFECTOR | Saturday | 7.0 | 1.0 | = 6 | – ½ | = 5½ | X 1 | = 5½ | (a) 35s. | =About 8d. per hour. | ||
| — 53 | ||||||||||||
| (b) ASSISTANTS | .. | .. | .. | .. | Hours as above | .. | .. | (b) | 35s. | =About 8d. per hour. | ||
| 33s. | =About 7½d. per hour. | |||||||||||
| (c) DRIVER, &c. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Hours as above | .. | .. | (c) 33s. | =About 7½d. per hour. | |||
| MALE LAVATORY ATTENDANTS (Camber-well Green, High Street and " Triangle," Bye Lane, Conveniences.) | Summer & Winter. | Work in Shifts las follows : | Male lavatory attendants are provided with suits and caps. | |||||||||
| Sunday | 7.0 | 4.0 | = 9 | = 9 | X 1 | = 9 | ||||||
| Monday to Saturday | 7.0 | 4.0 | = 9 | = 9 | x 5 | =45 | ||||||
| – 54 | Average hours per week, 51½ | |||||||||||
| Sunday | 4.0 | 10.55 | – 7 | = 7 | X 1 | = 7 | 30s. | —About 7d. per hour. | ||||
| Monday to Friday | 4.0 | 12.25 | = 8½ | = 8½ | X 4 | =34 | ||||||
| Saturday | 4.0 | 11.55 | = 8 | = 8 | X 1 | = 8 | ||||||
| — 49 | ||||||||||||
| FEMALE LAVATORY ATTENDANTS | Summer & Winter. | Same Hours as Males. | Average | 51½ | 20s. | =About 4¾d. per hour. | ||||||