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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 1905
Sixth annual report of the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell...
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BOROUGH OF CAMBERWELL WEEKLY EMPLOYES. RETURN OF HOURS OF LABOUR, &c., as existing April 1st, 1906.
| 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FOREMEN GANGERS | Summer. | Monday to Friday | a.m. | p.m. | Hours. | Hours. | Hours. | Days. | Hours. | This wage is inclusive of all Sunday work, overtime and extra duties. | |
| Same Hours as Sweepers thus: | |||||||||||
| 6.0 | 5.0 | =11 | – 1½ | = 9½ | X 5 | = 47½ | |||||
| Saturday | 6.0 | 1.0 | = 7 | – ½ | = 6½ | X 1 | = 6½ — 54 | 39s. | |||
| Winter. | Monday to Friday | 7.0 | 5.0 | = 10 | – 1½ | = 8½ | X 5 | = 42½ | Average hours per week, 51. Average wages at per hour, about 9¼d. | ||
| Saturday | 7.0 | 1.0 | = 6 | – ½ | = 5½ | X 1 | = 5½ — 48 | 39s. | |||
| WORKING GANGERS | Summer. | Same Hours as Foremen Gangers. | as above | 54 | 34s. | Average hours per week, 51. Average wages at per hour, 8d. | |||||
| Winter. | Same Hours as Foremen Gangers. | as above | 48 | 34s. | |||||||
| DEPOT or WHARF TICKET CLERKS | The Clerks attend at the various Depôts as long as they are open. | 35s. | Note.—The wages of Depôt Clerks are inclusive of all Sunday work, overtime and extra duties. | ||||||||
| GENERAL LABOURERS | Summer. | Monday to Friday | 6.0 | 5.0 | = 11 | – 1½ | = 9½ | X 5 | =47½ | Average hours per week, 51. Average wages at per hour, 7d. | |
| Saturday | 6.0 | 1.0 | = 7 | — ½ | = 6½ | X 1 | = 6½ — 54 | 30s. | |||
| Winter. | Monday to Friday | 7.0 | 5.0 | = 10 | – 1½ | = 8½ | X 5 | =42½ | |||
| Saturday | 7.0 | 1.0 | = 6 | – ½ | = 5½ | X 1 | = 6½ — 48 | ||||