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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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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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNLOADING BARGES BY GENERAL LABOURERS | a.m. | p.m. | Hours. | Hours. | Hours. | Days. | Hours. | ||||
| 6 men to each barge and paid for at | the rate of 7s. 6d. per barge per man. | ||||||||||
| URINAL CLEANERS | Same Hours as General Labourers. See fore going. | In Summer | 54 | 30s. | Average hours per week, 51. Average wages at per hour, about 7d. | ||||||
| In Winter | 48 | ||||||||||
| MASONS | Summer. | Monday to Friday Saturday | 6.0 | 5.0 | = 11 | – 1½ | = 9½ | X 5 | =47½ | Average hours per week, 51, Average wages at per hour, about 10d. | |
| 6.0 | 1.0 | = 7 | – ½ | = 6½ | X 1 | = 6½ | 42s. | ||||
| Winter. | Monday to Friday Saturday | 7.0 | 5.0 | = 10 | – 1½ | = 8½ | X 5 | =42½ | |||
| 7.0 | 1.0 | = 6 | – ½ | = 5½ | X 1 | = 5½ – 48 | 42s. | ||||
| MASONS' LABOURERS | Same Hours as Masons, viz.:— | In Summer | 54 | 30s. | Average hours per week, 51. Average wages at per hour, about 7d. | ||||||
| In Winter | 48 | 30s. | |||||||||
| CARPENTERS | Summer. | Monday to Friday | 6.30 | 5.0 | = 10½ | – 1½ | = 9 | X 5 | =45 | At 10½d. per hour. (Summer and Winter.) | |
| Saturday | 6.30 | a.m. 12.0 | = 5½ | – ½ | = 5 | X 1 | = 5 — 50 | 43s. 9d. | |||
| Winter (a) | Monday to Friday | 8.0 | p.m. 5.0 | = 9 | — 1 | = 8 | X 5 | = 40 | |||
| Saturday | 8.0 | a.m. 12.0 | = 4 | — Nil. | = 4 | X 1 | = 4 – 44 | 38s. 6d. | Note.—Winter: 13 weeks commencing 2nd Monday in November. Winter (a) : 10 Weeks at beginning of above period (1 hour dinner). Winter (b) : 3 Weeks at end of above period (1 hour dinner). | ||
| Winter (b) | Monday to Friday | 8.0 | p.m. 5.0 | = 9 | – 1 | = 8 | X 5 | = 40 | |||
| Saturday | 8.0 | a.m. 12.0 | = 4 | — Nil. | = 4 | X 1 | = 4 — 44 | 38s. 6d. | |||
| FOREMAN CARPENTER | As above. | As above. | Summer 50 | £2 10s. 0d. | At 1s. per hour. | ||||||
| Winter 44 | £2 4s. 0d. | ||||||||||
| 44 | £2 4s. 0d. | ||||||||||
| CARPENTERS' LABOURERS | Same Hours as Carpenters. | Summer 50 | (a) 31s. 3d. | At 7½d. per hour. | |||||||
| As above. | Winter 44 | (b) 27s. 6d. | |||||||||
| 44 | (c) 27s. 6d. | ||||||||||