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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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CART PAINTERS | Summer and Winter. | a.m. | p.m. | Hours. | Hours. | Hours. | Days. | Hours. | = 9d. per hour. Note.—During the slack time of the Winter of 1905-6 this trade worked 45 hours per week. | ||
| Same Hours as Wheelwrights, | viz.:— | ||||||||||
| Monday to Friday | 6.0 | 5.0 | = 11 | – 1½ | = 9½ | X 5 | =47½ | ||||
| Saturday | 6.0 | 1.0 | = 7 | – ½ | = 6½ | X 1 | = 6½ – 54 | 40s. 6d. | |||
| FOREMAN PAINTER | Summer & Winter. | As above. | 54 | 45s. | = 10d. per hour. Note.—During the slack time of the Winter of 1905-6 this trade worked 45 hours per week. | ||||||
| LINERS and WRITERS | Summer & Winter. | As above. | 54 | 45s. | = 10d. per hour. Note.—During the slack time of the Winter of 1905-6 this trade worked 45 hours per week | ||||||
| JOBBING PAINTERS or PAINTERS' LABOURERS (a) | Summer. | Same Hours as General Labourers, viz.: | (a) 32s. | Note.—During the slack time of the Winter of 1905-6 this trade worked 45 hours per week. | |||||||
| Monday to Friday | 6.0 | 5.0 | = 11 | – 1½ | = 9½ | X 5 | = 47½ | ||||
| Saturday | 6.0 | 1.0 | = 7 | – ½ | = 6½ | X 1 | = 6½ — 54 | ||||
| Winter. | Monday to Friday | 7.0 | 5.0 | = 10 | – 1½ | = 8½ | X 5 | =42½ | (a) 32s. | Average hours per week, 51. Average wages at per hour, about 7½d. | |
| Saturday | 7.0 | 1.0 | = 6 | – ½ | = 5½ | X 1 | = 5½ — 45 | ||||
| (b) | Summer & Winter. | Monday to Friday | 6.0 | 5.0 | = 11 | – 1½ | = 9½ | X 5 | = 47½ | 30s. | Average hours per week, 54. Average wages at per hour, 6¾d. |
| Saturday | 6.0 | 1.0 | = 7 | – ½ | = 6½ | X 1 | = 6½ — 54 | ||||
| SHOOTMEN (SLOP) | Summer. | Monday to Friday | 6.30 | 5.30 | = 11 | – 1½ | = 9½ | X 5 | =47½ | Average hours per week, 51. Average wages at per hour, about 7d. | |
| Saturday | 6.30 | 1.30 | = 7 | – ½ | = 6½ | X 1 | = 6½ — 54 | 30s. | |||
| Winter. | Monday to Friday | 7.30 | 5.30 | = 10 | – 1½ | = 8½ | X 5 | =42½ | |||
| Saturday | 7.30 | 1.30 | = 6 | – ½ | = 5½ | X 1 | = 5½ — 48 | 30s. | |||