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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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHOOTMEN (DUST) | Summer. | a.m. | p.m. | Hours. | Hours. | Hours. | Days. | Hours. | Average hours per week, 51. Wages at per hour, about 7d. | ||
| Monday to Friday | 6.30 | 5.30 | = 11 | – 1½ | = 9½ | X 5 | =47½ | ||||
| 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 | = 5 – 48 | 30s. | |||
| HORSEKEEPER at Grove Vale Depot | Monday to Saturday | about 5.0 | about 8.30 | about = 13½ | – ½ — 1 – ½ — 2 | = 11½ | X 6 | =69 | And Cottage at Grove Vale Depôt rent free. | ||
| Sundays 6.30 | to 10.0 a. | m., back | to Yard | 12.0 to 1. | 6.0 to 8.0 | p.m. | 6½ – about 75½ | 40s. | |||
| HORSEKEEPER Peckham Park Road Wharf | Monday to Saturday | 5.15 | 7.30 | = 14¼ | – 1¾ | = 12½ | X 6 | = 75 about | 40s. | And Cottage on Wharf rent free. | |
| HORSEKEEPER Glengall Wharf Stables | As Peekham Park Road. | See foregoing. | 39s. | Wages increased from 35s. to 39s. in consideration of his having to pay increased rent consequent upon cottage at depôt being required for disinfecting purposes. | |||||||
| NIGHT WATCHMAN AT DEPOT Grove Vale Depot (a) Stables | Summer & Winter. | Monday to Saturday | p.m. | a.m. | |||||||
| 6.30 | 7.0 | = 12½ | — Nil. | = 12½ | x 6 | = 75 about | 36s. | about 5¾d. per hour. | |||
| (b) Shops and Yard | Summer & Winter. | Monday to Saturday | 5.0 | 6.0 | = 13 | – Nil. | = 13 | x 6 | = 78 | 30s. | about 4¾d. per hour. |