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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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HARNESS MAKER | Summer & Winter. | a.m. | p.m. | Hours. | Hours. | Hours. | Days. | Hours. | = about 9d. per hour. | ||
| Monday Wednesday Friday | 7.0 | 5.30 | = 10½ | – 1½ | = 9 | X 3 | =27 | ||||
| Tuesday Thursday | 7.0 | 6.30 | = 11½ | – 1½ | = 10 | X 2 | =20 | ||||
| Saturday | 7.0 | 1.0 | = 6 | – ½ | = 5½ | X 1 | = 5½ – 52½ | 40s. | |||
| PLUMBER | Summer. | Monday to Friday | 6.30 | p.m. 5.0 | = 10½ | – 1½ | = 9 | x 5 | =45 | At 11d. per hour (Summer and winter Note.—Winter 13 weeks, commencing 2nd Monday in November. | |
| Saturday | 6.30 | a.m. 12.0 | = 5½ | – ½ | = 5 | X 1 | = 5 — 50 | 45s. 10d. | |||
| (a) Winter. | Monday to Friday | 8.0 | p.m. 4.30 | = 8½ | – 1 | = 7½ | x 5 | =37½ | Winter (a) 10 weeks at beginning of above period. | ||
| Saturday | 8.0 | a.m. 12.0 | = 4 | Nil | = 4 | X 1 | = 4 | 38s. 1d. | |||
| (b) Winter. | Monday to Friday | 8.0 | p.m. 5.0 | = 9 | – 1 | = 8 | x 5 | = 40 | Winter (b) 3 weeks at end of above period. (1 hour dinner allowed all the year round.) | ||
| Saturday | 8.0 | a.m. 12.0 | = 4 | Nil | = 4 | X 1 | = 4 – 44 | 40s. 4d. | |||
| PLUMBER'S LABOURER | Same Hours as Plumbers. | Summer | 50 | 31s. 3d. | = 7½d. per hour. | ||||||
| Winter (a) | 41½ | 25s. 11d. | |||||||||
| Do. (d) | 44 | 27s. 6d. | |||||||||
| MACHINIST (a) | Summer. | Monday to Friday | 6.0 | 5.0 | = 11 | – 1½ | = 9½ | x 5 | =47½ | = 9d. per hour. | |
| Saturday | 6.0 | 12.0 | = 6 | – ½ | = 5½ | X 1 | = 5½ – 53 | (a) 39s. 9d. | |||
| Winter. | Monday to Friday | 8.0 | 5.0 | = 9 | — 1 | = 8 | x 5 | =40 | |||
| Saturday | 8.0 | 12.0 | = 4 | Nil | = 4 | X 1 | = 4 – 44 | 33s. 0d. | |||
| (b) | As above | In Summer | 53 | (b) 35s. 4d. | = 8d. per hour. | ||||||
| In Winter | 44 | 29s. 4d. | |||||||||
| STABLE HELP | Summer & Winter | Same Hours as Carmen | 56¾ | 30s. | = 6¼d. per hour. | ||||||