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The occupations and actual earnings of fathers are appended.
The amounts are the weekly earnings, unless otherwise stated.
Barman, 25s. to 27s.
Blindmaker, 27s.
Carman, 16s., 18s., 19s., 21s., 24s., 25s., 31s.
Chimney sweep, 25s.
Cloth shrinker, 18s.
Collecting and selling old bottles and broken glass, 18s.
to 25s.
Costermonger, 15s.
Fish fryer, 16s.
French polisher, 6½d. per hour.
Jobbing shoemaker, 16s. to 24s.
Labourer, 11s., 15s., 18s., 21s., 23s., 24s.
Leather case maker, 38s.
Packer, 18s., 19s., 20s., and 5½d. per hour.
Porter, 14s., 15s., 18s., 20s., 23s., 26s.
Casual porter, 11s.
Postman, 30s.
Saddler, 30s.
Stableman, 19s. to 26s.
Street hawker of newspapers, 9s. to 12s.
Tarpaulin maker, 19s.
Truck hand, 13s.
Window cleaner, 25s.
Illustrative Examples
1. The baby was 4 months old and the third child. There
were 2 other children. The family occupied one room. The
mother was a homeworker, making cardboard boxes, clean and
industrious. She resumed her work on the eleventh day after her
confinement. "The father was now out of work and helped the
mother at her box making. When he was in work he earned 15s.
per week and was said to spend nearly half of this amount drinking
on Saturday night. He had never been able to keep any
regular job because he used to lie in bed until 11a.m. or midday.
He had latterly taken to selling newspapers in the streets. The
family were in arrears with their rent and were eventually ejected
from their tenement.