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Bethnal Green 1890

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green]

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Table: SWEEPERS.

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SWEEPERS.

Name of Vestry.	No. Employed	Hrs. of Labour		Rate of Wages.			Holidays Allowed.	In Sick Pay Allowed ?
Name of Vestry.	No. Employed	Summer.	Winter	Week.	Day.	Hour.	Holidays Allowed.	In Sick Pay Allowed ?
City of London	181	10	10	15/- to 25/-	..	..	All Bank-holidays	10/- per week, at discretion of Superintendent.
Battersea	106	57	51½	..	3/4	..	All Bank-holidays and one week in summer	Only in case of accident; each case dealt with by the Committee on its merits.
Bethnal Green	27	58½	58½	..	1 at 4 -26 at 3/6	..	All Bank-holidays and one other day	Vestry contribute 1- per week each man towards Sick Benefit and Burial Fund.
Camberwell	111	10	9	19/- to 22/-	..	..	All Bank-holidays and one other day	Cases of sickness, accident, etc., arranged by Committee.
Chelsea	34 20	60 58½	60 53½	..	..	5d.	All Bank-holidays	Only in exceptional caaes. Sick Fund— Men contribute 2d., Vestry 3d. per head per week.
Clerkenwell	22	10	9	21/-	..	..	AU Bank-holidays	Sick Club- Men contribute 2d Vestry 6d. each member per week.
Fulham	50	10	9	..	3/4	..	All Bank-holidays	Not in all cases, only when a man is in regular employ.
Hackney	55	..	..	..	3, 4 to 3/8	..	All Bank-holidays	Two-thirds pay up to three week's absence, but no longer.
Hammersmith	52	10	9	..	3/-	..	None	No.
Hampstead	60	56	50	..	..	4d.	All Bank-holidays (except first Monday in August) and one day during year	Only in case of accident, or illness attributable to the work; each case treated on its merits.
Holborn	All work done by Contract.
Islington	72	56½	56½	..	..	3d. and 6d.	Bank-holidays to some of the men.	In some branches half-pay for six weeks, and quarter-pay for another six week.