Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green]
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Name of Vestry. | No. Employed. | Hrs. of Labour. | Rate of Wages. | Holidays Allowed. | Do the Men stand off In Wet Weather ? | |||
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Summer. | Winter | Week. | Day. | Hour. | ||||
Marylebone | 6 | 56 | 53 | .. | .. | 8d. | All Bank-holidays | Yes. |
Mile End Old Town | 7 | 10 | 10 | 40/- | 6/8 | .. | All Bank-holidays | No. |
(including masons) | ||||||||
Newington | 4 | 58½ | 53 | .. | .. | 8d. | All Bank-holidays | No. |
Paddington | 2 | 56½ | 53½ | .. | 5/6 | .. | Bank-holidays (except August) | Other work found. |
Plumstead | 1 | 10 | 9 | .. | 4/4 | .. | All Bank-holidays | Other work found. |
Poplar | All work d one by Contract. | |||||||
Rotherhithe | All work done by Contract. | |||||||
Shoreditch | 3 | 56½ | 48½ | 33/- | .. | .. | All Bank-holidays and one other day | Other work found. |
Strand | All work d one by Contract. | |||||||
St. George-in -the-East | 2 | 10 | 10 | 36/- | .. | .. | All Bank-holidays | Other work found. |
St. George, Hanover Sqr. | 2 | 57½ | 54½ | .. | .. | 7½d. | All Bank-holidays | Other work found. |
St. Giles | 3 | 56½ | 50½ | .. | .. | 8d. | None | Sometimes. |
St. James, Westminster | Varies | 56½ | 51 | .. | .. | 9d. | One day only | Yes. |
St. Luke | All work done by Contract. | |||||||
St. Martin-in -the-Fields | 3 | 56½ | 50½ | .. | .. | 8d. | None | Yes. |