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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

Bethnal Green 1890

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

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Table: MASONS— continued.

MASONS— continued.

Name of Vestry.No. EmployedHrs.of Labour.Rate of Wage3.Holidays Allowed.Do the Men stand off In Wet Weather?
Summer.WinterWeek.Day.Hour.
Hackney358½5l½..2 at 5/6..All Bank-holidaysNo.
1 at 4/4
Hammersmith256½51½....9d.NoneOther work found.
Hampstead55650..4 at 8½d.All Bank-Holidays (except August Holiday) and one other dayVery seldom.
1 at 7d.
Holborn..108....7d.All Bank-holidays and one week in summerNo.
IslingtonAll work done by Contract.
Kensington5109..6 /4 & 7/ -..All Bank-holidays (except August), three other days after 12 months' serviceOther work found.
Lewisham3109½..1 at 7/6..Christmas-day, Good Friday, August holiday, and one other dayOther work found.
1 at 6/2
1 at 5/10
LimehouseAll work d one by Contract.
Marylebone85653... .9d.All Bank-holidaysYes.
Mile End Old Town. .See pavior... .. .All Bank-holidaysNo.
Newington658½53. .. .7½d.All Bauk-holidaysNo.
Paddington1156½63½. .. .8d.All Bank-holidays (except August)Other work found.
PlumsteadNone employed.
PoplarAll work done by Contract.
RotherhitheAll work done by Contract.
Shoreditch456½48½33/-....All Bank-holidays and one other dayOther work found.