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 | Hate of Wages. | Hell days Allowed. | Is Sick Pay Allowed ? | |||
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Summer. | Winter | Week. | Day. | Hour. | ||||
City of London | 86 | 10 | 10 | 15/-to 26 - | .. | .. | All Bank-holidays | 10/- per week, at the discretion of Superintendent. |
Battersea | 30 | 57 | 51½ | .. | 4/- | .. | All Bank-holidays; one week in summer | Only in case of accident; each case dealt with on its merits. |
Bethnal Green | 4 | 58½ | 58½ | .. | 1 at 3/10 2 at 4/-1 at 4/2 | .. | All Bank-holidays, and one other day | Vestry contribute 1/- per week for each man toward Sick benefit and Burial Club. |
Camberwell | 78 | 10 | .. | .. | 4/- | .. | One day per year, and all Bank-holidays | Cases of sickness and accident treated by Committee. |
Chelsea | 2 | 58½ | 53½ | .. | .. | 5d. | All Bank-holidays | Only in exceptional cases. Vestry contribute 3d. per week, and men ditto 2d. each man. |
Clerkenwell | 14 | .. | .. | .. | 4/- | .. | All Rank-holidays | Sick and Burial Club, to which the Vestry contribute 6d. each member, and each man 2d. |
Fulham | 31 | 12 | 10 | .. | 4/6 | .. | All Rank-holidays | Not in all cases; only to men in regular employ. |
Hammersmith | 43 | .. | .. | .. | 4/2 | .. | None | No. |
Hampstead | 10 | 68 | 62 | .. | 4/- | .. | One day per year; and all Bank-holidays. except August holiday | Only in case of accident; each ease treated on its merits. |
Kensington | 100 | 10 | 10 | 24/- to 26/- | .. | .. | All Rank-holidays, and after twelve months' service, three extra days | If injured on duty, pay until recovery. |