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. Em- ployed. | 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. | ||||
Battersca | 12 | 58½ | 63 | . . | . . | 5d. to 6½d. | None | Yes. |
Bermondaey | 6 | 56½ | 53½ | .. | .. | 6d. | One week | Yes. |
Bethnal Green | 2 | 58$½ | 58½ | 3/8 | All Bank-holidays and one other day | |||
Cambewell | 13 | 54 | 51 | 7 at 4/8 | . . | All Bank-holidays and one other day | No. | |
3 at 3/10 | ||||||||
1 at 4/- | ||||||||
1 at 3/8 | ||||||||
1 at 3/2 | ||||||||
Chelsea | 9 | 56½ | 51½ | . . | . . | 5½d. | None | Other work found. |
Clerkenwell | 3 | 66 | 50 | 23/- | . . | . . | Three days | Not if other work ran be found. |
Fulham | 3 | 56½ | 51 | . . | . . | 6d. | Beanfeast and Boxing day; other Bank-holidays half-day | Other work found. |
Hackney | 3 | 58½ | 51½ | .. | 1 at 4/- | .. | All Bank-holidays | No. |
1 at 3/8 | ||||||||
1 at 3/6 | ||||||||
Hammersmith | 3 | 56½ | 51½ | .. | .. | 6d. | None | Other work found. |
Hampstead | 5 | 56 | 50 | .. | .. | 3 at 6d. | All Bank-holidays (except August holiday) and one other day | Very seldom. |
2 at 5½d. | ||||||||
Holborn | .. | 10 | 8 | .. | .. | 4½d. | All Bank-holidays and one week in summer | No. |
Islington | All work done by Contract. | |||||||
Kensington | 6 | 10 | 9 | .. | 4/4 | .. | All Bank-holidays (except August) and three other days after 12 months' service | Other work found. |