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Bethnal Green 1890

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

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Table: SEWER FLUSHERS.

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SEWER FLUSHERS.

Name of vestry.	No. Employed.	Hrs. of Labour.		Rate of Wages.			Holidays Allowed.	Is Sick Pay Allowed ?
Name of vestry.	No. Employed.	Summer.	Winter.	Week.	Day.	Hour.	Holidays Allowed.	Is Sick Pay Allowed ?
Battersea	5	40½	40½	26/-	..	..	One week in summer, and all Bank-holidays	Only in case of accident; each case dealt with by Committee on its merits.
Bethnal Green	3	8 to 40		29/-	4/10	..	All Bank-holidays, and one other day	Vestry contribute 1/- per week for each man towards Sick Benefit and Burial Fund.
Camber well	6	8 to 40		27/-	..	..	All Bank-holidays, and one other day	Cases of sickness and accident treated by Committee.
Chelsea	6	48	48	..	..	7d.	All Bank-holidays	Only in special cases. There is a Sick Fund ; vestry contribute 3d. per man, and each man 2d.
Clerkenwell	4	7	7	28/-	..	..	One week in summer, and all Bank-holidays	There is a Sick Benefit Club ; Vestry contribute 68. per man, and each man 2d. per week.
Fulham	4	10	9	..	4/6	..	All Bank-holidays	Only to men in regular employ.
Hackney	13	..	..	..	5/-	..	All Bank-holidays	Two-thirds pay for three weeks.
Hammersmith	4	8	8	..	4/8	..	None	No.
Hampstead	2	44	44	..	3/10	..	One day in year, and all Bank-holidays, except August	Only in case of accident, or illness attributable to the work ;. each case treated on its merits.
Holborn	2	..	..	24/-	..	..
Islington	9	39	39	..	4/8	..	One week in summer	Full-pay or half-pay at discretion of Committee.
Kensington	11	7	7	27/-	..	..	All Bank-holidays, and after twelve months' service, three extra days	To workmen injured on works until recovery.