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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: RAMMERMEN.

RAMMERMEN.

Name of Vestry.No. Employed.Hrs.of LabourRate of Wages.Holiday* Allowed.Do the Men stand off In Wet Weather
Summer.Winter. Week.Day.Hour.
Battersea258½53....7d.Noneyes.
Bermondsey656½53½....6½d.One weekYes.
Bethnal Green258½58½..1 at 4/6..All Bank-holidays; one day for beanfeastNo.
1 at 5/-
Camberwell..5451Copy enclosed.
Chelsea356½51½....5½d.NoneOther work found.
Clerkenwell6565023/-....Three daysNot if other work can be found. Other work found.
Fulham256½51....7d.Boxing-day, half-day on each of the other Bank-holidays, and beanfeast-day
HackneyNone employed.
Hammersmith156½51½....7d.NoneOther work found.
Hampstead45650....6d.Bank-holidayas (except August Bank-holiday), and one other dayVery seldom.
Holborn..108....6d.All Bank-holidays and one week in summerNo.
IslingtonAll work d one by Contract.
Kensington1109..4/6..All Bank-holidays (except August) and three days after 12 months' serviceOther work found.
Lewisham4109½..4/6..Christmas Day, Good Friday, August Bank-holiday, and one other dayOther work found.
LimehouseAll work done by Contract.