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Surveyor's Department,
Vestry Hall,
Bethnal Green,
1st July, 1892.
To the Chairman and Members of the Vestry, of St. Matthew,
Bethnal Green.
Gentlemen,
I have the honour to submit my Report for the year
ending Lady-day, 1892.
LABOUR.
As mentioned in my last Annual Report, the question Labour,
of the wages of the employes has been under consideration,
and at a meeting of the Yestry, held on July
10th, 1891, the following alterations in the hours
of labour and in the wages were agreed to:—November,
December, January, and February, the working hours
to be from 7.30 a.m. to 5 p.m., one hour being
allowed for dinner; and during the remainder of the
year from 6 a.m. to 5.30 p.m., half an hour being
allowed for breakfast, and one hour for dinner.
Work to cease at one o'clock on Saturdays all the
year round, no dinner time being allowed.
These hours apply to all, except the sewer flushers
and the staff of the Sanitary Department. The flushers
commence work at 8 a.m., and leave off at 4 p.m., and
1 p.m. on Saturdays, and are allowed one-and-a-half
hours for dinner, except on Saturdays.
The hours of the pailmen are regulated by the
conditions in the contract for the dust removal,