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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
St Giles (Camberwell) 1892
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell]
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RETURN OF HOUR ???LABOUB,
| Workmen. | Season. | Days. | Commence Work. | Leave Work. | Gross No. of Hours per Day | Deduct for Meals. | Nett No. of Working Hours per Day | No. of Days per Week. | Nett No. of Working Hours per Week. | Rate of Wage per Week. | Weekly Wage = at per Hour Worked. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a.m. | p.m | Hours. | Hours | Hours. | |||||||
| GANGERS IMMEDIATELY UNDER SUPERINTENDENTS | Monday to * Friday J Saturday | 7.0 | 5.0 | = 10 | Dinnei | = 9 | X 5 | =45 | |||
| — 1 | |||||||||||
| 7.0 | 2.0 | = 7 | ½ | = 6½ | X 1 | = 6½ | |||||
| (11.30 ??? 12.0). | 51½ | ||||||||||
| Less 5 hour on Friday | |||||||||||
| — 51 | 35 s. | = 8.23d., say 8¼. per hour. | |||||||||
| WORKING GANGERS OF SWEEPING GANGS | Same Hours. | 30s. | = 7.06d., say 7d. per hour. | ||||||||
| DO., DO., OF PICKING GANGS | Same Hours. | 30s. | — 7.06., say 7d. per hour. | ||||||||
| ROAD PICKERS and TAR PAVIOURS | Same 11 ours as Gangers & Road Sweepers, viz.:— | In Summer | 54 | 263. | = 5.77d., say 5¾d. per hour. | ||||||
| In Winter | 51 | 26s. | = 6.11d., say 6d. per hour. | ||||||||
| UNLOADING BARGES by ROADMEN | Same II ours as Road Sweepers, viz :— | In Summer | 54 | 36s. | = 8d. per hour. | ||||||
| In Winter | 36s. | = 8.47d., say 8½d., per hour. | |||||||||
| JOBBING CARPENTER | Same II ours as Road Sweepers, viz :— | In Summer | 54 | 30s. | = 6.66d., say 6½d., per hour. | ||||||
| In Winter | 51 | 30s. | = 7 05., say 7d. per hour. | ||||||||
| GARDENERS' LABOURERS (Camberwell Green) | Monday to Friday | 7.0 | 6.0 | = 11 | 1½ | = 9½ | X 5 | =47½ | |||
| = 7½ | X 1 | = 7½ | |||||||||
| Saturday | 7.0 | 4.0 | _ 9 | —1½ | |||||||
| 55 | |||||||||||
| Less 1 hour on Friday | 1 | ||||||||||
| Monday to Friday | 7.0 | 5.0: | = 10 | = 9 | X 5 | — 54 | 27s. | = 6d. per hour. | |||
| Dinner. | =45 | ||||||||||
| — 1 | |||||||||||
| 7.0 | 4.0 | = 9 | — 1 | = 8 | X 1 | = 8 | |||||
| 53 | |||||||||||
| Less½ hour on Friday | ½ | ||||||||||
| — 52½ | 27s. | 6.17d., say 6¼d. per hour. | |||||||||