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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 HOURS OF LABOUR, &c.—
| 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. | |||||||||
| Shoeing Smiths. A | BLACKSMITH or FARRIER | Summer & Winter | Monday to Friday | a.m. | p.m. | = 11 | — 2 | = 9 | X 5 | =45 | |||
| r,.o | 4.0 | ||||||||||||
| Saturday | 5.0 | 12.0 | = 7 | — Nil. | = 7 | X 1 | = 7 | ||||||
| —52 | 40s. | = 9.23d., say 9¼d. per hour. | |||||||||||
| Doormen | Same Hours as Farrier | 52 | 32s. | = 7.38d., say .7¼d. per hour. | |||||||||
| wheelwrights | Summer & Winter | Monday to Friday ) | 6.0 | 5.0 | = 11 | -1½ | = 9½ | X 5 | =47½ | ||||
| Saturday | (5.0 | 1.0 | = 7 | - 1½ | = 6½ | X 1 | = 6½ | ||||||
| —54 | 40s. | 6d. | = 9d. per hour. | ||||||||||
| WHEELWRIGHTS' SMITHS | Same Hours as Wheelwrights. | 31s. | 6d. | = 7d. per hour. | |||||||||
| WHEELWRIGHTS' HAMMERMEN | Same Hours as Wheel wrights. | 54 | 27s. | = 6d. per hour. | |||||||||
| CART PAINTERS. . | Same Hours as Wheelwrights. | 54 | 30s. | = 6.66d., or 6¾. per hour. | |||||||||
| HARNESS MAKER | Summer & Winter | Monday to Friday | 7.0 | 6.30 | = 11½ | - 1½ | — 10 | X 5 | =50 | ||||
| Saturday | 7.0 | 2.0 | = 7 | = 6½ | — 6½ | X 1 | = 6½ | ||||||
| —56½ | 40s. | = 8.49d., or 8½d. per hour | |||||||||||
| CHAFF CUTTER | Summer & Winter | Monday to Friday | 6.0 | 5.30 | = 11½ | - 11½ | = 10 | X 5 | =50 | ||||
| Saturday | 6.0 | 2.0 | = 8 | 1 | 7½ | X 1 | = 74 | ||||||
| —57½ | 30s. | = 6.26d., or 6¼d. per hour. | |||||||||||