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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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (PLANT) CARPEN- TER | summer | a.m. | p.m. | Hours. | Hours. | Hours. | ||||||
| Monday to Friday | 6.0 | 4.30 | = 104 | - 1½ | = 9 | X 5 | =45 | |||||
| Saturday | 6.0 | 11.30 | = 5½ | - ½ | — 5 | X 1 | = 5 | |||||
| —50 | 39s. | 7d. | At 9½d. per hour. | |||||||||
| Winter | Monday to Friday | 7.0 | 5.0 | = 10 | 1½ | = 8½ | X 5 | =42½ | ||||
| Saturday | 7.0 | 1.0 | = 6 | - ½ | = 5½ | X 1 | = 5½ | |||||
| -48 | 38s. | At 9½d. per hour. | ||||||||||
| HORSE BROOM SWEEPERS | Monday to Saturday | 12.30 | 9.30 | = 9 | — Nil. | = 9 | X 6 | = 54 | 27 s. | = 6.00d., or 6d. per hour. | ||
| HORSE KEEPER at Victoria Depot | Monday to | 5.0 | 8.30 | = 13½ | ½ | |||||||
| Saturday | — 1 | |||||||||||
| - ½ | ||||||||||||
| _2 | = 11½ | X 6 | =69 | |||||||||
| Sundays 6.80 to 10.0 a. m., back to Yard 12.0 to 1, 6.0 to 8. 0 p.m. | 6½ | |||||||||||
| —754 | 44s. | = 6.99d., = 7d. per hour. | ||||||||||
| HORSE KEEPER Park Road Whrf | Monday to Saturday | 5 15 | 7.30 | = 14¼ | - 1¾ | = 12½ | X 6 | =75 | 37s. | And Cottage on Wharf rent free. | ||
| DUST DRIVERS | Monday to Friday | 6.15 Leave Stable | 60 average Groming and Breakeast | 21s. | ||||||||
| 7.15 | 7½d. per Load, (average 50 per week). | |||||||||||
| DUST COLLECTORS | 6.45 | Collectors&Drive rs return to Stable about 6 p.m. If weather against the work any time after noon. | ||||||||||
| SHOOT CLERK at Glengall Wharf | Monday to Friday | 7.0 | 6.0 | = 11 | — 1 | = 10 | X 5 | =50 | ||||
| Saturday | 7.0 | 2.0 | = 7 | — 1 | = 6 | X 1 | = 6 | = 6.43d., say 6½d. per hour. | ||||
| FLUSHERS GANGERS | Summer & Winter | Monday | —56 | 30s. | ||||||||
| to Friday | 7.0 | 5.0 | = 10 | — 1 | = 9 | X 5 | =45 | |||||
| Saturday | 7.0 | 1.0 | = 6 | ½ | = 5½ | X 1 | = 5½ | = 9.02d., say 9d. per hour. | ||||
| —50½ | 38s. | |||||||||||