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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. | |||||||
| FLUSHERS. when Underground | Summer & Winter | Monday to Friday | 8.0 | 4.0 | = 8 | — 1 | = 7 | X 5 | = 35 | ||
| Dinner. | |||||||||||
| Saturday | 8.0 | 1.0 | = 5 | - ½ | = 4½ | X 1 | = 4½ | 34s. | = 10.32d., say 10¼d. per hour. | ||
| -39½ | |||||||||||
| FLUSHERS, when Aboveground | Summer & Winter | Monday to Friday | 7.0 | 5.0 | = 10 | — 1 | = 9 | X 5 | =45 | ||
| Saturday | 7.0 | 1.0 | = 6 | - ½ | = 5½ | X 1 | = 54 | 34s. | = 8.08d., say 8d. per hour. | ||
| 50½ | |||||||||||
| GULLYMEN | Slimmer | Monday to Friday | 6.0 | 5.0 | = 11 | - 1½ | = 9½ | X 5 | =47½ | ||
| Saturday | 6.0 | 2.0 | = 8 | — 1 | = 7 | X 1 | = 7 | ||||
| 54½ | |||||||||||
| Less ½ hour on Friday | ½ | 27s. | = 6d. per hour. | ||||||||
| — 54 | |||||||||||
| Winter | Monday to Friday | 7.0 | 5.0 | = 10 | Dinner. | = 9 | X 5 | =45 | |||
| — 1 | |||||||||||
| Saturday | 7.0 | 2.0 | = 7 | ½ | = 6½ | X 1 | = 6½ | ||||
| 51½ | |||||||||||
| Less 5 hour on Friday | ½ | 27s. | = 6.35d., say 6¼d. per hour. | ||||||||
| — 51 | |||||||||||
| DISINFECTING MEN | Summer & Winter | Monday ) to Friday | 7.0 | 6.0 | = 11 | 1½ | = 9½ | X 5 | =47½ | ||
| Saturday | 7.0 | 2.0 | = 7 | ½ | = 6½ | X 1 | 6½ | 30s. | = 6.66d., say 6½d. per hour. | ||
| — 54 | |||||||||||
| 54 | 24s. | = 5.33d., say 5¼d. per hour. | |||||||||
| MORTUARY KEEPER | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | • • • | ... | 35s. | ||