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St Giles (Camberwell) 1892

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell]

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Your Committee, after fully discussing the details of the
schcme, and questioning Mr. Smyth very fully,
Recommended:—
(a) That a Labour Exchange be established in
berwell by the Vestry.
(b) That the Office be at the Vestry Hall, or at such
other place as the Vestry may at any time hereafter
determine.
(c) That the pay office and adjoining shed at the rear
of the Vestry Hall (entrance from Havil Street)
be used as a Registration Office and that the
Surveyor be authorised to carry out the necessary
alterations and arrangements for adapting such
building to this purpose.
(d) That a Superintendent at £2 2s. (to include all
incidental expenses), and a Clerk at £1 10s. a
week, be appointed and that advertisements be
issued in the local papers, inviting applications
for such positions from residents in Camberwell
and that it be referred to your Committee to
appoint, subject to the approval of the Vestry.
The age of candidates to be limited to between
30 and 50 years.
(c) That the hours such Labour Exchange shall be
opened shall be 9 to 12 a.m., for males, and 2 to
5 p.m., for females. (Excepting Saturdays.)
( f) That the following forms be adopted:—