Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]
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Board of Work for the fulham district.
Regulations as to Working Hours.
To be observed by A rtizans & Labourers in the employ of the Board.
FROM 1st MARCH TO 31st OCTOBER.
Labourers. To commence work at 6 a.m., and work up to
5.30 p.m., with half an hour for breakfast, i.e., 8 to 8.30 a.m., and
one hour for dinner, i.e., 1 to 2 p.m.; on Saturdays to cease work
at 4 p.m.
Masons, Bricklayers, and other Artizans with their Labourers.
The like arrangement, except on Saturdays, when work will
cease at 1 o'clock p.m.
Drivers. To be in the stable at 5 a.m., leave the yard for
work at 6, and on returning to yard to attend to horses, and leave
at 7 p.m. Meal times as above.
Engine Driver. To be at engine at 5 a.m. to get up steam,
cease rolling at 5 p.m., and clean down engine. On Saturdays
to cease rolling at 4 p.m.
On Friday afternoons work will cease at 5 o'clock to enable
men to be at the pay table at 5.30 o'clock.
from 1St november to 28th february.
Labourers to commence work at 7 a.m. and work up to 5
p.m., with half-an-hour for breakfast, i.e., 8 to 8.30 a.m., and half
an hour for dinner, i.e., 1 to 1.30 p.m.; on Saturdays to cease
work at 4 p.m.
Masons, Bricklayers and other Artizans with their Labourers.
The like arrangement, except on Saturdays, when work will cease
at 1 o'clock.
Drivers. To be in the yard at 6 a.m., leave the yard for
work at 7 a.m., and on returning to yard to attend to horses and
clear up all by 7 p.m. Meal times as above.
Engine Driver. To be on engine at 6 a.m. to get up steam,
cease rolling at 4.30 and clean down engine. On Saturday to
cease rolling at 4 p.m.
On Friday afternoons work will cease at 4.30 o'clock, to
enable men to be at pay table at 5 o'clock.
Wheelwrights, Smiths, and other Artizans, with their
Labourers, at Depot. To commence work at 6 a.m., and work