Reports on the sanitary condition of the labouring population of Scotland : in consequence of an inquiry directed to be made by the Poor Law Commission.

  • Great Britain. Poor Law Commission.
Date:
1842
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Credit: Reports on the sanitary condition of the labouring population of Scotland : in consequence of an inquiry directed to be made by the Poor Law Commission. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    clitiou that I suppose I should specially report) I have prepared the tbllowinsf — Table of the Average Rates of Wages in Glasgow during the Years 1836. 1837 1838, 1839, and 1840. Periods 1836. 1837. 1838. 1839. 1840. Trades or Occupations. rvf Ol Labour. Per Per Per Per Per week. week. week. week. week. s. a. 8. a s. d. 8. a. s. IJlacksmiths at Engineers . . . Ditto, general smitlis' work . , 10 hours. oe iO 0 A U A 0 on U 25 0 Ditto. 0 ly A ly A ly A u 19 0 Per piece. 21 0 21 0 A OI 21 0 21 0 10 hours. Is 0 1 o lo A 0 1 Q A U 0 21 0 Ditto. lb 0 A 0 lb A lb 0 IC 0 12 hours. 16 0 10 0 16 0 16 0 16 0 10 hours. OA A 0 'OA 0 26 0 23 /I 23 0 Ditto 18 0 18 0 18 0 18 0 18 0 Ditto 18 0 18 0 20 0 20 0 20 0 Joiners ami House Carpenters. Ditto 20 0 20 0 20 0 20 0 20 0 Ditto 12 0 12 0 12 0 12 0 12 0 Letter-Press Printers in Book ) 20 0 20 0 20 0 20 0 20 0 Printing Offices average . . j ■per piece. Ditto ditto in Newspaper and Jobi offices ■ . . . , . J 11 hours. 25 0 25 0 25 0 25 0 25 0 Masonsf (when full time) . 10 hours. 22 0 22 0 22 0 22 0 22 0 0 0 Millwrights at Public Works . Ditto. 21 0 23 0 23 0 23 0 22 Ditto. 24 0 25 0 25 0 24 0 25 17 0 17 0 18 6 19 0 19 0 0 u 0 0 0 10 hours. 17 0 18 0 18 0 19 0 19 Ditto., 21 0 21 0 21 0 21 0 21 Porters in Sliops and Warehouses . 14 0 14 0 14 0 14 0 14 Per piece. 23 0 23 0 23 0 23 0 23 Shoemakers in their own houses . Ditto. 15 0 15 0 15 0 15 0 15 10 hours. 20 0 20 0 ^0 0 20 0 20 0 0 0 6 Tailoi-s—in Summer 12, in Winter. Ditto. 18 0 18 0 18 0 18 0 18 Turners and Finishers at Engine Ditto. 25 0 25 0 25 0 24 0 24 11 hours. 15 0 15 0 15 0 14 0 14 From the different kinds of operatives employed in the cotton spinning and weaving factories, and the various kinds of weavers, and wages paid them, it is not easy to make up such a table of their wages, but the following information may be relied upon:— Cotton-spinners average 25s. per week; otliers, workers in mills, from 25. &d. to lOj. per week. In weaving factories—weavers from 6s. to 11 per week ; dress- ers from 25*. to 30*.; tenters from 22*. to 25*. Hand-loom weavers—plain muslin, 1st class, 6*. to 85. 6c?., 2nd class, 4*. 6cZ. to 6s. 60?. per week, net. Pullicate, gingham, lappetts, &c., 1st class, 5*. 6c/. to 8*. ; 2nd class, 4s. to 6*,, net. Harness work, gauzes, zebras, dresses, &c., 1st class, 7*. to 10*. 6cZ., net ; 2nd class, 5*. to 7s., net. * The bricklayers have a good deal of broken time, and the wages vary very much. Wages higher last two years, owing to the railways. f Masons, plasterers, and slaters have also a great deal of broken time, owing to the weather, &c. This year they were about 6 weeks idle. Perhaps the masons do not earn more than 17*. per week throughout the year. + The above Table of wages was prepared not merely from information received fiom employers—many of whom exhibited their pay-sheets to me—but also from statements of operatives. In every instance I had the wages stated checked by at least three parties.