Parks and open spaces. Regulations of the council affecting the staff, instructions to officers, &c., and other particulars, list and pay of staff (printed separately under a distinct order.) Corrected up to 8th December, 1898.

  • London County Council.
Date:
1898
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Credit: Parks and open spaces. Regulations of the council affecting the staff, instructions to officers, &c., and other particulars, list and pay of staff (printed separately under a distinct order.) Corrected up to 8th December, 1898. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service. The original may be consulted at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service.

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    19. —The weekly wages of the park foremen in second-class parks to be 35s. per week on appointment, rising Is. a week every year to 37s. 20. —The weekly wages of park foremen in third-class parks to be 30s. per week on appoint- ment, rising Is. per week every year to 35s. 21. —The weekly wages of park foremen in fourth-class parks to be 28s. per week on appoint- ment, rising Is. per week every year to 30s. Constabulary Staff at Parks, Gardens, and Open Spaces. Inspectors of Constables. 22. —Inspectors of constables at first-class parks, and such other places as the Council may decide, to be styled Inspectors. 23. —Inspectors of constables employed in first-class parks, and such other places as the Council may from time to time decide, are to be paid a weekly wage of 35s. on appointment, rising Is. per week every year to 40s., and to be provided with uniform clothing, consisting of one cap, one tunic, two pairs of trousers, three pairs of gloves, one pair of leggings, and two pairs of boots annually; one overcoat every two years, and capes, buttonsticks, brushes, and belts when required, of an estimated annual value per man of £5 1 Os. Senior Constables on Open Spaces. 24. —Senior common-keepers to be styled Senior Constables on Open Spaces. (This class is now practically obsolete.) The wages are 30s. a week, rising Is. a year to 34s. Sergeants. 25. —Sergeant park-keepers or common-keepers to be styled Sergeants. 26. —The payment of sergeants, wherever employed, to be 30s. a week for a week of 48 hours, from the 15th November to the 15th February, and for a week of 54 hours for the remainder of the year, and all overtime required to be paid at the rate of sevenpence per hour, and they are to be also provided with uniform clothing, consisting of a helmet, one tunic, two pairs of trousers, three pairs of gloves, one pair of leggings, and two pairs of boots annually ; one overcoat every two years, and capes, buttonsticks, brushes, and belts when required, of an estimated annual value per man of £6 10s. Summer uniform, consisting of a serge tunic, is also allowed in addition since 1897. Constables. 27. —Park and garden-keepers to be styled Park Constables, and common-keepers Constables on Open Spaces. 28. —The payment of all constables on day duty to be 27s. for a week of 48 hours from the 15th November to the 15th February, and a week of 54 hours for the remainder of the year, and all overtime required to be paid at the rate of sixpence per hour, and they are also to be provided with uniform clothing, consisting of a helmet, one tunic, two pairs of trousers, three pairs of gloves, one pair of leggings, and two pairs of boots annually ; one overcoat every two years, and capes, button- sticks, brushes, and belts when required, of an estimated annual value per man of £6 10s. Summer uniform, consisting of serge tunic, is also allowed in addition since 1897. Acting Sergeants. 29. —Whenever a constable is appointed to be Acting Sergeant he shall receive Is. a week allowance above his constable's pay. His hours for duty, &c., are precisely the same as other constables. Temporary Constables. 30. —The rate of pay and hours of labour and rates for overtime pay of temporary constables to be 6d. per hour. (7th December, 1897.) If a temporary constable serves 12 months (unbroken service) he has all the pay and privileges, except uniform, of a staff constable. Night Watchmen. 31. Night watchmen to be paid a weekly wage of 28s., and have the same allowance o uniform clothing as constables ; and day constables when employed temporarily on night duty may be paid at the rate of 28s. a week. Gardening and Labouring Staff. (See also Park Foremen in Regulations 17 to 21 inclusive. Propagators of Plants. 32. —Propagators of plants at first and second-class parks to be paid a weekly wage of 308., rising Is. per week every year to 35s., and at third and fourth-class parks 30s., and to attend to their greenhouses at such times as may be found necessary by their superintendent. (23rd June, 1891.) Assistant Propagators of Plants. 33. Assistant propagators of plants at all parks to be paid a weekly wage of 29s., and to attend at such times as may be found necessary by the superintendent. Gangers. 34. —The payment of all gangers to be 30s. a week for a Week of 48 hours from the 15th November to the 15th February, and a week of 54 hours for the remainder of the year, the hours to be so arranged per day as to admit of the men having a Saturday half-holiday in summer, and all over-