First report of the commissioners appointed to inquire whether any and what special means may be requisite for the improvement of the health of the metropolis : with minutes of evidence.

Great Britain. Metropolitan Sanitary Commission

Date:: 1848

Credit: First report of the commissioners appointed to inquire whether any and what special means may be requisite for the improvement of the health of the metropolis : with minutes of evidence. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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$Comparative Rates of Remuneration. Retukn of AssrsTANTS who left the Ordnance Map Offior for Railway Employment, in fhe Autum of 1845. Tlules of Daily I'ay oil Uio Ordniiucu Survey, when lliey ri'siyneii, and tlieii Quulitii.Mtinns, &c. s. d. 2 11 3 3 2 8 2 11 5 0 3 0 6 0 4 9 5 9 3 0 2 8 2 8 2 8 1 4 4 3 3 4 3 6 2 10 3 6 4 3 A good computer, intelligent and useful, but was not employed as a surveyor or dval'tsman on the Survey. Ditto Ditto A smart useful lad at compulations, but wholly unacquainted with tlie other duties of the Survey. A good computer, employed also con- structing diagrams of triangulation and plotting plans. Very intelligent and generally useful. A good writer and computer, but unac- customed to survey or draw plans. Employed surveying, drawing, and ex- amining plans on the ground; also making diagrams of triangulation. A good writer and careful computer, and experienced at the various field and office duties of the Survey. A good draftsman. Employed also for some time in the field. Very intelli gent and useful. A good computer. Very intelligent and useful, and capable of drawing plans. A neat writer, careful and allenlive. Principally employed constructing diagrams of triangulation. Ditto Ditto ■ A neat penman, principally em])loyed tracing and computing. A smart lad, but i)rincipally employed at computations, and knew nothing practically of surveying or drawihg. A good mathematician, but had not been employed either as a surveyor, leveller, or draftsman on the Survey. A good computer, highly intelligent and useful, but not employed surveying or drawing. Ditto A fair computer, good writer, and tole- rably intelligent, but practically nn- aciiuaiuted with surveying and plan drawing. A quick computer, active and intelli- gent, but unacquainted practically with surveying and drawing. A careful computer, and pains-taking useful man, butvvliolly unacquainted with the general duties of the Survey. Rates of Remuneration and Gmpluynient on Railway Surveys. 21s. per diem, and ex- penses, and an ad- ditional allowance of 21,(. per mile for each mite surveyed. Ditto Ditto • . . . . Ditto m. lOi 5/. 5s Ditto \l. lis. 6(i. per diem, and expenses. 1/. Is. per diem for 12 months. 10s. per diem . . 21s. per diem . Ditto il. per week, and ex- penses. lOs. per diem . Ditto Ditto il. per week in field, with expenses, and 1/. 10s. when in office (Agreed for li. Is. per diem for 12 months; But subsequently 1 made another ar-1 rangement for J 4/. 4s. per week, and expenses for 12 months. U. lis. 6d per diem . %l. 2s.per diem 1/. 1.1. per diem, and expenses. 1/. Is. per diem, and expenses. Employed two months surveying and plot- ling plans and sec- tions. Employed two months surveying and plot- ting plans. Ditto Ditto per mile for surveys] and plans, per mile for levels I and sections. Employed only two I mouihs. Ditto. Surveying, levelling, &c. Ditto. for office duties, and for field duties for 12 months. Ditto. Oflfice duties. In a lithography office. Ditto. Ditto. Employed for five months, principally at tracing,and other office duties. .is a surveyor, &c. levels and sections, at 5/. 5j. per mile. Surveving, &c. Ditto for two months. Ditto Miscellaneous field office duties, for two months. Surveying and chain- ing with levellers, for two months. Rem arks. Rejoined at 2s, pi diem. Rejoined at2s.p ilit-ni. .applied lately f re - employ[iie on the Survey Rejoined at St. 6 per diem. Applied lately I re - eniployme ou the Survev Bejoined ,il Is. diem. Rejoined al4s.] diem. Rejoined at 2s. per iliem, asain resigne Rejoined at 2s. diem. Application for employment the Survey fused. Rejoined at 3t. diem. 1. In ndiliiion lo the above, one civil nfisistnnt, who is tttill oinployed. and wIiobc pay nmoiintK to 4f. tSs. a trcck, received nn olfcr or ntU employmcnl nt .iO/. v-ir week. Subsequently he could have obtuinrd from ten lo twenty guincns per dicin, near the close of tbeI allowed to deposit plana. 2. One non-contmisninnca ofllccr of SiipiferB, utill serving, received an otTcr of 5/. 5s. per diuni, and from unollicr engineer iin otrer of 8 per annum for two years. *J. Another iion-cnininissioned oHlcer, who purchased his diticharge, nud whose pay amounted to 3j. 9d. per diem, received cmploj-niet S/. ys. per diem, cxctusivc of his expenses. 4. Another, nmlcr similar cirnumstances, obtained employment at 5/. .iJ. a-weett for 12 months ; and, 5. A private, who purchased his discharge, and whose inHlrumcnts were supplied to liim, agreed for levels at llie rate of 3/. 3i. n mile. Allogeliier, 25 mllilnrv men obtained their discharges, and 271 civil assistnnU left the Survey to accept of railway employnienl in 184J, beginning of ISM.$