Report of the Royal Commission on the Poor Laws and Relief of Distress. : Appendix Volume XXXVI. Some industries employing women paupers. A supplement to the report (Appendix vol. XVII) by Miss Constance Williams and Mr. Thomas Jones on the effect of outdoor relief on wages and the conditions of employment.

  • Royal Commission on the Poor Laws and Relief of Distress 1905-09
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1910
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Credit: Report of the Royal Commission on the Poor Laws and Relief of Distress. : Appendix Volume XXXVI. Some industries employing women paupers. A supplement to the report (Appendix vol. XVII) by Miss Constance Williams and Mr. Thomas Jones on the effect of outdoor relief on wages and the conditions of employment. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Table No. 15.—Shirt and Collar Factory: Weekly Wages of Women and Girls. Patent Turners. Period. No. of Observations. Median. Lower Quartile. Upper Quartile. Lowest Wage. ■!.:> O Highest Wage. No. at High- est Wage. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. January to June - 25 16 6 15 8 18 4 14 9 1 25 3 1 July to December - 25 12 10 11 6 13 9 5 10 1 17 5 1 Note.—These girls help to prepare the work for creasers, e.g., they turn certain parts of the collar over zinc shapes with hot irons, which gives the collar a more perfect shape and enables the creaser to turn it into shape more easily. No deductions. Table No. 16.—Shirt and Collar Factory: Weekly Wages of Women and Girls. Collar Ironers. ations. 0) Lowest High- Period. No, of Observ Median Lower Quarti] Upper Quarti] Lowest Wage. No. at; Wage. Highes Wage. No. at est Wa s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. January to June - 53 13 6 12 7 15 10 6 10 1 21 8 1 July to December 30 14 0 11 2 15 8 9 6 2 18 0 1 Xote.—Many of these women are married and are allowed to commence work at 9.30 a.m., after seeing their children to school. Some of them stay at home on washing days, and take half-days off occasionally. The work is hard, but not nearly so fatiguing as it was before the ironing machines were introduced. The ironing machines take off all the hard pressing. Table No. 17.—Shirt and Collar Factory: Weekly Wages of Women and Girls. Shirt-Blouses. Period. No. of Observations. Median. Lower Quartile. Upper Quartile. Lowest Wage. No. at Lowest Wage. Highest Wage. No. at High- est Wage. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. January to June . 26 18 0 16 9 20 2 14 5 1 21 4 1 July to December 25 10 7 10 1 12 10 8 8 1 17 5 1 Slack week, Summer 26 15 6 13 6 16 9 10 9 1 21 4 1 Busy week, Spring 26 20 7 18 7 23 4 12 2 1 25 11 1 Note.—A slack season in the autumn, when the weekly earnings often fall to 5s. This 5s. may represent the earnings of only an hour or so per day throughout a week. The girls are always allowed to leave the factory immediately they have finished the work in hand.