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Old and New London
… any moment the deluge might come; and the men worked, like labourers in a dangerous coal mine, in constant terror from … especially in summer, that sometimes the most stalwart labourers were carried out insensible, and all the workmen …
The History and Proceedings of the House of Commons
The History and Proceedings of the House of Commons
The History and Proceedings of the House of Commons
Old and New London
… Out of this number there are always 400 to 500 permanent labourers, receiving on an average 16s. 6d. per week, with … these, there are many hundredfrom 1,000 to 2,500casual labourers, who are engaged at the rate of 2s. 6d. per day in … of the day, at the rate of 4d. an hour. For the permanent labourers a recommendation is required, but for the casual …