Wednesday 18 January 2012

Middlesbrough: Police Department

The Middlesbrough Borough Police is responsible for all policing throughout the borough.

Department
Post Gender Under-21 Number Annual Salary
Chief Constable M N 1 £810
Chief Inspector M N 1 £415
Detective Sergeant M N 4 £321-£398
Inspector M N 6 £311-£383
Sergeant M N 16 £274-£340
Detective Constable M N 7 £278-£294
Constable M N 130 £141-£287
Motor Driver M N 2 £123-£174
Part-Time Police Surgeon M N 1 £150
Constable M Y 1 £141
Matron F N 3 £104-£130
Clerk F N 2 £111-£126
Clerk M N 1 £117
Telephone Operator F N 3 £97-£110
Central Police Station Cleaner F N 1 £104

Police pay is set nationally. Note that detectives aren't actually paid higher salaries than uniformed officers of the same rank - they just tend to be more longer-serving and receive more allowances.

Tuesday 17 January 2012

Middlesbrough: Pumping Station Department

The final utility, responsible for the town's waterworks.

Pumping Station Department
Post Gender Under-21 Number Annual Salary
Pumping Station Engineer M N 1 £300
Pumping Station Attendant M N 5 £164-£167

Middlesbrough: Park Department

Park Department
Post Gender Under-21 Number Annual Salary
Parks Curator M N 1 £321
Foreman M N 1 £155
Horseman M N 3 £124-£136
Pallister Park Foreman M N 1 £132
Patrol Attendant M N 4 £120-£129
Gardener M N 15 £124
Garden Labourer M N 3 £115
Gateman M N 1 £76
Apprentice Gardener M Y 2 £42-£63

The Parks Curator is provided with a house.

Monday 16 January 2012

Middlesbrough: Health Department

As well as being responsible for general health matters in the town and port of Middlesbrough, the Health Department operates two isolation hospitals for infectious diseases on the edge of town (the Middlesbrough Fever Hospital, opened in 1872, and the Hemlington Hospital, opened in 1895), a tuberculosis sanatorium (Poole Sanatorium, opened in 1932), a tuberculosis dispensary and a VD clinic. There are also hospitals attached to the workhouse and the children's homes, which are run by the Public Assistance Committee, and a maternity home, which is run by the Maternity and Child Welfare Department.

The town's main general hospitals, however, are independent of the borough council: North Ormesby Hospital (established in 1861) and the North Riding Infirmary (established in 1864) are paid for by local people through voluntary health insurance contributions and the Carter Bequest Hospital (opened in 1926) is staffed by local general practitioners and is funded by a large bequest left by a wealthy local dignitary (although it also supplements its income by accepting private paying patients).

Altogether, Middlesbrough's hospitals can accommodate about 850 patients (including 250 patients in the isolation hospitals). The Middlesbrough Fever Hospital specialises in smallpox (although this has largely been eliminated in Britain by the 1920s and 1930s), typhoid and scarlet fever and also has an attached tuberculosis hospital.

There is a good article on the history of Middlesbrough's hospitals on The Northern Echo website.

Unless otherwise specified, all the nursing and domestic staff listed below are employed at the isolation hospitals.

Health Department
Post Gender Under-21 Number Annual Salary
Medical Officer of Health M N 1 £900
Tuberculosis Medical Officer M N 1 £725
Deputy Medical Officer of Health M N 1 £475
Vaccination Officer M N 1 £350
Senior Clerk & VD Clinic Assistant M N 1 £285
Tuberculosis Dispensary Nurse F N 3 £196-£200
Hospital Matron F N 1 £185
Sanatorium Gardener M N 3 £133-£164
Sanatorium Matron F N 1 £160
Hospital Boiler Attendant M N 1 £134
VD Clinic Attendant M N 1 £117
Sanatorium Overseer M N 1 £117
Ambulance Driver M N 1 £115
Clerk & VD Clinic Assistant M N 1 £110
Part-Time VD Clinic Medical Officer M N 2 £110
Chauffeur M N 1 £104
Sanatorium Farm Hand M N 1 £91
Home Sister F N 1 £90
Sanatorium Home Sister F N 1 £90
Tuberculosis Dispensary Clerk F N 1 £89
Night Sister F N 1 £80
Sanatorium Ward Sister F N 1 £80
Ward Sister F N 6 £75-£80
Sanatorium Handyman M N 1 £78
Junior Clerk M Y 1 £65
Hospital Cook F N 1 £60
Hospital Housekeeper F N 1 £60
Tuberculosis Dispensary Cleaner F N 1 £58
Head Hospital Laundress F N 1 £55
Hospital Clerk M N 1 £52
Hospital Porter M N 1 £52
Hospital Sewing Maid F N 1 £50
Sanatorium Cook F N 1 £50
Office Cleaner F N 1 £47
Staff Nurse F N 3 £45
Junior Tuberculosis Dispensary Clerk F Y 1 £41
Tuberculosis Hospital Cook F N 1 £40
Sanatorium Assistant Nurse F N 2 £40
Probationer Nurse F N 2 £30-£35
Probationer Nurse F Y 22 £25-£35
Red Cross Centre Cleaner F N 1 £32
Sanatorium Probationer Nurse F N 2 £30
Sanatorium Maid F N 2 £24-£30
Hospital Laundress F N 2 £25-£28
Hospital Maid F N 4 £22-£28
Sanatorium Probationer Nurse F Y 2 £25
Hospital Laundress F Y 2 £25
Hospital Maid F Y 21 £22-£25
Sanatorium Maid F Y 4 £24

The Deputy Medical Officer of Health is provided with free board and lodging (so presumably runs the hospitals directly).

Wages of hospital staff are set at national level.

Wednesday 11 January 2012

Middlesbrough: Asylum Committee

A subject close to any CoC player's heart, the Asylum Committee is responsible for running the Middlesbrough Borough Mental Hospital (formerly Middlesbrough Borough Asylum), a typical Victorian pile dating from the 1890s. The committee's clerk is the Town Clerk.

Asylum Committee
Post Gender Under-21 Number Annual Salary
Medical Superintendent M N 1 £950
Deputy Medical Superintendent M N 1 £525
Clerk & Steward M N 1 £358
Farm Bailiff M N 1 £328
Deputy Clerk & Steward & Organist M N 1 £281
Storekeeper & Bandmaster M N 1 £279
Head Male Nurse M N 1 £275
Resident Engineer M N 1 £260
Matron F N 1 £250
Assistant Clerk M N 1 £233
Head Gardener M N 1 £208
Foreman Painter M N 1 £201
Deputy Matron F N 1 £200
Tailor M N 1 £193
Foreman Bricklayer M N 1 £192
Baker & Stores Porter M N 1 £188
Shoemaker M N 1 £182
Foreman Joiner M N 1 £177
Stoker M N 2 £173
Painter M N 1 £167
Plumber M N 1 £167
Joiner M N 1 £167
Assistant Engineer M N 1 £156
Farm Hand M N 4 £117-£156
Second Gardener M N 1 £141
Male Charge Nurse & Hall Porter M N 2 £130-£136
Deputy Head Male Nurse M N 1 £135
Third Gardener M N 1 £133
Male Charge Nurse M N 7 £98-£133
Deputy Male Charge Nurse M N 8 £110-£128
General Labourer M N 1 £123
Night Male Charge Nurse M N 4 £79-£121
Part-Time Church of England Chaplain M N 1 £120
Male Nurse M N 20 £46-£118
Roadman M N 1 £115
Messman & Messenger M N 1 £104
Charge Nurse F N 5 £85-£87
Night Charge Nurse F N 3 £64-£85
Cook F N 1 £82
Seamstress F N 1 £81
Deputy Charge Nurse F N 6 £65-£71
Housemaid F N 1 £65
Head Laundress F N 1 £61
Nurse F N 8 £33-£60
Deputy Laundress F N 1 £59
Part-Time Roman Catholic Chaplain M N 1 £54
Part-Time Non-Conformist Chaplain M N 1 £54
Deputy Cook F N 1 £53
Messmaid F N 1 £44
Nurse F Y 8 £32-£44
Kitchen Maid F N 1 £38
Kitchen Maid F Y 2 £32-£38
Laundry Maid F N 1 £37
Laundry Maid F Y 1 £33

All nurses (except the head male nurse) and female domestics are provided with free board and lodging (which is why their salaries seem rather lower than expected). The medical superintendent, clerk & steward, resident engineer and farm bailiff (who is also caretaker of the Middlesbrough Fever Hospital) are provided with houses and the deputy medical superintendent with lodgings.

Wages of mental hospital nurses and domestic staff are set at national level, so these salary levels are standard throughout the country (although varying according to the size and location of the hospital).

Tuesday 10 January 2012

Middlesbrough: Gas Works Department

The second of the utilities. As well as operating the gas works, the department also lays piping, reads meters, collects payment, rents and repairs gas appliances and operates the town's gas streetlighting.

Gas Works Department
Post Gender Under-21 Number Annual Salary
Gas Manager & Superintendent of Public Lighting M N 1 £850
Assistant Gas Manager M N 1 £375
General Foreman M N 1 £286
Chief Clerk M N 1 £270
Draughtsman M N 2 £270
Government Gas Meter Inspector M N 1 £260
Outside Foreman M N 1 £234
Weighs Clerk & Storekeeper M N 1 £210
Showroom Attendant M N 1 £210
Engineman M N 3 £199
Boilerman M N 3 £199
Chief Meter Inspector M N 1 £192
Joiner M N 2 £179-£184
Laboratory Assistant M N 1 £180
Bricklayer M N 1 £179
Painter M N 1 £179
Assistant Outside Foreman M N 1 £172
Governor Attendant M N 5 £167
Timekeeper M N 1 £164
Yard Foreman M N 1 £163
Meter Repairer M N 7 £128-£163
Gas Fitter M N 12 £149-£160
Fitter M N 2 £158
Blacksmith M N 1 £158
Clerk M N 7 £110-£156
Foreman Lamplighter M N 1 £155
Pavior M N 1 £153
Pipe Fitter M N 2 £151
Main & Service Layer M N 1 £151
Storekeeper M N 1 £150
Motor Driver M N 3 £150
Cooker Repairer M N 6 £128-£145
Meter Inspector M N 14 £143
Boiler Cleaner M N 1 £140
Handyman M N 2 £138-£140
Syphon Attendant M N 2 £138
Watchman M N 3 £138
Horse Driver M N 1 £135
Blacksmith's Striker M N 1 £133
Lamplighter M N 18 £130
Trencher M N 12 £128
Labourer M N 19 £128
Labourer & Spare Motor Driver M N 1 £128
Pavior's Labourer M N 1 £124
Junior Laboratory Assistant M N 1 £110
Gas Fitter's Assistant M N 4 £68-£103
Junior Clerk M N 1 £100
Junior Clerk M Y 5 £36-£76
Office Cleaner F N 1 £65
Showroom Cleaner F N 1 £52
Gas Fitter's Assistant M Y 8 £23-£51

Monday 9 January 2012

Middlesbrough: Fire Brigade Department

Middlesbrough Borough Fire Brigade - self-explanatory really!

Fire Brigade Department
Post Gender Under-21 Number Annual Salary
Chief Officer M N 1 £340
Station Officer M N 1 £266
Sub-Officer M N 1 £266
Fireman M N 9 £143-£208

The Chief Officer is also provided with a house free of charge.

Friday 6 January 2012

Middlesbrough: Electricity Department

The first of the utilities now, responsible for running the town's power station and also laying cables, installing and reading meters and collecting payment.

Electricity Department
Post Gender Under-21 Number Annual Salary
Electrical Engineer M N 1 £800
Mains Superintendent M N 1 £424
Mechanical Superintendent M N 1 £342
Electrical Superintendent M N 1 £342
Meters Superintendent M N 1 £342
Mains Foreman M N 1 £342
Shift Engineer M N 4 £233
Installation Inspector M N 1 £190
Plumber Jointer M N 5 £190
Meter Foreman M N 1 £186
Meter Repairer M N 2 £174-£186
Fitter Driver M N 1 £185
Mechanical Fitter M N 1 £173
Meter Inspector & Tester M N 21 £167-£173
Chief Clerk M N 1 £170
Cable Ganger M N 1 £168
Painter M N 1 £167
Driver M N 1 £164
Fireman M N 1 £159
Lorry Driver M N 1 £152
Meter Fixer M N 8 £146-£150
Clerk M N 6 £140-£150
Greaser M N 1 £147
Jointer's Assistant M N 5 £145
Meter Reader M N 7 £141
Labourer M N 54 £134
Watchman M N 2 £77-£97
Office Cleaner M N 2 £77
Junior Clerk M Y 3 £45-£75
Apprentice M Y 9 £32-£54

Thursday 5 January 2012

Middlesbrough: Education Department

The biggest department of the Middlesbrough Corporation. Middlesbrough had a technical college (Constantine Technical College), a junior technical school, three secondary grammar schools (Middlesbrough High School for Boys and Middlesbrough High School for Girls, which were next to each other, and Kirby School for Girls), a defective or special school (i.e. a school for mentally handicapped children) and several dozen elementary schools. Acklam Hall, an historic mansion, had recently been acquired by the corporation and would open as a second boys' grammar school in 1935.

Education Department
Post Gender Under-21 Number Annual Salary
Director of Education M N 1 £950
Technical College Principal M N 1 £900
Girls' High School Headmistress F N 1 £684
Boy's High School Headmaster M N 1 £675
Kirby School Headmistress F N 1 £630
Technical College Teacher M N 9 £211-£540
School Medical Officer M N 1 £533
School Medical Officer F N 1 £533
Boys' High School Second Master M N 1 £519
Senior Physics Master M N 1 £519
Junior Technical School Head M N 1 £513
Assistant Director of Education M N 1 £500
Architect M N 1 £500
Elementary School Headmaster M N 20 £395-£492
School Dentist M N 1 £485
Secondary School Assistant Master M N 27 £211-£476
Junior Technical School Teacher M N 6 £245-£422
Elementary School Headmistress F N 45 £252-£395
Girls' High School Second Mistress F N 1 £380
Elementary School Assistant Master M N 150 £108-£380
Technical College Art Teacher M N 1 £379
Secondary School Assistant Mistress F N 30 £194-£364
Chief Clerk M N 1 £350
Junior Technical School Handicraft Instructor M N 1 £346
Junior Technical School Manual Instructor M N 1 £346
Defective School Headmistress F N 1 £314
Evening Class Teacher M N 1 £314
Elementary School Assistant Mistress F N 468 £90-£304
Chief Finance Clerk M N 1 £295
Secondary School Gym Master M N 1 £294
Secondary School Art Master M N 1 £292
Deaf Class Headmistress F N 1 £287
Junior Instruction Centre Instructor M N 2 £180-£279
Secondary School Art Mistress F N 1 £276
Secondary School Music Mistress F N 3 £180-£276
Clerk M N 9 £100-£270
Defective School Assistant Mistress F N 6 £157-£260
Juvenile Bureau Clerk M N 2 £130-£252
Technical College Instructor M N 3 £225
Technical College Clerk M N 1 £210
Technical College Laboratory Assistant M N 3 £182-£208
Kirby School Caretaker M N 1 £206
Technical College Caretaker M N 1 £199
School Nurse F N 6 £189-£199
Street Trading Officer M N 1 £194
Juvenile Employment Officer M N 2 £186-£194
School Attendance Officer M N 4 £140-£186
Draughtsman M N 1 £180
Bricklayer M N 1 £180
Joiner M N 2 £171-£175
Painter M N 2 £175
Typist F N 1 £170
Juvenile Bureau Clerk F N 2 £110-£170
Temporary Junior Instruction Centre Instructor M N 4 £164
Deaf Class Assistant Mistress F N 1 £162
Elementary School Caretaker M N 31 £75-£160
Secondary School Laboratory Assistant M N 1 £156
High Schools Caretaker M N 1 £156
Finance Clerk M N 3 £130-£150
Special School Caretaker M N 1 £149
Secondary School Gym Mistress F N 1 £147
Technical College Porter M N 1 £147
Labourer M N 2 £121-£141
Education Offices Caretaker & Gardener M N 1 £130
Driver M N 1 £130
Playing Fields Groundsman M N 2 £121
Technical College Groundsman M N 1 £121
Part-Time Secondary School Cookery Teacher F N 1 £120
Medical Clerk F N 2 £110-£120
Boys' High School Clerk F N 1 £110
Garden Labourer M N 1 £95
Kirby School Labourer M N 1 £95
Dental Attendant F N 1 £89
Clerk F N 1 £89
Elementary School Caretaker F N 1 £75
School Clinic Caretaker M N 1 £67
Acklam Hall Caretaker M N 1 £65
Junior Clerk M Y 4 £45-£65
Technical College Junior Clerk M Y 1 £55
Junior Clerk F Y 1 £54
Technical College Typist F Y 1 £48
Technical College Laboratory Assistant M Y 3 £45
Technical College Charwoman F N 8 £32
High Schools Charwoman F N 6 £32
Kirby School Charwoman F N 6 £32
Elementary School Charwoman F N 68 £32
Education Offices Charwoman F N 1 £32
Part-Time Special School Charwoman & Meal Server F N 3 £30
Part-Time Elementary School Charwoman F N 21 £13
Part-Time Education Offices Charwoman F N 1 £13

Teachers were paid according to a national formula which took into consideration length of service, gender, area of the country, level and size of school, responsibility and qualifications. School caretakers are provided with houses free of charge.

Wednesday 4 January 2012

Middlesbrough: Cemeteries Department

The establishment of another department of Middlesbrough Corporation in 1933/4 today.

Cemeteries Department
Post Gender Under-21 Number Annual Salary
Cemeteries Superintendent M N 1 £278
Cemeteries Policeman M N 1 £143
Deputy Cemeteries Superintendent M N 1 £132
Cemetery Caretaker M N 3 £124-£132
General Worker M N 17 £124-£132
Clerical Assistant M N 1 £91

The superintendent is also provided with a house free of charge.

Tuesday 3 January 2012

Middlesbrough: Baths Department

I have recently discovered a complete list of employees of Middlesbrough Corporation in 1933/34. Middlesbrough is a largish town in Northern England (with a population of about 100,000 at the time). It was a county borough - a town which entirely governed itself and did not answer to a county council, and was therefore similar to an incorporated city in the United States. Middlesbrough's main industry was steel production, although it had a very high unemployment rate.

I shall post tables of staff and salaries by department. This gives a good idea of what wages were like in Britain in the early 1930s and 1920s (there wasn't a great deal of difference throughout the period and wages of many occupations were set nationally) and also what the establishment was like for a town like Middlesbrough.

In most cases, of course, women were paid less than men and under-21s (the age of majority) were paid less than over-21s.

Baths Department
Post Gender Under-21 Number Annual Salary
Baths Superintendent M N 1 £350
Engineer M N 1 £164
Turkish Bath Attendant M N 2 £125-£164
Stoker M N 2 £125
Swimming Bath Attendant M N 2 £125
Branch Baths Superintendent M N 2 £117-£124
Clerk F N 2 £58-£78
Laundry Assistant F N 1 £65
Swimming Bath Attendant M Y 1 £65
Slipper Baths Attendant M Y 2 £24-£52
Female Assistant F N 1 £47
Laundry Assistant M Y 1 £47
Female Assistant F Y 2 £32-£39
Branch Baths Assistant M Y 2 £26-£37
Turkish Bath Boy M Y 2 £24-£26

The baths superintendent and branch baths superintendents actually run their institutions jointly with their wives and the salaries are also joint. The branch superintendents are provided with a house free of charge.