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.