TWOPENCE AN HOUR
What Coroner Kemp described as "an appalling state of things" was disclosed at an innuest at Brentford on Marv Miles, forty-six, who died suddenly at her work in the market garden where she was employed. Death was due to rupture of one of the blood vessels round the heart, caused by exposure to the cold.. It was explained by .a daughter that her mother worked fioni seven to five for 10s a- week, and in the summer from six to six for 12s a week. The Coroner: Whom did she work for? The Daughter: A justice of the peace and a member of the Middlesex Countv Council. The Coroner : What does that work out at per hour? A Juryman : Twopence per hour.
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Evening Star, Issue 14035, 16 April 1909, Page 7
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125TWOPENCE AN HOUR Evening Star, Issue 14035, 16 April 1909, Page 7
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