1.30.—Washes hands and faces of five children, and sends them off to school.
1.45.—Nurses baby, and sits down till 2.30.
2.30.—Washes up and begins cleaning. Sweeps kitchen, scullery, and passage, scrubs them, cleans grate; three babies to mind all the time.
4.10.—Children all home again; gets their tea, nurses baby.
4.30.—Clears away, and begins to cook husband’s dinner.
5.0.—Husband wakes; gives him dinner; sits down while she cuts his food for him to take to work, keeping babies and children as quiet as she can.
6.0.—Nurses baby.
6.30.—He starts for work. She makes children’s beds, turns out his, airs his room, and makes his bed up for herself and three children to sleep in at night. All water used in bedrooms has to be carried upstairs, and when used, carried down.
7.30—Washes and puts to bed two babies.