Die Schweiz

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Identifikator:: 881870463

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-3654

Document type:: Monograph

Author:: Meltzing, Otto

Title:: Staatspapierkurs und Versicherungsgesellschaften

Place of publication:: Berlin

Publisher:: Ernst Siegfried Mittler und Sohn, Königliche Hofbuchhandlung

Year of publication:: 1913

Scope:: 1 Online-Ressource (VIII, 114 Seiten)

Digitisation:: 2017

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Kap. IV. Staatliche Maßnahmen zur Hebung der Staatspapierkurse

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4 BERLIN. has been carried out, the heavy traffic will be still more efficiently handled. The latest additions to the means of locomotion are overhead and underground lines intersecting the city in various directions. Nevertheless, the motor bus and horse bus still play an important part in the transport arrangements of Berlin. Home and work often lie far apart, however, and even with excellent tram wry communication the journey to and fro takes a large slice out of the day’s leisure. One of the main causes of the agitation for a shorter workday is the loss of time caused in this way. A special source of interest to Berlin workmen in the summer time are the garden allotments which have been provided in increasing numbers during recent years. On the outskirts of the city and between suburb and suburb it is usual to let the land still unbuilt on in this way. Each area is known as an Arbour Colony ( Laubenkolonie) from the fact that the first thing the allotment holder does is.to build himself a summer-house, and as a rule the Colonies bear distinctive names. Very little public drunkenness is seen in Berlin. There is much drinking, and the licensing facilities are exceptionally numerous, but on the other hand beer is the principal beverage drunk and it is light. At the same time a fondness for a spirit known as " Schnaps ” is said to be spreading amongst the lower grades of the working classes, and it is noteworthy that most factory regulations strictly prohibit the drinking of " Schnaps ” during work hours, a practice at one time very common. The " on ” licences for the sale of intoxicating liquors numbered 12,368 in 1905, equal to one for every 165 inhabitants. The following table shows the birth and death-rates and the infant mortality rate for a period of five years :— Year. I 1901 ! 1902 1903 1901 ¡1905 Birth-rate per-1,000 of mean Population. 26-7 26-0 24 9 24-9 24 6 Death-rate per 1.000 of mean Population. 181 16-2 16-6 17-0 171 Infant Mortality per 1,000 Births. 224 181 198 203 206 I he birth-rate of 1905. was the lowest yet recorded : in 1895 it was 28'4 per 1,000 : in 1890, 31 8 per 1,000 ; and the highest rate was 45’4 per 1,000 in 1876. It is interesting to compare the rate of births in working-class with those in residential districts (stillborn infants, the number of which is about 1 per 1,000 of the population, are here included) :— District. Birth-rate per 1,000 of Population. 1905. Residential. Registrar's district II. Registrar’s district III. Working Glass. Registrars district VIl.b ... Registrar’s district XIII. ... Registrar’s district X.& and c Registrars district VIII. ... 1211 1527 29-70 3200 3160 28 67 1904. 12-97 1518 3043 32 58 35 96 29-29 1903. 12-65 15-41 31-49 3210 3603 29 30 1902. 12-20 1568 3250 34-62 34-87 3157

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