Tarif für die Schiffahrtabgaben auf dem kanalisierten Main von Aschaffenburg (alter Handelshafen) bis zur Mündung vom 20. September 1928, nebst Güterklassenverzeichnis und Ausführungsbestimmungen

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Identifikator:: 177578567X

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Title:: Tarif für die Schiffahrtabgaben auf dem kanalisierten Main von Aschaffenburg (alter Handelshafen) bis zur Mündung vom 20. September 1928, nebst Güterklassenverzeichnis und Ausführungsbestimmungen

Place of publication:: Duisburg

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Year of publication:: 1928

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BERLIN. % It appears from these figures that while the birth-rate is much larger in the working-class districts, it has also fallen there, during the four years, to a greater extent than in the residential districts. I he marriage-rate for the whole city in 1905 was 22’16 per 1,000 of the population, which was a higher rate than for the preceding four years and above the average of the preceding 12 years. The death-rate in 1905 was 17*1 per 1,000 against 17*0 in 1904. There has been a steady decline in the death-rate for many years ; in 1895 it stood at 20*24 per 1,000, and in 1885 at 24*40. As part of a systematic crusade against the needless sacrifice of infant life, the municipal authorities maintain a series of seven dispensaries established in working-class districts, at which advice is given to mothers as to the right nursing and feeding of their children, and, if necessary, pure sterilised milk is supplied either gratis or at a reduced charge. The dispensaries are conducted independently of the Poor Law, so that pauperisation and civil disqualifications may not be involved by the acceptance of assistance. Other dispensaries serving the same end have been established by philan thropic societies, which, indeed, led the way in the matter, and very encouraging results have been achieved, though the institutions in operation are held to be quite disproportionate to the great existing need. The town of Charlottenburg has four similar agencies. There the rate of infant mortality was 156 per 1,000 births in 1905, against rates of 171 in 1904 and 226 in 1895. In 1905 the mortality from tuberculosis in Berlin was 2*56 per 1,000 of the population, viz., 3*0 in the case of males and 2*1 in the case of females. The death-rate from pulmonary consumption was 2*1 per 1,000 (males 2*5 and females 1*7). A good work is being done by the various dispensaries which have been established in Berlin, Charlottenburg, and Schöneberg in the interest of consumptives. Among the undertakings carried on by the town are waterworks, gas works (though the English company which introduced the gas supply still serves an exclusive area), a cattle market and abattoir, a series of 14 market halls, a river dock, a fire insurance society, baths and swimming establishments on the river and elsewhere, a savings bank, libraries and reading rooms, and gymnastic halls. The electrical power and light works and the tramways are still in the hands of private companies, but the Municipal Council is now constructing several tramway lines, and it intends to extend this department of public enterprise as opportunity offers. Meantime it derives a large revenue from both the tramway and electrical companies, and in its contracts with the former, as well as with the elevated and underground railway companies, it provides for the properties being acquired by the town at a future date. The municipality maintains many institutions, which do not come under the Poor Law, for the special benefit of the working classes and the poor. There are six Convalescent Homes, situated in the country, admission to which is, as a rule, by payment ; there are public rate-supported hospitals and asylums for the afflicted of all kinds (chief amongst them the new Rudolph Virchow Hospital) ; there are refuges for the homeless of both sexes ; and the town also subsidises labour colonies, labour registries, people’s kitchens, and a large number of miscellaneous philanthropic agencies. In addition, 26 paid School Doctors watch the health of the children attending the elementary schools. The work of Poor Law Administration is carried out, under the direction of permanent officials, by 4,380 voluntary almoners, who are divided into 382 committees. The entire cost to Berlin of poor relief, both indoor and outdoor, was in 1905 nearly a million pounds. Occupations, Wages, and Hours oe Labour. In the course of the past 20 or 30 years Berlin has developed a large and many-sided industry. The census of December, 1900, enumerated 410,314 persons resident in the city who were engaged in trades and industries as wage-

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