Statistik der Evangelischen Liebestätigkeit (Halboffene und Offene Fürsorge) und Jugendarbeit

Cost of living in German towns

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Identifikator:: 1785255827

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-188456

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: Statistik der Evangelischen Liebestätigkeit (Halboffene und Offene Fürsorge) und Jugendarbeit

Place of publication:: Berlin-Dahlem

Publisher:: Wichern-Verl.

Year of publication:: 1928

Scope:: XIII, 689 S.

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Abschnitt I. Fürsorge- und Jugendarbeit in den Provinzen und Ländern. Geordnet nach den Evangelischen Kreis-Wohlfahrtsdiensten

Collection:: Economics Books

KÖNIGSBERG. 275 municipalities, that of Königsberg owns little or no land. There are, it is true, some small and well laid out public parks, but these are not readily accessible from the chief working class quarters, except at the cost of the return fare (2d.) on the Municipal electric tramway. The one really note-worthy intra mural open space is an ornamental lake about three-quarters of a mile in length, and varying from 50 to 150 yards in width, which runs north-east and south-west, and practically bisects the northern half of the town. But only a small proportion of the borders of this lake is open to the public, the greater part being occupied by the gardens belonging to hospitals, schools, clubs, and the offices of the military staff. Quick and cheap communication between all parts of the town and with a number of outlying pleasure resorts is maintained by the electric tramways, of which all but a single line are owned by the Municipality. Throughout the summer, pleasure steamers ply daily up and down the Pregel. The Town contributes £G00 per annum to the company which owns the theatre, on condition that any dividend in excess of 4 per cent, shall accrue to the municipality, which may use the money for the gradual acquisition of all the shares. The following Table shows the increase in the population of Königsberg since 1871 :— Year. Population. Increase. Increase per cent. 1871 1875 1880 1885 1890 1895 1900 1905 112,152 122,636 140,909 151,151 161,666 172,796 189,483 223,770 10,484 18,273 10,242 10,515 11,130 16,687 34,287 9-4 14-9 7-3 7-0 6-9 9-7 18-1 It will be seen that the population has increased fairly rapidly, considering the restriction of available building space, having doubled itself since 1871. In this increase the arrival of new settlers has, it would appear, been a stronger factor than the natural growth of the population ; for, during the period 1888-1905, the mean annual excess of immigrants over emigrants per 1,000 of the population was 7*7, while the rate of excess of births over deaths was only 6T per 1,000. The following table shows the birth, death, and infantile mortality rates at Königsberg for the years 1901-05 :— Year. Birth-rate per 1,000 of Population. Death-rate per 1,000 of Population. Infant Mortality Rate per 1 000 Births. 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 31-2 306 29-0 29-8 28-8 23-4 22 5 22 7 22-1 231 246 171 233 198 247 Formerly, the town was noted among the larger German cities for its low birth-rate, and the fact that it is no longer prominent in this respect is due to the birth-rate having since declined more rapidly in the other large towns than in Königsberg. Among every 100 children born in 1905, some 15 were illegiti mate. a proportion that compares favourably with that of other German university towns, g.y., Munich, .Dresden, Leipzig, Breslau, Halle, and Strassourg, where the illegitimate births represented 2i 2, 18 6, lo 8, 18 3, lb 1, and 18'b per cent, respectively of all births in 1905. Few German cities have so high a death - rate as Königsberg, although the figure has greatly declined in recent years, more especially since the substitution, in the year 1900, of modern drainage for the old cesspool system. The mean of the rates for the five years 1901-05 was 22’8, a proportion exceeded by only 2 M 2 29038

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