Grundriss zum Studium der politischen Oekonomie: Nationalökonomie

Cost of living in German towns

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Author:: Conrad, Johannes http://d-nb.info/gnd/118521853

Title:: Grundriss zum Studium der politischen Oekonomie

Place of publication:: Jena

Publisher:: Fischer

Year of publication:: 1896-

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Identifikator:: 1886436398

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-235143

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Author:: Conrad, Johannes http://d-nb.info/gnd/118521853

Title:: Nationalökonomie

Volume count:: Teil 1

Place of publication:: Jena

Publisher:: Fischer

Year of publication:: 1902

Scope:: XVI, 389 S.

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Title:: Abschnitt III. Die Geschichte der Nationalökonomie

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44 AACHEN. Taking wages at Berlin as 100, wages at Aachen are represented in the building trades by 79 for skilled men and by 70 for labourers ; in the engineer ing trades by 96 for skilled men and 87 for labourers ; and in the printing trades by 88. A considerable amount of miscellaneous work of an industrial kind is done in the homes of the poorer classes at Aachen. Spooling finds light employment for many men and women. Cigar making, from tobacco leaf supplied by the employers, employs a large number of women, though often amid conditions which would be all the better for systematic regulation, for the work is done in rooms which serve both for living and sleeping. The folding and gumming of needle cases is another home employment. Children of school age may also be seen in many tenements busily engaged in threading hooks and eyes upon cards, in sorting needles, and in hammering off the glass heads of fancy pins which have been spoiled in course of manufacture. The mother, who superintends the operations of the little workers seated on the floor or around a table by the window, will tell you that work is conscientiously restricted to three hours a day, but the assurance is given apologetically rather than convincingly. The ■earnings of these children are insignificant ; the sewing of three cards of 48 pieces each (24 pairs of hooks and eyes) is remunerated at the rate of half a farthing. Housing and Bents. The most striking fact which an investigation of the housing conditions of Aachen brings to light is that, while the rents of dwellings are relatively low, nearly half the households of the town live in tenements of one or two rooms. The census of December, 1905, showed that there were 82,143 dwellings in Aachen, and that of these 4,395, or 13 7 per cent., were dwellings of one room ; 10,301, or 32'0 per cent., were dwellings of two room» ; 7,045, or 21*9 per cent., of three rooms ; 3,681, or 115 per cent., of four rooms ; 2,215, or 6*9 per cent., of five rooms ; 1,437, or 4 5 per cent., of six rooms ; and 3,069, or 9'5 per cent., of more than six rooms. Assuming three rooms to indicate a standard of accommodation consonant with due requirements of health and morality, it will be seen that only 54 3 per cent, of the dwellings reach that standard. " The detailed analysis is as follows District. Number of Dwellings of One room. Two rooms. Three rooms. Four rooms. Five rooms. Six rooms. Over six rooms. Total Number of Dwellings. la 16 1 c 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Totals . 591 1,233 1,215 38 661 48 411 67 86 45 4,395 1,045 2.G50 1,758 140 2.427 224 1,349 208 319 181 82(X 1,374 1,049 171 1,550 295 993 234 360 199 10,301 I 7,045 481 655 469 123 709 225 397 195 275 152 3,681 261 383 255 125 342 254 192 145 176 82 192 233 209 106 164 154 89 91 140 59 434 351 280 380 232 511 172 413 176 90 3,824 6,879 5,235 1,083 6,085 1,741 3,603 1,353 1,532 808 2,215 1,437 3,069 32,143 Confining attention to working-class districts only—or those at least, in which working-class families predominate—the conclusions are still more striking There are four such districts (16, l c , 3, and Õ in the official regster), and their aggregate dwellings at the last census numbered 21,802. Of these dwellings only 46 per cent, were of three or more rooms, nearly 08 per cent, were of two rooms, and 10 per cent, were of one room. A classification of 784 purely working-class dwellings, made for the purpose 3TX; ii'7 ÂÍ* ë nu £ ta3

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