Cost of living in German towns

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Identifikator:: 866449027

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-93831

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: Cost of living in German towns

Place of publication:: London

Publisher:: Stat. Off.

Year of publication:: 1908

Scope:: 1 Online-Ressource (LXI, 548 Seiten)

Collection:: Economics Books

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38 BERLIN. Meat of an inferior quality which is yet not so bad that the inspectors have to condemn it as unfit for human food is passed on to the “ Freibank” shops for sale under close veterinary supervision. There are four such shops, located in working-class districts, and there is always an excess of demand over supply. A crowd of women as a rule gathers at the doors long before the opening hour, and the stock of meat is soon sold. If the inspectors think necessary they can order the defective meat to be boiled before exposure for sale. The prices of all “ Freibank ” meat are fixed jointly by the authorities and representatives of the dealers concerned, and the proceeds are paid over to the latter less a deduction to cover expenses. Not more than three kilograms or about 6J> lb. may be sold to one person, and dealers and restaurant keepers may not be purchasers. During the year 1904/5 29,308 cwts. of meat passed through the “Freibank” shops, this being equal to a consumption of 1‘8 4 lb. per head of the population. The average price realized was about 3\d. per lb. There is a considerable consumption of horseflesh in Berlin. The animals are required to be killed at a special abattoir distinct from the municipal abattoir, and under the management of the police authority. The number of carcases used for food has increased as follows during the past ten years :— Year. 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 Number of animals slaughtered. 7,382 8,513 9,753 9,483 10,185 Year. 1901 1902 1903 1904 J 905 Number of animals slaughtered. 11,693 12,616 11,218 11,192* 13,752t * Including 416 slaughtered at Rixdorf. t Including 862 slaughtered at Rixdorf. In general it may be said that the consumption is only limited by the supply, which is no longer so elastic as formerly. Horseflesh may not be sold in shops together with other kinds of meat. The usual price in 1907 was 5^d. per lb. for fillet, 4^d. for parts for ordinary joints, and 3|d. for minced meat. Several kinds of horse sausage are made, and have a good sale. The best fresh sausage and salami sausage cost 8§d. per lb., inferior fresh sort 5^d. } and hard keeping sausage 4^d. Pickled horseflesh costs 5^d. per lb., and in several horse meat shops rissoles and warm sausages are sold at a little over a halfpenny each at certain hours of the day.

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