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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134 BRUNSWICK. were induced to purchase their tenements, but since 1903 this practice has been abandoned. The society has undoubtedly exercised a good influence by raising the standard of comfort amongst the working classes, and by inducing private builders to improve the accommodation generally offered to this class of tenants. The following Table showing the predominant rents of working class dwellings in the old and new parts of the town respectively is based upon returns relating to 1824 tenements. Predominant Rents of Working Class Dwellings. Number of Rooms per Tenement. Three rooms ... Four rooms Predominant Weekly Rents. Older parts of Town. 2s. 4d. to 2s. lid. 2s. lid. to 3s. 6d. Newer parts of Town. 2s. 9d. to 3s. 6d. 3s. 6d. to 4s. The difference in rent between the various storeys in the town as a whole is very slight, except in the case of the fourth storey, which costs from 3d. to 6d. per week less than the floors beneath. Rent is usually paid by the month, and a month’s notice is in that case required on both sides. The rent includes the charges for water, for chimney cleaning, and, in the case of the better class dwellings, for the cleaning and lighting of the stairs. From these figures it is seen that rents in Brunswick are very low. Rents in Berlin being taken as 100, the Brunswick index number is 37. In only two of the towns investigated for the purposes of this report were rents found to be lower, these two towns being Stassfurt and Oschersleben, the smallest towns investigated. The taxes paid by the working classes of Brunswick are the State income tax and the municipal income tax. The former is levied upon annual incomes exceeding £45 and the latter upon those exceeding £30. The State tax is a fixed amount for each income group, whilst the amount of the local tax is determined by taking a multiple of the unit of taxation prescribed for each grade of income. This multiple varies from year to year according to the financial necessities of the municipality, and in 1905 was 10^. The following table shows the amounts paid in State and local taxes on incomes up to £150, which may be regarded as the limit as far as the working classes are concerned :— Incomes exceeding up to and including State Tax. Local Tax. Total. 3U 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 95 100 105 110 115 120 125 130 135 140 145 £ 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 95 100 105 110 115 120 125 130 135 140 145 150 £ s. d. exempted 3 11 5 3 6 7 9 0 10 0 11 0 13 0 14 0 15 0 16 11 0 18 3 0 19 6 6 10 1 5 9 0 4 7 0 10 1 5 0 7 1 11 3 1 13 10 1 16 5 0 10 0 11 0 12 0 13 0 14 0 15 0 18 1 1 4 7 11 1 15 19 3 7 12 2 17 3 2 3 7 3 13 d. 4 4 5 5 6 7 7 8 8 9 6 5 7 11 6 3 3 6 10 6 4 4 7 £ s. d. 0 6 4 0 7 4 0 8 5 0 13 4 0 15 9 0 18 1 10 5 12 9 15 1 17 6 1 11 6 1 15 9 2 0 2 2 4 10 2 9 9 2 14 9 3 0 1 3 5 7 3 11 3 3 18 6 4 5 11 4 13 7 5 1 5 5 9 6

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