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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148 CHEMNITZ. the meat. In the case of pigs, the fat is sometimes melted down before being sold. There is a considerable " run ” on this inferior class of meat, so much so, that it has been found necessary to limit the quantity which may be sold to any one purchaser. This rule is, however, partly intended to prevent people buying with the object of re-selling, and it is further provided that none shall be sold to any person carrying on the trade of a butcher. Owners of carcases con demned to be sold at the Freibank receive the amount realised on the sale of the meat subject to a deduction for the expenses incurred. They are, moreover, protected from loss by the system of compulsory insurance of cattle which is in, force in Saxony. The total sales of “ inferior ” meat at the Freibank in Chemnitz in 1905 amounted to 2,430 cwts., on which a sum of £6,234 was realised. It may be mentioned that horse and dog flesh are not sold at the Freibank though both are subject to the same rigid inspection as other kinds of meat. It was found, for instance, that no less than 293 of a total of 611 dogs and 127 of the 982 horses slaughtered for consumption in 1905 were more or less diseased, but only five of the dogs and nine of the horses were so badly affected as to necessitate the destruction of the entire carcase. The average prices charged at the Freibank were as follows :— Description of Meat Price per lb Boiled Raw 4%d. 5 Id. 34d Beef Veal Mutton Pork... Hog fat (melted ) 4 4d. 5 \d. 54d. 64d. In the case of beef and pork, which are the only kinds of meat to be considered in relation to the dietary of working class families, the Freibank prices for raw meat are just about half those charged in the ordinary retail shops as will be seen from the accompanying summary table of the predominant prices paid at such shops in Chemnitz, as ascertained from personal inquiries made of the proprietors :— Description of Cut. Beef :— Itit) ... ... ... Silverside Shin I V* bone ( without bone ... Steäk ... ... ... Flank Mutton :— Leg Shoulder Breast Neck Chops Veal :— Hindquarter Shoulder {"ne o - Loin Shin Pork :— Leg Foreloin Belly Spare rib Chops Predominant Price per lb. October, 1905. 8# 9¿d. 8# 9§d. 9|d. 8# 9#d. 9# 9Id. to 9§d. 9\d. to 9|d. 9# 9|d. 9# Is. to Is. 2\d. 9#d. 8%d. lid. to Is. Id. 9|d. to lid. 9# 11 d. 1 Id. September, 1906. 8# 9¿d. 8\d. 9# 9§d. 4 c 8# 9# 9K 9Id. to 9|d. 9|d. „ 9\d. 9f d. 9*d. 9# Is. to Is. 2\d. 9# 8# lid. to Is. Id. 9|d. to lid. 9# lid. lid.

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