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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CREFELD. 151 1905 was 9 1 per 1,000, against 9*4 in 1904 and 8*8 in 1903. The Census of December, 1905, showed that there were 7,292 more females than males in the population (58,818 against 51,526). The following table shows the birth and death-rates per 1,000 of the population and the rate of infantile mortality per 1,000 births for five years :—: Year. 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 Birth-rate per 1,000 | Death-rate per 1,000 of Population. J of Population. 28-9 27 9 26 6 25 3 24*9 15*8 16 3 141 148 14*0 Infantile Mortality per 1,000 Births. 177 144 139 170 137 Crefeld presents an attractive appearance. The walls, which formed a • large oblong enclosing the old town, have been replaced by broad promenades with avenues of trees, flower beds, fountains, and frequent monuments. The streets are generally broad, with the exception of the old main street, which is rather narrow and inconvenient ; and a number of them are planted with trees.. In the new streets the houses are large, and there are good shops ; elsewhere many of the small houses originally built for the home-weavers remain—these are usually of two floors, including the ground floor, and considerations of light caused the streets to be comparatively broad. In general the town gives the impression of spaciousness and cleanliness. It possesses a small public garden, and a " Stadtwald” (practically a large park) ; the latter is situated at some distance from the centre of the town, but can be easily reached by a convenient service of electric cars. The municipality possesses its own electricity works, waterworks, gasworks, and slaughter - house ; it maintains a municipal theatre, public baths and library, and contributes towards a large museum and picture gallery ; it has also a savings bank (with 30,849 depositors in 1905, to whom it pays 3| and 4 per cent, interest), a public pawnshop, a large market hall, and a chemical laboratory. The municipality has recently endeavoured to promote the pro sperity of the town by acquiring land some three miles away on the bank oí the Rhine, and establishing there a dock connected with the town by a light railway ; the area so acquired has been incorporated in the town. The tramway system, which is well organised and efficient, and extends beyond the municipal boundaries, is in the hands of a private company ; and in addition to the ordinary lines Crefeld is connected with Düsseldorf and other towns by light railways. It should be added that there are at Crefeld large and admirably equipped schools of weaving and dyeing, founded by the 1 russian Government and enjoying a high reputation, which attract students from many countries . and other technical and commercial schools. The area of the municipality in 1906 was 6,950 acres, of which 1,750 acres were added by the incorporation of the rural district of Linn, rendered necessary by the construction of the Rhine dock. The town possessed in that year profit-yielding undertakings and properties valued at £1,411,880, and other real estate of an unremunerative character valued at £o31,270, besides movable property valued at £99,950, and invested funds to the extent of £473,450. As the municipal loans and debts stood at £1,647,740, there was a balance of assets over liabilities of £868,840. Occupations, Wages, and Hours of Labour. The industrial character of Crefeld’s population is very pronounced. With the exception of Barmen it had at the last occupation census a larger proportion of inhabitants engaged directly and indirectly in industry than any other “ large ” Prussian town (that is, a town with a population exceeding 100,000). The most recent industrial enumeration of the population is that of the ïactory

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