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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208 DÜSSELDORF. industries of Düsseldorf between 1875 and 1895 may, however, be obtained from the following table, based on the results of the three great Occupation Censuses of 1875, 1882 and 1895 Group of Trades. Number of persons occupied. 1875 Building... Smelting, &c Metal Working and Machine Making Textiles ... Clothing and Cleaning Commerce Other ... ... ... ... Total ... 1,491 1,392 3,017 1,703 2,701 2,516 5,941 18,761 1882 1,959 2,957 4,115 1,672 3,284 4,245 7,884 26,116 1895 6,896 4,403 10,172 3,172 5,004 7,914 16,019 53,580 The most recent classification of the purely industrial population is the official return of employees in factories and workshops and undertakings included with them, under official inspection. Of such employees there were, in 1905, 31,636, engaged in 917 undertakings, 27,244, or 86T per cent., being males. The great preponderance of the mineral, metal, and engineering trades is shown by the fact that they embraced 6T8 per cent, of all the workpeople, viz. :—mining, smelting, &c., 5,133, metal working, 8,213, and machine, implement and apparatus making, 6,205. After them came the textile trades, with 2,122 workpeople (of whom 1,054 or 49 7 per cent, were females), equal to 6*7 per cent, of the whole. Of the 4,382 female workers 1,361, or 31*0 per cent., were over 21 years of age, 2,257, or 51 4 per cent., were between 16 and 21, and 774, or 17*6 per cent., were 16 years or under. The return is as follows :— Group of Trades. ! Number of Establish ments. Mining, smelting, and salt works Metal-working Machinery, implement, and apparatus making. Textiles Clothing and cleaning -Paper ... ... ... ... Printing, lithography, bookbind ing, &c. Woodworking and carving Chemicals ... Resins, varnishes, oil, soap, candles, &c. Stone and earth Food, drink, and tobacco Leather Total... 22 117 28 242 26 39 79 15 35 197 3 917 Number of Workpeople. Males over 16 years. Females over 16 years. 5,029 7,542 5,788 1,011 285 583 991 1,800 179 500 927 1,281 7 25,923 169 12 876 1,183 236 371 70 163 234 81 221 2 3,618 Juveniles 14, but not over 16 years. 104 501 405 235 310 ■67 104 100 41 25 69 121 9 2,085 Children under 14 years. 10 Total. 5,133 8,213 6,205 2,122 1,786 886 1,467 1,970 383 759 1,077 1,623 12 11,636 The engineering trade of Düsseldorf is many-sided, and upon this trade the town rests its high industrial reputation. Most of the larger works are situated either upon the outskirts or at some distance from the town, though they are well served by the tramway system. The principal manu factures are steam engines, locomotives, bridges, boilers, cranes, machine tools, mining plant, and electrical machinery. A considerable amount of work is done for the English market. There are also important iron and steel works, which produce plates and railway material, and there are ordnance and cartridge factories. The Düsseldorf machinery works rank amongst the best equipped

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