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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244 ESSEN. to 5^(7., Tilsit at 9fc7. and Swiss at 11(7. to Is. Owing to the presence of collieries in the vicinity the price of coal is low. Paraffin is the illuminant almost solely used by the working classes. The following table shows the predominant prices paid by the working classes in October, 1905, and September, 1907. It will be seen that most of the commodities included in this list show a marked advance in prices :— Predominant Prices paid by the Working Classes in October, 1905, and September,< 1907. Commodity. Predominant Price. October, 1905. September, 1907. Coffee ... Sugar :— Loaf ... White Granulated Bacon ; Smoked :— Fat ... Streaky Eggs ... Cheese ;— Dutch Limburg Swiss Tilsit Butter... Margarine Potatoes Flour :— Wheaten Rye Bread :— White Grey Black Milk Coal ... Coke ... Paraffin Oil per lb. per Is. per lb. per 7 lb. per 4 lb. per quart, per cwt. per gallon. 9\d. to 11(7. 2\d. 2j(7., 2# 8f(7. to 10|(7. 91(7. „ 101 <7. 11 to 15 8§(7 to 9p7. 5(7. ,, 51,(7. 11(7. to Is. 9# Is. 1(7. to Is. 31(7. 6(7. to 8f(7. 21(7. 10f(7. to 111(7. 9^(7. „ 101(7 71(7. to 8f(7. 61(7. 3(7. to 41(7. 2W. 81(7. to 11(7. 101,(7. to Is. 01(7. 91(7. to 9f(7. 9f(7. to 11(7. 21(7. 21(7. 8g(7. 8f(7. to 94(7. 11 .. Id 9^(7. to 101(7. 51(7. 11(7. to Is. 9^(7. Is. 1(7. to Is. 31(7. 7(7. „ 8# 21(7. „ 2f(7. Is. 01(7. „ Is. 1(7. Is. 1(7. 8^(7. 61(7. to 7f(7. 31(7. „ 61(7. " 21(7. 91(7. to Is. 01(7. 111(7. „ Is. 11(7. 101(7. to 11(7. Meat. The following table shows the slaughterings in the municipal slaughter houses for the years 1894, 1895, and the three years 1903-1905, with the estimated weight in meat per head of population for each year :— 1894. 1895. Oxen and Steers... Cows ... ... ... Young Cattle (up to 21 years) Calves Pigs ... ... ... Sheep and Goats... Horses Estimated meat consumption as ) above ... ••• ... | Approximate population of area served by rhe muni- l cipal slaughterhouses ... ) Consumption per head ... 1,104 5,392 1,662 9,965 29,088 5,491 405 cwts. 110,400 130,964 lb. 92-7 1,060 5,925 1,609 9,531 35,124 5,061 346 cwts. 122,600 137,060 lb. 98-4 1903. 4,929 8,937 2,834 14,505 62,690 4,454 760 cwts. 230,500 194,646 lb. 1303 1904. 6,361 7,850 3,103 15,519 71,352 4,681 848 cwts. 254,000 206,276 lb. 135 4 1905. 7,981 7,264 3,593 15,501 63,676 4,910 1,125 cwts. 253,000 219,099 lb. 1270

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