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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M 250 HAMBURG. i » Fr I b R 1900, 30*2 ; 1901, 29 1 ; 1902, 28'2 ; 1903 and 1904, 27 1 ; and 1905, 26 8. The rate for the town alone was 25*8 per 1,000 in 1905, against 25*2 in 1904. The death-rate in the town has fallen from 17 3 per 1,000 in 1896 to 15*8 in 1905. The highest rate in 1905 occurred in the working-class district of Barmbeck, viz., 21*9 per 1,000, and districts of the Old Town, 19*9 per 1,000 ; while the residential suburbs of Harvestehude and Rotherbaum had rates of 9*3 and 10 4 per 1,000 respectively. The rate of infant mortality in 1905 was 174 per 1,000 births against 167 in 1904. It formed 28 3 per cent, of the total deaths in 1905, against 27'5 per cent, in 1904, 27*7 in 1903, 25*2 in 1902, and 32-4 in 1901. The following Table gives the birth and death rates and the infantile mortality rates of Hamburg for a period of five years :— Year. Birth rate per 1,000 of population. Death rate per 1,000 of population. Infantile mortality per 1,000 births. 1901 1902 1903 1901 1905 27-9 27 1 261 252 25-8 17-1 16 4 16 7 15 3 15-8 199 152 178 167 174 The deaths from pulmonary consumption were 1 *55 per 1,000 of the population in 1905, while the deaths from tuberculosis of all kinds gave a rate •of 2 per 1,000 inhabitants. The highest rate of mortality from consumption in 1905 occurred in the northern portion of the Old Town, viz., 2'06 per 1,000 inhabitants, comparing with a minimum rate of 0*34 per 1,000 in the Harvestehude residential suburb. Altona has a slightly higher birth-rate than Hamburg, viz., 26 2 per 1,000 in 1905, and the decline since 1896 has been less, for the rate then was 33'7 against 35 1 in Hamburg (the whole State). The death-rate of Altona in 1905 was 16*5 per 1,000 against 15*8 in Hamburg, and the infant mortality rate was 179 per 1,000 births against 174 in Hamburg, but here, too, there has been a steady improvement during recent years. A Table is appended giving the birth and death rates and the infant mortality rates of Altona for a series of years : — Year. Birth rate per 1,000 of population Death rate per 1,000 of population. Infantile mortality per 1,000 births. 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 307 29-7 27 5 27 5 26-2 194 16-9 17 1 16 7 16-5 236 155 184 183 179 Both at Hamburg and Altona various organisations outside the Poor Law endeavour more or less successfully to cope with the problems of disease and poverty. In the interest of infants there are free dispensaries and creches ; a forest sanatorium for consumptive children from the elementary schools is con ducted in a healthy neighbourhood an hour distant ; there are Holiday Colonies for the children of poor parents ; while, for the benefit of the labouring classes, there are labour registries, cheap lodging-houses, shelters for the homeless, people’s kitchens and coffee-houses, and societies which help needy tenants to pay their rents. Occupations, Wages, and Hours of Labour. In Hamburg, industry is secondary to the shipping trade ; in Altona, industry predominates, and the shipping trade is relatively insignificant. In 1905 the " industrial workpeople ” of the Free State, as enumerated by the Factory Inspector, formed 7*3 per cent, of the entire population, while the corresponding percentage in Altona in 1906 was 10*3 per cent. The ratio in Berlin was 12*5 per cent.

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