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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HAMBURG. 251 The number of “industrial workpeople” within the Free State area enumerated in 1906 was 66,127, employed in 4,158 establishments, as against 48,714 employed in 2,065 establishments in 1902, since which year the number of industrial establishments has increased by 101 4 per cent, and the number of workpeople by 35*8 per cent. The workpeople fell in 1906 into the following classes : 51,844 employed in 1,062 factories, 8,662 employed in workshops employing motor power, and 5,621 employed in workshops in the clothing trade. The largest group of workpeople was that falling to the engineering trade, viz., 18,212 or 27'7 per cent, of the whole. The following Table classifies these industrial workpeople in detail :— Group of Trades. ! Number of Establish ments. Number of Workpeople. Males over 16 years. Females over 16 years. Juveniles 14 but not over 16 years. Total. Building Mining, Smelting, Salt-works, Peat-digging Metalworking Machine, Implement and Apparatus making Textiles Clothing and Cleaning Printing, Lithography, Bookbinding, &c. Paper ... ... ... ... ... Woodworking and Carving ... Chemicals Resins, Varnishes, Oil, Soap, Candles, &c Stone and Earth Food, Drink, and Tobacco Leather Other ... ... ... ... ... Total 127 6 364 374 25 1,500 250 24 360 54 84 43 899 40 8 2,616 559 5,017 17,141 302 1,255 3,194 138 4,685 1,723 2,269 1,185 6,437 2,722 65 14 389 425 463 7,424 1,153 159 358 256 276 52 2,390 971 2 4,158 49,308 14,332 Percentage of Total Workpeople ... 77 2 19-1 85 4 376 646 23 502 225 24 198 24 21 27 205 120 7 2,701 577 5,782 18,212 788 9,181 4,572 321 5,241 2,003 2,566 1,264 9,032 3,813 74 2,487 66,127 3 7 100 The industrial workpeople of Altona in 1906 numbered 17,713, employed in 1,079 undertakings. Of these 75*9 per cent, were males, and 72*2 per cent, adult males. The classification was as follows :— Group of Trades. N umber of Establish ments. Number of Workpeople. Males over 16 years. Females over 16 years. Juveniles It, but not over 16 years. Children under It years. Total. Building Metalworking Machine, Implement, and Apparatus making. Textiles Clothing and Cleaning Printing, Lithography, Bookbind ing, &c. Paper ... ... • •• ... Woodworking and Carving Chemicals ... Resins, Varnishes, Oil, Soap, Candles, &c. Stone and Earth Food, Drink, and Tobacco Leather Total 98 58 51 12 88 28 19 87 12 14 20 571 21 1,103 1,236 2,416 279 364 261 500 1,805 64 395 673 3,320 378 111 20 624 323 88 496 67 56 133 9 2,064 31 1,079 12,794 4,022 61 143 161 64 36 37 85 93 9 23 20 155 3 890 1,164 1,490 2,597 968: 725 387 1,082 1,965 129 551 702 5,541 412 17,713 No children under 14 years were employed in the factories of Hamburg, and only seven in those of Altona. 29088 2 12

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