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. 273 passes through the abattoir is divided into three classes—(1) that which is entirely fit for human food and which, duly stamped, goes into the market without any condition ; (2) meat of an inferior kind which is yet suitable for consumption but passes into the market with a different stamp, and (3) meat of an equivocal quality. Meat of the second quality would elsewhere go to the also sold by the Abattoir Authorities, who pay over to the owner the proceeds less a deduction for expenses. During the year 1906 there were boiled 229 cattle, 39 calves, 1,465 pigs, 143 quarters of beef, 1,133 lb. of beef, 1,236 lb. of veal, and 26,046 lb. of pork. The weight of the meat that remained was 3,074 cwt., and it was sold in 58,703 portions, an average of 6 lb. each. The amount of meat thus dealt with is much less since the amendment of the Meat Inspection Act of June, 1906. There is always a ready demand for this boiled meat, which sells for about half the price of fresh meat of good quality. In 1906 beef thus sold realised from o\d. to 4\d. per lb. and pork 5\d. per lb. There are a number of shops where horseflesh is exclusively sold, and they do an increasing trade. The best price is obtained for fillet, which sold in the spring of 1907 at l\d. per lb., while from o^d. to 6jd. was paid for steak, 3\d. to 4^d. for chopped meat, 4\d. for suet, 6^d. for smoked meat, and 4\d. lor sausage, which is made in winter. Connected with the public abattoir is a margarine and tallow factory, leased to the Guild of Butchers, who are under contract to take all the raw material which the abattoir is able to supply. As shown by the following table the price of beef and veal was much' higher in April, 1907, than at October, 1905 ; mutton had risen slightly, while pork had fallen :— Predominant Prices paid by the Working Classes in October, 1905, and April, 19Ó7. Prices at Hamburg are low. As compared with prices at Berlin, which have been taken as 100, the prices of meat are represented by 105, of other food by 98, of food as a whole by 99, of coal by 81, and of all commodities by 97. The index number for rent and prices combined is 91. “ Freibank.” In Hamburg it is held that no high-class butcher buys it, and that it finds its way exclusively to small shops, where it is largely converted into sausage. Meat of the third quality is officially described as “ usable under certain conditions,” and the conditions imposed are that it shall be boiled and Predominant Price per lb. Description of Out. October, 1905. April, 1907. Beef :— Ribs Silverside Shin Í bone ( without bone 5cl. to 5\d. b\d. „ 7d. 1 s. 2|d „ Is. 5\d. 7# » 8# ' 8# 8fd. to 9§d. Flank Mutton :— Steak Is. 2\d. to Is. 5&a. 7id. „ 8§d. Leg Shoulder Breast Neck Chops Veal :— Hindquarter 9|d. Is. Shin Loin Pork :— Leg 8# 9|d. to 11 d. 6hd• „ i §d. lid. Belly Spare Rib Chops Foreloin.... 8W. to 9§d. 9# 8fd. 8&d. 9§d. to lid. 29088 2 M

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