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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KÖNIGSHÜTTE. 293 the nature of the work performed by men of a given occupation group in the two countries. One finds, for instance, that in Königshütte the work of the “ mine-filler ” at a blast-furnace is confined to the pushing of the ore-laden trolleys to the hoist at the base of the furnace, the trolley having previously been filled for him by a woman. In the United Kingdom the “ mine-filler ” has to fill his own trolleys as well as push them up to the blast-furnace. It should also be remembered that the figures in the table include earnings tor extra shifts. Thus the keeper at a blast-furnace in Königshütte working not more than 6 shifts (of 12 hours) in a week would earn 36s., while chargers and “ mine-fillers ” earn 27s. and 28s. respectively in 6 shifts of 8 eight hours. As indirectly bearing on the subject of working-class earnings in Königshütte, the following figures relating to the incomes of the occupied population of the town in 1904 may be of interest. For municipal purposes all incomes of £21 per annum and upwards are assessed for taxation. The total number of persons assessed for this tax in 1904 was 14,602, or approximately one person in every four of the population in that year. In the following table these 14,602 persons are classified according to ranges of income :— Range of Yearly Income. £21 and under £33 £33 ,, £45 £45 „ £150 £150 „ £300 £300 „ £475 £475 and upwards... Total Number of persons whose incomes fell within the ranges stated. 2,611 5,708 5,779 381 78 45 14,602 It would appear, therefore, that 8,319, or 57 per cent, of all persons assessed, had incomes of less (han £45, while in the whole town there were only 504 persons, or about 1 in every 29 assessed, whose incomes reached £150 a year. Housing and Rents. The housing conditions of the working-classes of Königshütte cannot be regarded as satisfactory, for at the end of 1905 70 per cent, of the total popula tion of this town were living in tenements of either one or two rooms, and the average number of persons per room was 2*7 for the one-roomed tenements and 2"3 for the two-roomed. This is shown by the following statement, in which the population of the town is classified according to the size ol the dwelling occupied at the end of 1905 :— Number of Rooms in Tenement. 1 room 2 rooms 4 „ 5 or more rooms Total Number of Tenements. 2,418 8,482 2,042 792 742 14,476 Population housed in such Tenements. Total. 6,508 39,385 10,939 4,178 4,206 65,216 Per cent. 100 604 16-8 64 64 100-0 Practically the whole working-class population of Königshütte may there for be said to live in tenements of one or two rooms. Many of these tenements are to be found in detached houses of the cottage type, having no upper floor, and dating from the time when the local coal-mining industry was entirely in the hands of the State. These houses were purchased by many of the miners on the extended payment system with State assistance, and were intended for

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