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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314 LEIPZIG. Predominant Prices paid by the Working Classes in October, 1905, and September, 1906. Description of Cut. Predominant Price per lb. October, 1005. September, 1906. Shin Beef :— Ribs Silverside j with bone I without bone Steak '« Flank Mutton :— Lb^ ... ... Shoulder Breast Neck Chops Veal :— Hindquarter j with bone ( wi Shoulder without bone Shin Loin» Chops Pork :— Leg Foreloin ., Bèlly Spare Rib Chops 9|d. 8|(/. to 8|d ‘ „ H d. 7 d, „ 9fd 8|d. „ lid 9# 81d to 8|d 8|d 8^d 9^d 8fc?. 8^d 8|d 9W. 8|d Not sold. §\d. 9fd to lid 8|d 8|d 9# 9# 8#d 9|d to lid lid 9\d. to 9|d Is. 8^d to 9|d 9|d „ Is. lid to Is. Id 8|d to 9|d lid 9^d to 9|d 9;jd 9¿d 9Jd to lid lid 9|d Not sold. 7# lid 9|d to lid 9fd „ lid 9|d lid lid In considering the above prices it has to be remembered that they relate in many cases to cuts with which neither the local butcher nor his customers are familiar ; e.g., silverside and shin of beef, shoulder, neck and breast of mutton. Except when buying a chop or a steak, the working-class customer asks for so much beef or pork, mutton or veal, without reference to the portion of the carcass from which it is to be cut, and merely stating whether it is intended for boiling or for roasting. Most of the meat bought, even by middle-class families, is intended for boiling, and for that purpose flank of beef or belly of pork is most in demand. It would probably not be possible to obtain beef, mutton, veal cr pork anywhere in Leipzig at prices much lower than those given in the Table, except by going to the municipal meat stall (Freibank), where the flesh of animals which have failed to pass the meat inspectors is sold after being treated (by boiling or otherwise) in a manner intended to render it safe for human consumption. In 1904, the most recent year for which figures are available, 272 tons of this inferior meat (including 189 tons of beef and 68 tons of pork) were sold at the two municipal meat stalls. The highest price charged for beef was Id. per lb. raw, and 4|d. per lb. boiled. With boiled beef a certain amount of the liquor resulting from the boiling is supplied gratis. The lowest price for beef, whether boiled or raw, was 3\d. per lb. at the Freibank. Reference has already been made to the consumption of horse-flesh in Leipzig, and it only remains to add that the retail prices of this class of meat range from bd. to 7d. per lb. according to the cut. Prices in Leipzig are at about the same general level as in Berlin. Repre senting the latter by 100, the index number for the price of meat in Leipzig is 111 ; for other food, 98 ; for food as a whole, 101 ; for coal, 100 ; and for all commodities, 101. The result of combining this figure with that for rent is 91 (compared with Berlin = 100).

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