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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MÜLHAUSEN. 365 the town they may be confiscated, as also—by way of surety—the vehicles in which they are brought, unless the offenders at once deposit the maximum penalty, viz., £8. Goods and animals in transit are free, but persons passing through the octroi area and carrying dutiable articles, or wishing to remain longer than 24 hours within the area, must be provided with certificates setting forth the character and destination of the articles ; they may also be required to deposit the usual duty or give surety for the amount until the articles in transit have been removed from the town. The gross proceeds of the octroi in 1905 were £94,078, equal to £l per head of the population. Beer yielded £21,500 in 1904, wine £12,433, live stock and meat £11,050. The following Table summarises the prices of groceries, &c., in October, 1905, and August, 1906 ; little change had occurred in the interval :— Predominant Prices paid by the Working Classes in October, 1905, and August, 19Ó6. Commodity. Ooffee Sugar :— Loaf White Granulated Bacon :— Fat Streaky ... Eggs Cheese :— Münster ... Swiss Butter Margarine ... Potatoes Flour (Household) Bread, White Milk Coal Coke ... ... Paraffin Oil (American) per lb. per Is. per lb. per 7 lb. per 4 lb. per quart per cwt. per gallon Predominant Price. October, 1905. lid. 2\d. 2|d. 8 d. 8d. 13 to 16 8fd. to 9fd. Is. Ofd. to Is. 3fd. Is. Id. to Is. 2d. Id. 3d. to 3\d. Is. 3\a. 5Id. to 6d. "2§d. Is. 9\d. Is. 8&d. lOd. to lid. August, 1906. lid. 2&d. 2^d. 82d. 8|d. 12 to 14 8%d. to 9|d. Is. Ofd. to Is. 3f d. Is. Id. to Is. 2|d. 7 d. 3d. to 3\d. Is. 3£d. 5\d. to 6d. 2\d. Is. 10\d. Is. 8\d. lOd. to lid. Meat. The meat consumption of the working classes of Mülhausen does not appear to be large. The consumption per head of the whole population was estimated in 1905 at 114T5 lb., showing a decline as compared with recent years. The consumption per head shown by the budgets collected in connection with the present inquiry from 71 families was 25 ounces per week, which would be equivalent to about 81 lb. per annum. The proportions of the chief kinds of meat consumed to this total were :—beef 34 per cent., pork and bacon 31 per cent., and sausage 28 per cent. Nearly half the town’s meat supply is beef (ox and cow flesh) ; pork follows not far behind, while the amount of mutton consumed is very small and tends to decrease. The supplies of beef come for the most part from Switzerland, but also from North Germany through the Frankfort and Mannheim markets ; Alsace supplies but little. Mutton comes chiefly from Wurtemberg, and a small quantity only from the vicinity. Pork comes chiefly from the Baden Oberland (north of Lake Constance), but also from the Berlin and Hamburg markets, and veal from the Baden Oberland and Switzerland. The horses killed in the local abattoir come from the vicinity, and as is the case with the supply of meat generally, great care is taken that only healthy animals pass into the market as human food. The working classes chiefly buy pork and the cheaper cuts of beef. The consumption of mutton is very small in general, and the working-class shops do not sell it at all. While the workman eats as much meat as he can afford he buys in small quantities ; J lb. per head is a common allowance for a week-end

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