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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366 MÜLHAUSEN. purchase. He has also a prejudice against fatty cuts. The predominant price of beef in October, 1905, was from Id. to 8d. per lb. except for steak (which working- class households do not buy), which soldat from 11c/. to Is. 2d. Pork generally cost from 8|d. to 9^d. per lb. The best cuts of mutton cost lOd. to ll^d. and the cheaper run as low as 8d. Veal ranged from 8§d. to lid., with Is. 3§d. for homes. As elsewhere sausage forms an important part of the flesh diet of most households, and it is made in various ' qualities, though every butcher has his own specialities as well as his own prices. The staple kinds are “ liver ” sausage at 9d. per lb. and beef and pork sausage at 11c/. In connexion with the abattoir, provision is made for the public sale of the inferior meat which is not passed for sale in the open market, and this “ Freibank ” meat is always in ready demand at the hands of the working classes and the poor. The average prices paid for this meat during the year 1904-5 were as follows :—Beef 4\d. to 5\d. per lb. (the lower price for cow and the higher for ox meat), mutton 5d. t pork 5d., and veal 5\d., prices from 40 to 50 per cent, lower than those of meat of good quality. There are several shops where horse flesh is regularly sold, and the demand always exceeds the supply. The price ranges from 2\d. to 3\d. per lb. for ordinary cuts, with 4\d. for fillet, while horse sausage costs 4\d. per lb. There is a larger demand in winter than in summer. Dogs are occasionally killed, though not at the public abattoir, and the flesh is used for its supposed efficacy against consumption. The appended Table gives the prices usually paid by the working classes for meat in October, 1905, and at the time of the investigator’s visit in August,. 1906 ; in the interval there had been a general advance of from Jd. to 1 \d. per lb. Predominant Prices paid by the Working Classes in October, 1905, and Prices of food at Mülhausen are slightly higher than at Berlin. Taking the level of prices at Berlin as 100, the corresponding figures for meat and for other food at Mülhausen are 101 and 103 respectively. Owing to the distance of the town from coalfields, however, coal is very dear at Mülhausen, the index number for this being 146. This high figure has the effect of raising the general index-number for prices to 109. The index-number for rent and prices combined is 97. the best parts without bone, but this also is seldom found in working-class August, 1906. Predominant Price per lb. Description of Cut. October, 1905. August, 1906. Beef :— Ribs Silversi flA 7 d. 8d. 7# 7|d. to 8fd. 9\d. to llid. lid. to Is. 2d. 7# Steak Flank 8fd. to 9\d. 11 d. to is. 2d. 7 \d. Mutton :— Leg ... .. « Shoulder Breast Neck Chops (trimmed) lOd. to lHd. 8%d. ^ 8d. to lOd. 8|d. 9|d. to lid. lid. to Is. O^d. 9fd. to lid. 8|d. to 10|d. 9^d. lid. Veal :— Hind-quarter ... ... lO^d. 9^d. to 10|d. Hid. 10|d. to llid. Loin Shin Is. Id. to Is. 3|d. 8fd. to 91d. 8# Is. Id. to Is. 5\d. 10\d. 9&d. Pork :— Leg Fore Loin Belly Spare Rib Chops 8fd. to 9\d. 8fd. to 9^d. 8d. to 8fd. 8# 8fd. to 9\d. 9\d. to 10|d. 9id. to 104d. 8|d. 91d. to 10\d. 9\d. to 10\d.

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