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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404 PLAUEN. (provided at a cost of £18,000 exclusive of the value of the site), which it leases to an entrepreneur on such terms as to ensure cheap rates of admission ; and the town orchestra to which it contributes 20,000 marks (£ 1,000) per annum. The growth of Plauen may be said to date from the time when the first embroidering machine was set up in the "town in 1857. In that year the population was just under 15,000. By 1871 this figure had grown to 23,355, and by 1905 to over 105,000. At no period of the town’s history, however, has the population increased so rapidly as during the 10 years from 1896 to 1905. This is partly attributable to the incorporation of outlying parishes (in 1899, 1900, and 1903) and the introduction of a regiment of 1,800 men. Year. Population at date of Census. Increase. Increase per cent. 1871 1875 1880 1885 1890 1895 1900 1905 23,355 28,756 35,078 42,848 47,006 55,191 73,888 105,381 5,401 6,322 7,770 4,158 8,185 18,697 31,493 231 220 222 9*7 17 1 33 9 426 The general tendency during recent years has been one of declining mortality, combined with a stationary birth-rate. Thus the deaths, which represented a rate of 19T per 1,000 inhabitants in the period 1896-1900, fell to 17 7 per 1,000 in 1901-5, while the births, representing 38*8 per 1,000 inhabitants in 1896-1900, still stood as high as 38"0 in 1901-5. The decline in mortality among infants during the past 10 years has been similar to that in the general mortality, for while in 1896-1900 there were on an average 232 deaths of infants under a year old to every 1,000 births, the corresponding pro portion in 1901-5 was only 213. The following Table shows the birth-rates, and death-rates, and rates of infantile mortality for the five years, 1901-5 :— Year. Birth-rate per 1,000 of Population. 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 39-7 38-0 373 37 6 37 6 Death-rate per 1,000 Infantile mortality rate of Population. j per 1,000 Ilirths. 17-6 17-8 17*9 186 16-9 198 211 224 230 204 The arrival of new settlers has contributed more towards the growth of the population since 1896 than the excess of births over deaths. Taking those years in which no incorporation of outlying parishes took place, viz., 1896, 1897, 1898, 1901, 1902, 1904, and 1905, one finds the average natural rate of yearly increase to have been 21 per cent., as against 3 3 percent, due to the excess of arrivals over departures. Occupations, Wages, and Hours of Labour. On May 1st, 1906, there were 23,907 workpeople of all ages employed in 1,842 industrial establishments subject to inspection as factories or workshops in Plauen. The accompanying table classifies these establishments and work-

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