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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U m ZWICKAU. 481 villages, with an aggregate population of about 122,000. Thus, as regards the number of his customers, the Zwickau shopkeeper reaps all the advantage which he would enjoy if he were settled in a large town, while his burdens in respect of rent and other working expenses are relatively light. Owing to its elevated position, swept by frequent winds, Zwickau, though by no means free from smoke, is certainly free from the griminess which characterises some coal-mining towns in other parts of Germany ; e.g., Königshütte and Beuthen in Upper Silesia, and Bochum in the Rhineland. The house-fronts, like those of Chemnitz, are dull, the brick (which is the local building material) being more frequently exposed to view than covered with the painted stucco-work which contributes so much to the brightness of the streets of most German towns. At night the gas-lit streets are but little frequented, and the chief centres of attraction for all classes of the population are the restaurants of various grades as well as the spirit taverns, the latter being much frequented by workmen. The growth of the population of Zwickau has been steady and continuous during the whole period for which a record of its movement exists. In 1834 the place was little more than a village with about 6,000 inhabitants. The population in 1871 and at each subsequent census, together with the inter-censal increases, was as follows :— Year. 1871 1875 1880 1885 1890 1895 1900 1905 Population. 27,322 31,491 35,005 39,243 44,198 50,391 55,830 68,502 Increase. Increase per cent. 4,169 3,514 4,238 4,955 6,193 5,439 12,672 15 3 112 121 12 6 14-0 108 22 7 Part of the increase between the censuses of 1900 and 1905 was due to the incorporation within the town area of a number of outlying villages aggregating some 9,000 inhabitants. Judging by the figures since 1886 (the earliest year for which it has been possible to procure the requisite data), it would appear that the growth of the population has been due less to immigration than to the regular excess of births over deaths. This is shown by the following table i— Year. 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 Births per 1,000 of Population. 38-7 36- 9 39 0 393 37- 5 40-0 34- 8 35- 1 347 35-3 36 5 370 351 349 35-0 34-4 33- 9 346 34- 4 Deaths per 1,000 of Population. Increase (+) or decrease (—) per 1,000 of Population due to Difference between Birth-rate and Death-rate. 28-7 240 26-0 24-8 26 6 225 26 6 26-0 21-9 23 9 23- 1 24- 7 226 232 23- 3 225 19-8 24- 3 230 + 10-0 + 12-9 + 13-0 + 14-5 + 10-9 + 17-5 + 8-2 + 9-1 + 12-8 + 11-4 + 13-4 + 123 + 12-5 + 11-7 + 11-7 + 11-9 + 14-1 + 10-3 + 11-4 Difference between number of Immigrants and number of Emigrants. + 16-4 + 86 + 8-7 + 7-1 + 10-8 - 1-8 + 20-4 + 19-3 29088 3 P

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