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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xlix As a matter of fact, if we divide the average amount paid for bread and flour by the number of pounds consumed, we find the following average prices paid per lb. in all the successive income groups :— Limits of Income. Under 25s. 25s. and under 30s. 30s. „ „ 35 s. 35s. „ „ 40s. 40s. and over Average price per lb. paid for Bread 1-32 d. l-33d. 137(7. 1-34(7. 1-38(7. It will be seen that while there is a slight rise in the price paid as we pass from the poorer to the better-off classes, the rise is so small and so irregular that it cannot mean any appreciable consumption of white bread. That cost alone does not condition the dietary is also indicated by the fact, to which attention has been already directed, that mutton, although largely consumed in England, is practically not eaten at all by the German working classes in spite of the price being fully Id. a lb. less than that of pork. The consumption of horseflesh has been fully dealt with above (p. xxiii), and no more need be said on the subject here. (iii.) Wages and Hours of Labour. Wages.—The predominant rates of weekly wages for the building, engineering and printing trades of Germany—the only occupations (apart from municipal employments) which are found in practically all the towns investigated—were given in the Table on p. xxx above. A corresponding Table for England and Wales will be found on p. xxxiii of the Report on the United Kingdom. Bringing the data together, we have the following comparative Table :— Predominant Weekly Wages in England and Wales and in Germany. Trade. Predominant range of Weekly Wages at October, 1905, in England and Wales. Germany. Ratio of Mean Pre dominant Wage in Germany to Mean Predominant Wage in England, taken as 100. Building Trades Bricklayers Masons Carpenters ... Plumbers ... Painters Labourers ... Engineering Ti udes Fitters Turners Smiths Patternmakers Labourers ... Printing Trade:— Compositors All the above trades (average) 37 s. 6(7. to 40s. 6(7. 37s. 2(7. ,, 39s. 4(7. 36s. 2(7. „ 39s. 4(7. 35s. 4(7. „ 39s. 9(7. 31s. 6(7. „ 37s. 6(7. 23s. 6(7 „ 27s. 32s. to 36s. 32s. „ 36s. 32s. ,, 36s. 34s. „ 38s. 18s. „ 22s. 28s. „ 33s. 26s. 11(7. to 31s. 3(7, 26s. 11(7. „ 31s. 3(7. 24s. to 28s. 6(7. 24s. „ 29s. 8(7. 19s. 6(7. to 24s. 26s. to 32s. 27s. „ 33s. 28s. 6(7. to 33s. 25s. 6(7. 30s. 18s. to 22s. 24s. 9(7. to 25s. 11(7. 75 77 70 78 86 85 88 90 77 100 83 83 29088 9

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