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furnished by 323 typical working-class families in Breslau as to the quantities 
of various household necessaries usually consumed showed a weekly consumption 
of 21J ozs., which would mean about 71 lbs. a year. Pork and bacon accounted 
for 38 per cent, of the total consumption, sausage for 28 per cent., and beef for 
21 per cent., a somewhat low proportion. 
A considerable part of the consumption of sausage is accounted for by the 
practice among workmen in Breslau of eating sausage at their second breakfast. 
At this meal, which is brought from home and eaten at eight or half-past eight 
o’clock at the works, a man usually has as much sausage as can be bought 
for 10 to 15 pfennige (1 \d. to Ifd.). The kind most generally eaten is 
Knoblauchwurst, a variety in which liver flavoured with garlic is understood to 
be the principal ingredient, and which costs about 80 pfennige per half 
kilogram, or say 8f¿?. per lb. 
The following Table shows the predominant retail prices charged at 
butchers’ shops in Breslau at October, 1905, and June, 1906, for various cuts of 
fresh meat. Each price is based .on the returns made to the investigator by a 
number of butchers with large working-class custom, and having shops in 
different parts of the town. 
Predominant Prices Paid by the Working Classes in October, 1905, and 
June, 1906. 
Description of Cut. 
Predominant Price per lb. 
October, 1905. 
June, 1906. 
Beef :— 
Bibs ... ... 
Silverside 
Q-i . j with bone 
ömn I without bone 
Steak (Fillet) ... 
Flank 
Mutton :— 
Leg 
Shoulder 
Breast 
Neck 
Chops 
Veal :— 
Hindquarter 
¿ with bone 
I without bone 
Shoulder 
Loin 
• Shin 
Pork :— 
Leg 
Fore-loin 
Belly 
Spare-rib 
Chops 
8|d. to 91c?. 
9# 
7§í?. to 8fe?. 
9fd. „ lOfd. 
Is. 4\d. 
11 d. 
9|c7. to 11c?. 
9# 
11c?. 
11c?. to Is. 
11c?. 
11c?. 
11 \d. to Is. 31c?. 
Is. lc?. 
8fc?. to 11c?. 
9M 
9|c?. 
8|c?. to 91c?. 
9# 
Is. 
8f<?. 
9# 
7 fe?, to 8|c?. 
9# 
Is. 41c?. 
81c?. to 8f d. 
11 d, 
9f c?. to 11c?. 
9# 
11c?. 
11c?. to Is. 
9fc?. „ 11c?. 
101c?. „ 11c?. 
11c?. to Is. 31c?. 
lie?. „ Is. lc?. 
8|c?. „ 101c?. 
8# 
8fc?. to 9fe?. 
7 fe?. ,, 8fe?. 
8fc?. 
Is. to Is. lc?. 
On the question as to what qualities of meat the working classes usually 
buy in Breslau, the statements of the butchers were not unanimous ; some 
maintain that workpeople were content with nothing but the best, others that 
workpeople never buy the best meat and are only too glad to be able to get 
meat of any quality. The latter was, however, the more general opinion. With 
regard to the first of the above points it may be of interest to note the classifi 
cation of the cuts of beef, mutton, veal, pork, and horse recognised by retail 
sellers and buyers of meat in Breslau. The occasion may also serve to show 
the official retail prices of these cuts as ascertained by the Municipal Statistical 
Office. It should be explained that these prices are based on returns 
obtained month by month from certain butchers, each of whom is requested to 
state the highest and lowest price of each article during the month. A mean of 
the maximum prices is then taken, as also of the minimum prices. The official 
price of the article is the mean of these two means.