| £ | |
| Butcher | 16[29] |
| Baker | 5 |
| Poulterer | 12 |
| Dairy | 9 |
| Fruit, flowers, vegetables | 16 |
| Fishmonger | 9 |
| Grocer | 5 |
| £72 |
(Two dinner parties were given during the week.)
The household of an “unemployed man,” living in —— Square, S.W., four in family and fourteen servants:
| £ | s. | d. | |
| Butcher | 15 | 2 | 7 |
| Greengrocer | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| Ice merchant | 1 | 18 | 0 |
| Fishmonger | 7 | 10 | 0 |
| Grocer | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Milkman | 4 | 10 | 0 |
| Poulterer | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Baker | 3 | 17 | 0 |
| £60 | 12 | 7 |
In addition, three hundred eggs were sent up from the country, as well as fruit, vegetables, and a little poultry. One or two guests were entertained at luncheon, but the family dined out one night of the week.
The laundry bill in this house averages £38 a month.
The cost of coal in one household for the year, £800.
Other examples:
Household books: four in family, twelve servants—one week, £49.
Household books: five in family, fourteen servants—one week, £63.