| s. | d. | |
|---|---|---|
| 11 loaves | 2 | 7 |
| 1 quartern flour | 0 | 5½ |
| Meat | 1 | 10 |
| Potatoes and greens | 0 | 9½ |
| ½ lb. butter | 0 | 6 |
| 1 lb. jam | 0 | 3 |
| 6 ozs. tea | 0 | 6 |
| 2 lb. sugar | 0 | 4 |
| 1 tin of milk | 0 | 4 |
| Cocoa | 0 | 4 |
| Suet | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 1 |
Average per head for food all round the family, 1s. 7½d. a week, or less than 3d. a day. But a working man cannot do on less than 6d. a day, or 3s. 6d. a week. This reduces the mother and children to 1s. 1¾d. a week, or less than 2d. a day.
Mr. B., whose house was visited from July, 1911, till September, 1912, was a printer’s labourer, whose wages ranged between 20s. and 26s. a week. He usually allowed 20s. for household. There were six children born, and six alive.
November 23, 1911.
| s. | d. | |
|---|---|---|
| Rent | 8 | 0 |
| Burial insurance | 1 | 8 |
| Boot club | 1 | 0 |
| Coal | 1 | 0 |
| Gas | 0 | 8 |
| Wood | 0 | 3 |
| Soap, soda | 0 | 4½ |
| 12 | 11½ |
Left for Food, 7/0½.
| s. | d. | |
|---|---|---|
| 14 loaves | 3 | 2½ |
| Meat | 0 | 10 |
| Suet | 0 | 2 |
| Dripping | 0 | 6 |
| 3 ozs. tea | 0 | 3 |
| 2 lb. sugar | 0 | 4 |
| 2 tins of milk | 0 | 6 |
| 1 quartern flour | 0 | 5 |
| Potatoes | 0 | 6 |
| Greens | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | 0½ |
Average per head for food all round the family, 10½d. a week, or 1½d. a day.
About December, 1911, the household allowance was raised to 21s. 9d., with occasional grants of 1s. towards clothes.