Rent (2 rooms), 4s. 6d. Clothing, 1s. 6d. Burial insurance, 8½d.
Average left for food—8s. 9d., or 1s. 5½d. per head a week, 2½d. a day: man, 3s. 6d.; mother and children, 1s. 0⅗d. per head a week, less than 2d. a day.
Two cases where the weekly wage was less than 18s., owing to the men taking temporary work in unemployment:
7. Wage, 15s. Allowance, 12s. 6d. 2 children alive, 2 dead.
Rent, 3s. 9d. (1 room). No regular clothing. No burial insurance. Has since insured.
Average left for food—4s. 9d., or 1s. 2½d. per head a week, 2d. a day: man could not have his 3s. 6d. a week here, as that would leave only 1s. 3d. a week between mother and children. He probably manages on 2s., leaving 2s. 9d. for mother and two children.
8. Wage, 10s. Allowance, 8s. 6d. 1 child.
Rent, 3s. 6d. (1 room). No regular clothing. No burial insurance. Has since insured.
Average left for food—3s. 10d., or 1s. 3⅓d. per head a week, 2¼d. a day: here again the man cannot take his 3s. 6d. a week, but probably manages on about 2s., leaving 1s. 10d. a week for nursing mother.