Poverty : a study of town life / by B. Seebohm Rowntree.

  • Seebohm Rowntree
Date:
1902
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Credit: Poverty : a study of town life / by B. Seebohm Rowntree. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    conclusion that it will probably not be far from the truth if we estimate the number of domestic servants coming from York homes to be two-thirds of the total number of domestic servants in York, namely—2864. I have, as stated previously, obtained no direct information regarding the wages paid to domestic servants in York, but, as above, have made inquiry at the registry offices, and think the average wage may be put down at about £15 a year. This would give a total of £826 per week as the money earnings of the 2864 domestic servants who are drawn from York homes. If we include an allowance for board, washing, and lodging, we may estimate their average earnings at £35 a year, giving a total for the 2864 domestic servants of £1928 per week. If now we take the total earnings of lodgers and the wages of daughters in domestic service into account, we obtain the following figures :— Average weekly earnings per working-class family in York (a) Excluding daughters away in domestic service and including only payments made for board and lodging by lodgers. . (b) Including total earnings of lodgers (c) Including total earnings of lodgers and also money wages of daughters away in domestic service . . . . . . (dx Including total earnings of lodgers and also total wages of daughters in domestic service . 32s. 8fd. 34s. 6Jd. 36s. 38s.