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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    APPENDIX C \ The following estimates were obtained personally from working people, either by the writer or his helpers :— Estimates of the Minimum Necessary Annual Cost of a Man s Clothing No. 1 No. 2 Boots 1 new pair and repairs Socks 4 pairs at 9d. Coat. 1 second-hand Vest . 1 second-hand Trousers . 1 pair and repairs Overcoat . 1 second-hand 15s., lasts 3 years . Shirts 3 at Is. 4d Cap and scarf . Say No. 3 Boots 2 pairs second-hand at 4s, repairs 4s. Socks Coat \ 4 pairs at 6d. Vest J- Trousers J second-hand Shirts 2 new ones at 2s. Cap and scarf . Say .... No. 5 Boots 2 pairs second-hand . Socks 4 pairs at 6d. . . Coat . 1 Vest. 1 Trousers . 1 pair and repairs Shirts 2 new at 2s. . . . Cap and scarf . Say s. a. s. a. 11 0 1 pair second-hand 3s.; re- pairs Is. lid. . 4 11 3 0 4 pairs at 6d. 2 0 4 0 1 second-hand 7 6 1 6 1 second-hand 3 0 7 6 1 pair second-hand and re- pairs .... 7 6 5 0 4 0 (including under-shirts) . 5 6 1 3 Say 1 9 37 3 32 2 No. 4 <s. d. 8 d. 1 new pair at 5s. 6d.; repairs 12 0 2s 7 6 2 0 4 pairs at 6£d. 2 2 1 second-hand 4 0 12 6 1 second-hand . <> At 0 1 pair and repairs 7 0 4 0 2 new ones at 2s. 3d. . 4 6 1 0 Say 1 6 31 6 2S 8 No. 6 S. d. s. d. 9 0 2 pairs second-hand . . 7 0 2 0 3 pairs at 6d. . 1 6 4 6 1 second-hand . 3 0 2 0 1 second-hand . 1 6 6 0 1 pair and repairs . 7 6 4 0 2 new ones at 2s. 3d. . . 4 6 1 0 Say .... . 1 6 28 6 26 6