Round about a pound a week / by Mrs. Pember Reeves.

  • Magdalene Stuart Reeves
Date:
1913
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Credit: Round about a pound a week / by Mrs. Pember Reeves. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Leaving for food 4s. 3d. This week Mrs. O. was prematurely confined of twins. Both died, and the case was automatically concluded. When Mrs. O. recovered she found a place as assistant “ dresser ” in a theatre. Her two boys were taken care of by their grandmother, and the household struggled back to something like its previous income. Mr. U., who lost his work because his employer wound up the business, was a steady, well-edu- cated man. He was obliged to do odd jobs between long tramps to find a fresh billet. There were five children born, all living, but very deli- cate. Mrs. U. had managed by dint of extra- ordinary and penurious thrift to save £1 19s. 8jd. when the crash came. July 6, 1910, money earned 23s. 7d. s. d. Rent .. • • 7 6 Burial insurance 0 7 Coal .. .. 0 7i Gas 1 0 Soap, soda 0 4* Boots repaired .. 2 6 Hat 1 of 13 7h Mrs. U. managed to do on 22s. 9§d., whereby she saved 9|-d. and spent 9s. 2jd. upon food, which means an average all round the family of is. 3§d. per week, or 2^d. a day. Mr. U. took no fixed sum for his food. His wife did the best she could for him and thought it cost her about 4d. a day, but was not sure.
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