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Mr. Patterson found the following information on the cost of living in England in 1888 in an article entitled "Life on a Guinea a Week" in The Nineteenth Century (1888), p. 464. Prices are in Pounds (£)/ Shillings (S)/ Pence (d).
Average Weekly Expenditure Item £/S/d Meat 4/0 Bread (10 loaves) 2/3.5 Flour 2/0 Vegetables (18 lbs) 1/0 Other Vegetables 0/4 Butter 1/0 Fruit 1/6 Milk (1 1/2d per day) 0/10.5 Tea (1/2 lb) 1/0 Cocoa (1/2 lb) 0/6 Sugar (4 lbs) /0/10 Soap (1 1/2 lbs) 0/6 Soda, starch, blue 0/.5 Candles 0/1 Parafin (1/2 gallon a fortnight) [Kerosene] 0/3 Coal (1 cwt) 1/3 Beer (3 pints at 3 1/2d) 0/10.5 Rent 5/6 Boots (for whole family) 1/8 Clothes for the man 1/0 Clothes for wife and children 2/0 School fees 0/4 Provident Club [savings] 1/6.5 Medical attendance wife & children 0/3
Yearly Expenditure Item £/S/d Rent 105/0/0 Rates and taxes including gas 28/18/10 Coals 12/8/6 Wages 48/2/1 Food: Butcher 46/9/11 Food: Baker 9/8/8 Food: Dairyman 35/4/8 Food: Grocer 38/8/10 Food: Greengrover 10/6/0 Food: Poulterer 10/3/7 Dress: Wife 35/8/4 Dress: Husband 19/17/3 Washing 34/14/9 Doctor & chemist 33/1/0 Traveling & tips 43/7/5 Local traveling 19/17/9 Stamps 7/16/7 Stationery 8/1/3 Pleasures, presents Smoking 35/18/2 Wine 15/0/8 House repairs 26/12/10 Garden 4/13/9 Balance 50/19/2 Clothing Item £/S/d 1 overcoat 1/15/0 1 umbrella -/7/6 1 hat -/2/6 1 silk hat -/7/6 1 week-day suit 2/0/0 1 Sunday suit 2/10/0 1 pair socks -/1-/10 1 pair boots -/10/6 repairing boots -/6/0 1 under vest -/2/6 1 flannel shirt -/3/0 1 collar -/-/5 1 pair cuffs -/-/8 cutton, buttons -/0/1
Weekly Prices Item £/S/d Rent 0/6/0 Breakfasts 0/1/8 Dinners 0/5/0 Teas 0/1/0 Boot-cleaning 0/0/3 Coal and Wood 0/1/0 Washing 0/0/9 Tobacco, etc. 0/0/6
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