A new system of practical domestic economy.

Date:
1828
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Credit: A new system of practical domestic economy. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ESTIMATE X. Income, 8s. per day—48s. per week—1251. per ann.— Family—a Man and his Wife, and 3 Children. Provisions, weekly, their Quantities and Prices. £ s. d. Bread and Flour for five persons,—241bs. at 2fd. per lb. 0 4 6 Butter,—21bs at Is 0 2 0 Cheese,—fib. at lOd 0 0 7{- Milk,—ljd. per day .. 0 0 10£ Tea or Coffee,—say fib. Tea, at 7s 0 1 9 Sugar, —31bs. at 8d 0 2 0 Grocery, including Fruits, Spices, Condiments, <fcc 0 1 0 Butcher’s-meat, Fish, &e.—say 121bs. at 6d 0 6 0 Vegetables and Garden-fruits,—3d. a day 0 19 Beer, Ale, <fec.—6d. per day 0 3 6 Coals,—2£ Chaldrons of Coals a year, at 48s. per chal- dron, £6. and Wood 10s. a year 0 2 6 Candles,—lib. a week on an average 0 0 7 Soap, Starch, <fcc. for washing 0 0 7 Sundries, for scoweringand cleaning,—Id. a day 0 0 7 Total of Household Expenses 18 3 Clothes, (Man, 3s. 6d., Wife, 2s. 6d., Children 2s.).... 0 8 0 Rent..* 0 6 0 Extra, (including Schooling) 0 19 Total Expense 2 4 0 Saving, 1 - 12th 0 4 0 Amount of Income £2 8 0 By this Scale of Expenditure, and by the proportions of Expense laid down for the Parents and Children, (pp 7 and 8,) this Estimate may be applied to the following variations of Income and Family; thus, Income for the Man and Wife only, 32s. per week. with 1 child, 36s. 2 children, 40s. 3 children, 44s. 4 children, 48s. 5 children, 52s. 6 children, 56s. and so on.