Nutrition and Food Supplies
1936-09 1936 1930s 33 pages : illustration APPENDIX The following is a summary of the first thousand replies to the questionnaire on Diet and Expenditure on Food. (See pages 13-16). The replies have been classified as follows:— 1. Unemployed Households (a) on Standard Benefit .........
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| Institution: | MCR - The Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick |
| Language: | English English |
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London : The Labour Party
September 1936
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| Summary: | 1936-09
1936
1930s
33 pages : illustration
APPENDIX The following is a summary of the first thousand replies to the questionnaire on Diet and Expenditure on Food. (See pages 13-16). The replies have been classified as follows:— 1. Unemployed Households (a) on Standard Benefit ...... 180 (b) under Means Test Regulations 296 476 2. Households on Wages 428 3. Households on Pensions, Public Assistance Allowances, etc. ... 96 1,000 The classification is not clear-cut in all cases. A minority of households in each of the groups contain more than two adults, and there may be one or two wage-earners in some of the unemployed households, while a household dependent on wages may have to maintain an unemployed member. In the tables below children over 14 are included with the adults. 1— UNEMPLOYED FAMILIES. 476 families: 1,186 adults 1,270 children. (1) Amounts available for FOOD. Per Head Per week Standard Benefit. Means Test. Number of Families. Adults.Chldrn. Number of Families. Adults. Chldrn. Below 2/- 6 12 16 8 24 16 2/0½ 2/6 16 36 64 36 88 134 2/6½ 3/- 38 82 112 92 218 350 3/0½ 3/6 40 86 144 62 162 168 3/6½ 4/- 56 136 110 32 110 76 156 352 446 230 602 744 30
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