ROUND ABOUT A POUND A WEEK
ROUND ABOUT
A POUND A WEEK
BY
MRS. PEMBER REEVES
LONDON
G. BELL AND SONS, LTD.
1913
TO
MY FELLOW-WORKER
E. C. L.
PREFACE
I am glad to take this opportunity to acknowledgethe use I have made of a manuscript written byMrs. Charlotte Wilson, Hon. Secretary of theFabian Women’s Group. The manuscript wasfounded on a lecture, entitled “The EconomicDisintegration of the Family,” delivered by Mrs.Wilson to the Fabian Society in June, 1909.Not only ideas contained in the lecture, but alsosome of the wording of the manuscript, have beenused in the last two chapters.
I wish also to thank Dr. Ethel Bentham forthe invaluable professional service rendered byher during the five years of the investigation.
M. S. REEVES.
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | THE DISTRICT | 1 |
| II. | THE PEOPLE | 8 |
| III. | HOUSING | 21 |
| IV. | FURNITURE—SLEEPING ACCOMMODATION—EQUIPMENT FOR COOKING AND BATHING | 46 |
| V. | THRIFT | 66 |
| VI. | BUDGETS | 75 |
| VII. | FOOD: CHIEF ARTICLES OF DIET | 94 |
| VIII. | BUYING, STORING, AND CARING FOR FOOD | 104 |
| IX. | ACTUAL MENUS OF SEVERAL WORKING MEN’S FAMILIES | 113 |
| X. | AMOUNT SPENT A HEAD ON FOOD—PER WEEK, PER DAY | 132 |
| XI. | THE POOR AND MARRIAGE | 146 |
| XII. | MOTHERS’ DAYS | 159 |
| XIII. |