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milk 14 pints, kippers 1¼ 11)., butter ½ lb., suet ¼ lb., lard (dripping)
½ lb., margarine ½ lb., bread 39½ lb., sugar 6½ lb., jam 1 lb., potatoes
10½ lb., peas (split) 1 lb., tea ½ lb., oatmeal ½ lb., rice 1 lb., treacle
¾ lb., butter beans ½ lb., barley 1 lb., fresh fruit and green vegetables.
The man value of this diet is 4.13. The local cost is
23s. 5d. per week compared with the B.M.A. average figure of
22s. 6½d.

The sum entered for fruit and vegetables is that included
in the B.M.A. dietary as no details are given, but actually fruit
is cheap here and the cost of the particular goods would probably
be less here than the sum allotted. The Stockton figures are
lower than the average for the country, partly because bread is
largely baked at home there (this accounts for about 3d. per man
value per week). The general B.M.A. costs were calculated on
summer prices, whereas these local costs are for winter prices
which are generally higher—for instance, one diet referred to
includes 24 pints of milk; the difference between winter and
summer prices on this item alone would be is. 0d. The prices
of the goods are not necessarily the lowest that can be obtained
in any part of the district, but are calculated as the mean of the
prices paid by good shoppers who are concerned with the value of
the goods received, as well as with the actual cost.
The second part of this report is to determine the relation
such minimum weekly expenditure bears to (1) unemployment
benefit, (2) transitional benefit, (3) poor law relief, after provision
is made for the payment of rent and rates appropriate to the
size of the families, but without providing for insurances, clothes,
heat, light, cleaning materials and other requirements.
The approximate weekly rent, including rates and water
charges, for the different types of accommodation on the Estate
are:—2 roomed flat 9s. 6d., 3 roomed 11s. 6d., 3 roomed cottage
12s. 6d., 4 roomed cottage, non-parlour 14s. 0d., or parlour type