POST•BELLUM FAMILY BUDGETS.
(To sus EDITOR OF THE " SPECTITOR."1 Sire—As a professional mau with a wife and three children I shall be delighted to gratify the curiosity of " Widower," whose letter appears in your issue of December 18th. The figures are of 1919:— s. d.
Household (food, renewals, and small inci- dentals) ... ... ... ... 229 0 0 Salary of lady help ... ... ••• 30 0 0 Wages of part-time servant ... 26 0 0 Rent ... ... ... ... ... 50 0 0 Rates, water, gas, electricity ... 43 0 0 Coal ... ... ... ... ... 27 0 0 Doctor and dentist .... ... 10 4 0 Holidays ... ... — -- ... 35 0 0 Clothes of parents ... ... ... ... ... 12 0 0 Expenditure on eldest child (20), at college (including clothes) ... ... ... ... 192 0 0 Expenditure on second child (17), at local school (including clothes) — — ... Expenditure on third child (12), at local school (including clothes} ... ... ... 42 0 0 705 4 0 Gross- income ... 908 0 0 When the pre-war clothes of the parents area past repair this item must obviously be increased. A favourable oppose busily should arise when the• eldest child is "oft one's hands." 89 0 0
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