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TABLE 1

Total annual expenditure in Houses and Flats Analysed by number of rooms

Number of rooms Houses No. FLATS NO.
1 £12. 9. 4 3 £15. 10. 5 28
2 £13.15.10 81 £16. 12. 2 203
3 £15. 11. 8 396 £18. 12. 4 258
4 £16. 6. 6 914 £18. 8. 4 169
5 £17. 8. 4 845 £21. 17. 1 38
6 £18. 9. 7 261 £23. 3. 2 13
7 £21. 16. 7 54 £18.10. 0 2
8 or more £22. 15. 8 7 - -
All rooms £16. 16. 10 2561 £18. 2. 8 711

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TABLE 2

Total annual expenditure in Houses and Flats analysed by number in family

Number in Family HOUSES No. FLATS NO.
1 £11. 17. 10 82 £12. 8. 6 38
2 £14. 2. 10 514 £14.19.2 155
3 £16. 7. 7 661 £17. 12. 11 140
4 £17. 10. 4 549 £18. 13. 7 143
5 £18. 3. 11 360 £20. 8. 10 143
6 £19. 9. 8 192 £20. 0. 8 113
7 £19. 12. 7 106 £23. 16. 0 29
8 £22. 3. 6 41 £22. 15. 2 20
9 £18. 19. 1 21 £18. 8. 6 6
10 and over £24. 16. 1 11 £23. 19. 3 4
All families £16. 16. 5 2,542 £18. 1. 7 708

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TABLE 3

Summary of Table 2

NUMBER IN FAMILY HOUSE AVERAGE NO. FLATS AVERAGE NO.
1 -3 £15. 3. 3 1257 £ 15. 16. 0 333
4 - 7 £18. 4. 4 1207 £19. 18. 6 344
8 and over £21. 18. 3 78 £ 22. 2. 2 31
All families £16. 16. 5 2542 £18. 1. 7 708

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TABLE 4

Total annual expenditure in houses and Flats analysed by Degree-day Regions

HOUSES COMPARED WITH FLATS
Degree day
Regions 		I
5000 – 5,500 		II
4500 – 5000 		III
4000 – 4500 		IV
Under 4000 		NATIONAL
Expenditure HOUSE FLATS HOUSES FLATS HOUSES FLATS HOUSES FLATS HOUSES FLATS
M £16. 19. 5 £18. 2. 7 £16. 6. 1 £16. 7. 2 £16.19. 5 £19. 1. 4 £16. 19. 8 £18.19. 8 £16.15. 11 £ 18. 2. 5

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TABLE 5

Annual expenditure in houses and Flats of equal size, equal family, and equal income analysed by number of habitable rooms

HOUSES UNDER £ 160 P.A.
NO. OF ROOMS
No. 1 Family 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ALL ROOMS
One No. of cases
M 		-
- 		12
10. 19. 		11
10. 11. 1 		34
6 11. 17 		11
1 12. 13. 0 		5
18 .7. 10 		-
- 		-
- 		73
11. 16. 5
TWO No. of cases
M 		1
14. 2 		19
0 13. 14 		80
7 13. 10 		116
9 13. 7. 		82
2 13.10. 2 		13
15. 4. 7
1
16. 1. 0 		-
- 		312
13.11.1
THREE No. of cases
M 		-
- 		9
14.11 		56
2 14. 6 		128
10 15. 16. 		101
6 16.14. 9 		22
16. 12. 4 		1
21.15. 1 		1
19.3. 0 		318
15.17. 4
FOUR No. of cases
M 		1
3. 3. 		7
0 14. 16. 		44
5 16. 4. 		76
4 16. 16. 		69
9 16. 7. 4 		20
17. 15. 8 		-
- 		-
- 		217
16.10.4
FIVE No. of cases
M 		-
- 		4
15.12. 		21
5 17. 5. 		49
10 19. 12 		26
5 18. 7. 5 		9
18. 9. 2 		3
15. 17. 0 		-
- 		67
18. 5. 4
SIX No. of cases
M 		-
- 		5
16. 4. 		10
0 17. 13. 		14
10 19. 12 		26
5 18. 7. 5 		9
18. 9. 2 		3
15. 17. 0 		-
- 		67
18. 5. 4
SEVEN No. of cases
M 		-
- 		-
- 		2
11. 8. 		14
6 17. 1. 		14
5 17. 13. 10 		1
21.10. 0 		1
13.12. 0 		-
- 		32
17. 0. 5
EIGHT AND OVER No. of cases
M 		-
- 		-
- 		1
25. 16. 		1
0 17. 9. 		10
0 17. 16. 4 		5
23. 7. 7 		1
28. 16. 0 		-
- 		18
20. 7. 11
TABLE 5

Annual expenditure in houses and Flats of equal size, equal family, and equal income analysed by number of habitable rooms

HOUSES UNDER £ 160 P.A.
NO. OF ROOMS
No. 1 Family 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ALL ROOMS
One Cases
M 		-
- 		-
- 		-
- 		2
12. 5. 0 		6
10. 15. 4 		1
19. 17. 0 		-
- 		-
- 		9
12. 2. 1
TWO Cases
M 		-
- 		10
13. 0. 4 		27
14. 1. 0 		75
15. 4. 7 		63
15. 2. 6 		22
15. 2. 5
5
20. 9. 5 		-
- 		-
- 		312
13.11.1
THREE Cases
M 		1
20. 3. 0
7
14. 10. 11 		59
16. 6. 1 		122
16. 0. 4 		103
17. 7. 7 		35
18. 8. 1 		12
19. 2. 2 		1
25. 10. 0 		-
- 		340
16.17. 9
FOUR Cases
M 		-
- 		4
13. 13. 4 		40
18. 13. 10 		119
17. 5. 2 		109
18. 4. 2 		49
19. 5. 1 		9
23. 13. 5 		1
23. 7. 0 		331
18. 3. 10
FIVE Cases
M 		-
- 		3
18. 1. 4 		24
17. 10. 1 		78
18. 4. 4 		92
19. 1. 0 		27
18. 7. 10 		3
22. 13. 7 		-
- 		227
18. 13. 10
SIX Cases
M 		-
- 		-
- 		9
14. 16. 8 		48
19. 16. 10 		47
19. 18. 6 		13
22. 1. 1 		6
22. 0. 6 		-
- 		124
20. 3. 4
SEVEN Cases
M 		-
- 		-
- 		8
18. 2. 10 		48
19. 16. 10 		47
19. 18. 6 		13
22. 1. 1 		6
22. 0. 6 		-
- 		1
24. 7. 0 		74
20. 15. 2
EIGHT AND OVER Cases
M 		-
- 		-
- 		3
18. 11. 9 		11
20. 17. 9 		30
13. 4. 0 		7
21. 10. 0 		2
20. 10. 6 		-
- 		60
22. 7. 4

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TABLE 5

Annual expenditure in houses and Flats of equal size, equal family, and equal income analysed by number of habitable rooms

HOUSES UNDER £ 160 P.A.
NO. OF ROOMS
No. in Family 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ALL ROOMS
One cases
M 		4
10.13.0 		16
12.14.10 		11
11.7.5 		6
13.15.10 		-
- 		-
- 		-
- 		-
- 		-
- 		37
12.5.5
TWO cases M 8
17.11.4 		47
13.19.4 		37
15.13.7 		13
16.18.8 		1
13.12.0 		-
- 		-
- 		-
- 		-
- 		106
15.3.11
THREE cases
M 		3
13.16.4 		13
16.8.1 		20
17.11.11 		13
18.13.6 		2
20.2.0 		-
- 		-
- 		-
- 		-
- 		51 17.
9.0
FOUR cases
M 		-
- 		12
17.17.7 		21
20.15.4 		12
17.19.4 		2
22.9.6 		1
13.11.0 		-
- 		-
- 		-
- 		48
17.5.3
FIVE cases
M 		3
14.2.0 		8
19.4.11 		15
18.2.7 		6
17.3.6 		-
- 		1
17.8.0 		-
- 		-
- 		-
- 		19
18.1.10
SIX cases
M 		-
- 		7
18.19.0 		5
18.2.7 		6
17.3.6 		-
- 		1
17.8.0 		-
- 		-
- 		-
- 		19
18.1.10
SEVEN cases
M 		-
- 		1
16.0.0 		-
- 		1
19.4.0 		-
- 		-
- 		-
- 		-
- 		-
- 		2
17.12.0
EIGHT AND OVER cases
M 		-
- 		-
- 		-
- 		3
27.17.0 		3
22.14.0 		1
22.13.0 		-
- 		-
- 		-
- 		7
24.18.0

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TABLE 5

Annual expenditure in houses and Flats of equal size, equal family, and equal income analysed by number of habitable rooms

HOUSES UNDER £ 160 P.A.
NO. OF ROOMS
No. in Family 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ALL ROOMS
One cases
M 		-
- 		-
- 		-
- 		1
18.3.0 		-
- 		-
- 		-
- 		-
- 		-
- 		1
18.3.0
TWO cases
M 		2
15.19.0 		20
13.12.10 		18
14.7.2 		9
16.2.10 		-
- 		-
- 		-
- 		-
- 		-
49
14.9.1
THREE cases
M 		2
16.5.0 		24
18.15.6 		33
18.6.4 		22
16.5.5 		7
16.8.11 		-
- 		-
- 		-
- 		-
- 		88
17.15.10
FOUR cases
M 		2
13.1.0 		20
17.18.2 		39
19.14.8 		29
17.3.8 		3
21.4.4 		-
- 		-
- 		-
- 		-
- 		93
18.9.0
FIVE cases
M 		3
19.12.0 		15
19.18.0 		22
21.3.11 		22
19.13.8 		6 24.3.5
-
- 		-
- 		-
- 		-
- 		68
20.12.4
SIX cases
M 		-
- 		10
20.9.2 		16
20.3.2 		10
24.10.1 		4
26.13.2 		-
- 		-
- 		-
- 		-
- 		40
21.19.6
SEVEN cases
M 		-
- 		4
20.14.6 		8
26.4.11 		4
20.2.10 		6
24.10.0 		5
26.18.5 		-
- 		-
- 		-
- 		27
24.5.2
EIGHT AND OVER cases
M 		1
18.8.0 		3
21.0.4 		10
21.16.11 		2
21.16.5 		1.
17.15.0 		5
22.11.0 		2
13.10.0 		-
- 		-
- 		24
21.6.0

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TABLE 6

Coal Club Membership analysed by income

UNDER £150 P.A OVER £150 P.A ALL INCOMES
CLUB MEMBERSHIP No. % No. % No. %
NATIONAL YES 160 7.1 162 6.0 322 6.5
NO 2102 92.9 2547 94.0 4649 93.5
TABLE 7

Cost of Coal per cwt. Analysed by Urban and Rural Areas

COST OF COAL
Price per cwt. Urban Rural Total
No. % No. % No. %
Special Prices 63 1.4 9 1.2 72 1.4
1/10 - 2/2 402 9.2 12 1.6 414 8.1
2/3 - 2/7 1400 32.0 246 33.2 1646 32.2
2/8 - 3/0 1173 26. 8 181 24.5 1354 26.5
3/1 - 3/5 1091 25.0 233 21.5 1324 26.0
3/6 - 3/10 214 4.9 50 6.8 264 5.0
3/11 - 4/3 13 0.3 3 0.4 16 0.3
4/4 - 4/8 9 0.2 5 0.7 14 0.3
4/9 - 5/0 3 0.1 1 0.1 4 0.1
TOTAL 4368 99.9 740 100.0 5108 100.1

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TABLE 8

Price paid per cwt. for Coal

Analysed by Geographical Region

Price per cwt Scotland North Midlands London etc S. West
No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %
Special Prices 6 0.8 33 2.1 14 1.9 1 0.1 19 2.6
1/11 - 2/2 38 5.1 309 19.5 52 7.2 2 0.1 16 2.2
2/3 - 2/7 278 37.3 1000 63.0 275 38.1 12 0.9 87 11.8
2/8 - 3/- 347 46.5 232 14.6 320 44.2 98 7.7 369 49.5
3/1 - 3/5 58 7.8 8 0.5 60 8.3 977 76.9 152 20.7
3/6 - 3/10 12 1.6 2 0.1 0 - 173 13.6 78 10.6
3/11 - 4/3 2 0.3 1 0.1 1 0.1 9 0.7 3 0.4
4/4-4/8 4 0.5 - - - - - - 10 1.4
4/9 - 5/ - 0 - 1 0.1 1 0.1 2 0.1 - -
TOTAL 745 1586 723 1272 734

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TABLE 9

Cost of Coal per cwt. analysed by Coalfield versus Rest (for Region 2 only)

COALFIELD REST TOTAL
Price per cwt. No. % No. % No. %
Special Prices 27 3.1 5 1.6 32 2.7
1/10 -2/2 248 28.7 8 2.6 256 21.8
2/3 - 2/7 506 58.6 140 45.2 646 55.0
2/8 - 3 79 9.1 148 47.8 227 19.3
3/1- 3/5 2 0.2 6 1.9 8 0.7
3/6 - 3/10 1 0.1 1 0.3 2 0.2
3/11 - 4/3 - - 1 0.3 1 0.1
4/4 - 4/8 - - - - - -
4/9 - 5/- 1 0.1 1 0.3 2 0.2
TOTAL 864 99.9 310 100.0 1174 100.0

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TABLE 10

Amount of Coal purchased at one time analysed by Urban and Rural Regions

AMOUNT OF COAL PURCHASED Urban Rural Total
No. % No. % No. %
1 Cwt. 610 14.0 115 16.0 725 14.3
2 Cwts. 1567 36.0 277 38.4 1844 36.3
3 Cwts 726 16.7 104 14.4 830 16.3
4 Cwts 419 9.6 86 11.9 505 10.0
5 - 10 Cwts 417 9.6 46 6.4 463 9.1
10 - 20 Cwts 358 8.2 54 7.5 412 8.1
Over 20 Cwts 62 1.4 8 1.1 70 1.4
None 9 0.2 - - 9 0.2
TOTAL 4354 100.0 721 100.0 5075 100.0

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TABLE 11

Quantity of coal purchased at one time, analysed in relation to cellar capacity

QUANTITIES
Cellar Capacity 1 cwt. 2 cwts. 3 cwts. 4 cwts. 5 cwts. 5-10 cwts. 10-20 cwts Over 20 cwts Total
cases
1 cwt. 30 5.9
81.1 		5 0.4
13.5 		2 0.3
5.4 		- - - - - - - - - - 37 1.0
100.0
2 cwts. 27 6.3
20.4 		97 7.3
73.5 		6 1.0
4.5 		- - 1 0.3
0.8 		- - 1 0.3
5.4 		- - 132 3.5
100.0
3 cwts 31 6.1
20.4 		67 5.0
44.0 		53 8.7
34.9 		1 0.6
0.7 		- - - - - - - - 152 4.1
100.0
4 cwts 25 4.9
17.3 		63 4.7
43.8 		39 6.4
27.1 		16 9.5
11.1 		1 0.3
0.7 		- - - - - - 144 3.8
100.0
5 cwts 83 16.2
26.1 		121 9.1
38.0 		53 8.7
16.7 		14 8.3
4.4 		44 11.7
13.8 		3 0.8
0.9 		- - - - 318 8.5
99.9
5- 10 cwts 129 25.2
15.8 		309 23.1
37.9 		136 22.2
16.7 		38 22.6
4.7 		106 28.3
13.0 		94 26.2
11.6 		1 0.3
0.1 		2 3.5
0.2 		815 21.7
100.0
10-20 cwts 110 21.5
9.1 		432 32.3
35.5 		203 33.1
16.7 		57 34.0
4.7 		142 37.8
11.7 		148 41.2
12.2 		120
37.0
9.9 		2 3.5
0.2 		1214 32.4
100
.0
Over 20 cwts 77 15.0
8.3 		243 18.2
26.0 		121 19.7
13.0 		42 25.0
4.5 		81 21.6
8.7 		114
31.8
12.2 		202
62.4
21.6 		53 93.0
57 		933 24.9
100.0
Total 512 100.1
13.7 		1337 100.1
35.6 		613 100.1
16.3 		168 100.0
4.5 		375 100
.0
10.0 		359 100.0
9.6 		324 100.0
8.7 		57 100.0
1.5 		3746 99.9

Refer to Text 2.72

TABLE 12

Reasons for purchasing coal analysed by quantity purchased at one time

QUANTITIES
REASONS 1 cwt. 2cwts 3 cwts 4 cwts. 5 cwts. 5-10 cwts 10-20 cwts 20 cwts Total Cases
No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No % No % No %
All one can have 167 23.7 462 26.0 190 23.8 38 19.0 106 22.4 53 12.4 18 4.7 2 3.2 1036 2.14
What one needs 172 24.4 626 35.2 310 38.8 93 46.5 136 28.8 95 22.1 76 20.0 7 11.1 1515 31.4
Can’t afford 253 35.9 420 23.6 166 20.7 25 12.5 37 7.8 16 3.7 10 2.6 2 3.2 929 19.3
Cheaper 7 1.0 6 0.3 6 0.8 1 0.5 37 7.8 63 14.7 57 15.0 16 25.4 193 4.0
Capacity coal shed 41 5.8 109 6.1 55 6.9 12 6.0 36 7.6 42 9.8 42 11.1 8 12.7 345 7.1
Easier 36 5.1 78 4.4 26 3.2 14 7.0 55 11.6 74 17.2 74 19.5 8 12.7 365 7.6
Can’t get less 1 0.1 4 0.2 3 0.4 1 0.5 17 3.6 11 2.6 9 2.4 2 3.2 48 1.0
Like a stock 28 4.0 72 4.0 42 5.3 9 4.5 47 9.9 69 16.1 56 14.7 12 19.0 355 6.9
Collery and Trade Allowance - - 3 0.1 1 0.1 7 3.5 2 0.4 6 1.4 38 10.0 6 9.5 63 1.3
TOTAL 705 100.0 1780 99.9 799 100.0 200 100.0 473 99.9 429 100.0 380 100.0 63 100.0 4829 100.0
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