Note 214-7 — Chapter I

In Paris, in 1834, the average income per capita was estimated to be 1,029.9 francs, of which 46 francs were paid out for service; 55.7 for education; 11.5 for physicians' services, etc.; 7 on theatrical shows; 36 for washing; 13.6 for public purposes. (Dingler, Polyt. Journal, LIII, 464.) According to Ducpétiaux, Budgets économiques des Classes ouvrières en Belgique, 1855, and Engel, Sächs. Statist. Ztschr., 1857, 170, the proportional percentage of family expenses for the following articles of consumption is: