Socks .32 | Other Clothing .13 Boots and Shoes 1.33 | Other Clothing .34 | _Children_ (under 6):-- | Clothes, Boots, etc. .45 | | Total Clothing 17.48 -------------------------------------+------------------------------------ Rent 5.41 -------------------------------------+------------------------------------ Fuel and Light 7.04 -------------------------------------+------------------------------------ Coal 3.14 | Electricity for Cooking -- Turf 1.79 | Candles .33 Firewood .34 | Paraffin Oil .67 Gas for Lighting .40 | Other Fuel and Light .05 Gas for Cooking, etc. .29 | Electricity for lighting .03 | Total Fuel and Light 7.04 -------------------------------------+------------------------------------ Sundries 13.02 -------------------------------------+------------------------------------ Soap 1.12 | Other Sundries 8.41 Pipe Tobacco 2.11 | Cigarettes 1.38 | Total Sundries 13.02 -------------------------------------+------------------------------------ Total Expenditure 100.0 NOTES ON THE BUDGETS. (a) _Reliability of Budgets. Tests._ As a test of the reliability of the budget returns several sets were taken at random and were arranged in two groups having a common factor of approximately equal numbers of persons and equal total income. It was found on addition that the proportion of total expenditure spent on each description of food, clothing, etc., was approximately the same in each family and income group. Thus we treated the first 30 budgets from households with small and large incomes in this manner, dividing them so that each lot of 15 would have about the same number of persons and the same income. The selection was made without any reference whatever to expenditure, and the following were the results:-- PERCENTAGE EXPENDITURE. 1st Lot 2nd Lot of 15. of 15. Food 54.3 53.2 Clothing 20.9 20.3 Rent 6.6 6.7 Fuel and Light 6.7 6.7 Sundries 11.5 13.1 NUMBERS IN THE HOUSEHOLD. Under 4 8 3 4 to 13 30 31 14 and over 57 59 -- -- Total, 95 93