s. d. Rent 8 0 Burial insurance (stood over) -- Boot club 1 0 Coal 0 6 Liquorice-powder 0 1 Wood 0 2 Gas 0 9 ----- 10 6 Left for food 7s. 7d. This family spent extraordinarily little upon coal, and less than the usual amount on gas. Their great extravagance was in burial insurance. The extra penny on each child was not to bring a larger payment at death, but to provide a small sum at the age of fourteen with which to start the child in life. A regular provision of 6d. for other clothing than boots was made when the household allowance rose to 21s. 9d. on January 6, 1911. Mr. B., printer’s warehouseman, jobbing hand. Average wage 23s. Allows 20s. Four children. August 18, 1910, allowed 20s. s. d. Rent 8 0 Burial insurance 1 0 Coal (regular sum paid all through the year) 1 6 Oil and wood 0 4½ Soap, soda, etc. 0 5½ ------ 11 4 Left for food 8s. 8d. August 25, work slack, allowed 18s. s. d. Rent 8 0 Coal 1 6 Burial insurance (left over) -- Oil and wood 0 4½ Soap, soda, etc. 0 5½ ------ 10 4 Left for food 7s. 8d. September 1, allowed 20s. s. d. Rent 8 0 Burial insurance (partly back payment) 1 6 Coal 1 6 Soap and soda 0 4½ Wood and oil 0 4½ ------ 11 9 Left for food 8s. 3d. September 8, allowed 20s.