The poverty line I created has five rankings, A - D allows for the household to be able to feed the family and have weekly surplus. Class E is where I state the household would likely be in poverty and would have a choice to, either feed the family with a meal equivalant to a workhouse diet and have a higher surplus of money to spend on other needs or, eat slightly better and have less money to spend elsewhere.
A = comfortable - standard meal + surplus 31+.
B = moderate - standard meal + surplus 21s 30s.
C = poor - standard meal + surplus 11s- 20s
D = very poor - standard meal + surplus 6s- 10s
E = Poverty - workhouse diet the surplus is a minus figure OR standard meal + surplus 1-5s
Although, if a household were classed as 'E' quite often there would be a minus figure so the family would be struggling to feed the whole family. In 1901 J. Cuming "Scenes in Slumland" published a series of articles for the Birmingham Daily Gazette where he highlights the struggles of daily life for the poor of Birmingham. I will at some point create a blog on Cuming and T.J Bass.
St. Stephens Street is the least favourable street to live in with an average of all the households in the street, 67% are either in poverty or 33% very poor. The most favourable street to live in is New Bright Street, which has 20% in poverty or 20% being very poor.
You can download the full list below. You are welcome to use my data but I would request that you cite my name and website please if you use elsewhere.
Please refer to my methodology page for more detailed explanation for my ranking system
Andy Yarwood
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