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address:
surname:
Lancaster St 123
Cox
adults in house *includes lodgers:
children
total in household
2
3
5
Poverty Line Rating
E
Cox Mary Eliza, Age - 40, Head Widow, Occupation & estimated weekly wage - Seamstress Shop Keeper 14.65
Cox Thomas F., Age - 10, Son , Occupation & estimated weekly wage - Scholar 0
Cox Albert H., Age - 10, Son , Occupation & estimated weekly wage - Scholar 0
Cox Rhoda H., Age - 4, Daughter , Occupation & estimated weekly wage - 0
Caldicutt Elizabeth, Age - 37, Lodger , Occupation & estimated weekly wage - Seamstress 1.4
Poverty Bar Grading
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A = comfortable. Standard meal) with surplus of 31s+ shillings 5
B = moderate. Standard meal with surplus of 21s to 31s
C = poor. Standard meal with surplus of 11s to 21s
D = very poor. Standard meal with surplus of 5s to 11s
E = poverty. Workhouse diet with surplus is a minus OR Standard meal of surplus 1s to 5s
Having a larger family does increase the family income budget and increase surplus and go towards raising the poverty grading. However living conditions would be extremelly cramped.
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