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address:
surname:
Main St No 40
Busby
adults in house *includes lodgers:
children
total in household
5
4
9

Poverty Line Rating

C

Busby Joseph, Age - 51, Head Married, Occupation & estimated weekly wage - Gun-Barrel-Filer 26.46

Busby Maria, Age - 48, Wife Married, Occupation & estimated weekly wage - 0

Busby Ann, Age - 28, Daughter , Occupation & estimated weekly wage - Laundress 9.65

Busby Joseph, Age - 16, Son , Occupation & estimated weekly wage - Warehouse-Boy 9.05

Busby Mary Ann, Age - 18, Daughter , Occupation & estimated weekly wage - Silver-Chain-Maker 10.07

Busby Martha, Age - 14, Daughter , Occupation & estimated weekly wage - Servant 4.28

Busby Minnie, Age - 12, Daughter , Occupation & estimated weekly wage - Scholar 0

Busby Amy, Age - 10, Daughter , Occupation & estimated weekly wage - Scholar 0

Busby Clara, Age - 7, Daughter , Occupation & estimated weekly wage - Scholar 0

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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