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Married couple setting up house on £500 per annum.(After
income tax and national insurance have been deducted)
| Rent, rates and insurance. |
£150 |
| Food and laundry for two. |
£156 |
| Fuel, including coal, gas and electricity. |
£50 |
| Clothes and personal expenses. |
£70 |
| Holidays and amusements.. |
£40 |
| Margin for special expenses. |
£20 |
| Savings. |
£14 |
| Total |
£500 |
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National Insurance.
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Employer |
Employee |
Self- employed |
| Men |
6/- |
6/9 |
8/5 |
| Women |
4/11 |
5/6 |
7/2 |
| Boys (under 18) |
3/6 |
3/11 |
4/10 |
| Girls (under 18) |
2/10 |
3/3 |
4/3 |
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Married couple with two young children; income £780 per
annum.(After income tax and national insurance have been paid).This
couple are buying their own house.
| Mortgage and interest. |
£120 |
| Rates and Schedule "A" Tax. |
£33 |
| Maintenance and repairs. |
£21 |
| Food. |
£236 |
| Household expenses. |
£76 |
| Clothes for wife and two children. |
£52 |
| Clothes for husband. |
£26 |
| Fuel |
£52 |
| Life assurance. |
£24 |
| Telephone. |
£15 |
| Holiday and household replacement fund. |
£30 |
| Husbands lunches and fares. |
£52 |
| Miscellaneous. |
£43 |
| Total |
£780 |
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Licenses.
| Radio: (sound only) £1; Television and sound £3.
Renewable annually on the date first taken out. |
| Dogs: 7/6; (puppies under six months of age, dogs kept
by blind people and sheep dogs are exempt). Renewable annually. |
| Driving license: 5/-; Renewable annually on the date first
taken out. |
| Information about Gun and Game license can be obtained
from the post office or police station. |
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