were visited.

The ordinary tenement in Fall River contains from three to five rooms
with toilet, and the rents range from $1.25 to $4 per week. For the
larger sum, a bath would be included. There are very few heated
apartment houses and rents for these would be more than $20 a month.
The majority of wage-earners probably pay between $1.75 and $3 per
week and do not have a bath. The demand for the larger apartments with
baths far exceeds the supply. Many families are forced to live in
inferior and crowded quarters at the present time because no others
are to be obtained.

Two dollars twenty-five cents a week or $117 a year for four rooms
and toilet may be set as a minimum figure for housing a family of five
in Fall River, according to existing conditions. Three dollars fifty
cents a week or $182 a year will secure somewhat better accommodations.

_Clothing._ To obtain the cost of clothing for a family of five,
budgets were constructed containing the different articles which
probably would be purchased in the course of a year and prices were
collected from a number of stores which cater to wage-earners.
Quotations were secured for comparatively low-priced but standard
grades of goods and these were averaged to obtain the prices given in
Table 3. In deciding on the quantity of each article required, the
quality of the goods was taken into account. In the case of articles
which would not necessarily be replaced every year, what was
considered to be a proper fraction of the cost in October, 1919, is
given.

TABLE 3: COST OF A LIBERAL ALLOWANCE OF CLOTHING FOR A YEAR FOR A MAN,
WIFE AND THREE CHILDREN UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE IN FALL RIVER,
MASSACHUSETTS, AT PRICES PREVAILING IN OCTOBER, 1919

(National Industrial Conference Board)

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| Cost, | | Cost,
Man's budget | October, | Woman's budget | October,
| 1919 | | 1919
------------------------+----------+-------------------------+---------
1 suit | $28.00 | 1 coat or suit | $26.00
1/3 overcoat | 7.50 | 1/2 dress | 5.25
1 pair heavy trousers | 6.00 | 1 cotton skirt | 1.98
1/2 sweater | 2.50 | 2 waists | 3.60
2 shirts | 3.50 | 2 hou