1. 1904 transcript of Platelayer’s return

2. Kilburn Platelayer’s Weekly Budget 1904 A London platelayer and his wife and family of a 5-year old, a three-year old and a 13 month-old infant ItemValue (old pence d)Quantity Earnings2881 week’s work Rent782 rooms Food152.553 percent of income Bread & Flour32.57 qt loaves, 1 qt flour Meat453 lb beef, 4 lb mutton, 2.5lb pork, 1lb bacon Fish66 ‘penny bloaters’ Lard, suet, dripping etc1.50.25 lb Eggs4.56 eggs Cheese1.5‘one small piece’ (probably about 0.25 lb) Butter211.75 lb Potatoes714 lbs Vegetables68 cabbages Rice21 lb Tea40.25 lb Sugar147 lb Jam5.52 lb Condiments2

3. Kilburn Platelayer’s Weekly Budget 1904 The comment at the bottom reads: ‘Now I have 4 shillings left to be spent in providing for sickness, clothing, soap, oil, starch, blue-blacking, coal, wood, matches and other little items. Then how do you think we live? Not live but linger…’ A number of the original returns include a commentary by a household member (about 1 in 4).