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Government figures: cost of food & coal, 1905, 1912 & 1920

Table comparing the prices of food and fuel in 1905, 1912 and 1920, based on government sources (the Board of Trade Gazette in 1905 and 1912 and the Ministry of Food in 1920).

This item is one of a series of documents on the contemporary cost of living collected by the Dock, Wharf, Riverside and General Workers' Union of Great Britain and Ireland as part of their evidence for the 1920 Court of Inquiry into Wages, Rates and Conditions of Men Engaged in Dock and Waterside Labour (also known as the Shaw Inquiry).

Table showing the price of food and coal in 1905, 1912 and 1920, based on government statistics
Table showing the price of imported meat in 1905 and 1920, based on government statistics