working conditions and standard of living of the working classes? TABLE 1 Indices of Real Wages or Incomes of English Workers, in Five-Year Averages, 1770-74 to 1845-49 (Average of 1810-19 = Base 100) Indices of the Purchasing Power of Average Weekly Incomes (normal week) of of following workers: ‘Basket Years Consumables’ Cotton Shipbuilding Building Compositors Agriculture Price Index Factory & Workers Workers Engineering 1770-4 50.8 99.8 99.0 1775-9 49.8 120.6 140.2 100.4 1780-4 50.1 119.8 140.0 100.3 1785-9 52.9 113.0 135.4 94.9 1790-4 56.3 108.7 137.7 99.2 1795-9 68.3 108.7 126.2 108.3 1800-4 90.5 77.1 97.2 95.9 1805-9 93.7 94.9 100.7 109.1 1810-4 108.1 93.3 92.4 92.1 95.0 94.1 1815-9 91.9 108.5 109.7 107.9 106.6 106.5 1820-4 73.3 132.5 136.5 136.0 124.9 109.7 1825-9 89.3 117.7 125.5 124.9 114.8 96.8 1830-4 71.0 129.7 141.4 139.9 128.5 109.5 1835-9 72.2 126.2 141.2 137.2 130.6 107.1 1840-4 72.0 123.4 146.8 138.7 135.3 111.2 1845-9 69.9 130.8 148.7 143.5 138.6 103.8
working conditions and standard of living of the working classes? TABLE 1 Indices of Real Wages or Incomes of English Workers, in Five-Year Averages, 1770-74 to 1845-49 (Average of 1810-19 = Base 100) Years ‘Basket of Consumables’ Price Index Indices of the Purchasing Power of Average Weekly Incomes (normal week) of following workers: Cotton Factory Workers Shipbuilding & Engineering Building Workers Compositors Agriculture 1770-4 1775-9 1780-4 1785-9 1790-4 1795-9 1800-4 1805-9 1810-4 1815-9 1820-4 1825-9 1830-4 1835-9 1840-4 1845-9 50.8 49.8 50.1 52.9 56.3 68.3 90.5 93.7 108.1 91.9 73.3 89.3 71.0 72.2 72.0 69.9 93.3 108.5 132.5 117.7 129.7 126.2 123.4 130.8 92.4 109.7 136.5 125.5 141.4 141.2 146.8 148.7 99.8 120.6 119.8 113.0 108.7 108.7 77.1 94.9 92.1 107.9 136.0 124.9 139.9 137.2 138.7 143.5 140.2 140.0 135.4 137.7 126.2 97.2 100.7 95.0 106.6 124.9 114.8 128.5 130.6 135.3 138.6 99.0 100.4 100.3 94.9 99.2 108.3 95.9 109.1 94.1 106.5 109.7 96.8 109.5 107.1 111.2 103.8