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THE STANDARD OF LIVING



due to the convenience of the Free Dispensaries that New
York poor spent, on the average, less than the families in
the United States at large for the sake of health, although
the fact that the data of the Commissioner of Labor in-
cluded funeral expenses under the same head helps to
account for the difference. Whatever else may be de-
duced from these data, it is evident that expenditures for
health do play a prominent part in the family budget, a

TABLE XXXIII



Income group



Without
expenditure
for health



No.
Per
cent



Cases of seri-
ous iUness



No.
Free medi-
cal aid



Per M„ Per »t„ Per
cent "°- cent ""■ cent



Expenditure
for dentist



Average expendi'
turefcfr heaUh



$400-499


1


13


5


63


6


75


2


25




500-599


3


18


9


53


7


41


2


12




600-699


7


10


41


57


29


40


8


11


13.78


700-799


11


14


47


59


30


38


12


15


14.02


800-899


7


10


42


58


30


41


12


17


22.19


900-999


7


11


34


54


19


30


12


19


23.30


1000-1099


5


16


15


48


5


16


7


23


14.80


1100-1199






9


50


3


16


6


33




Total


46


11.8


217


56


132


34


67


16





very important part when it is realized that the outlay
for food, clothing, and housing is fimdamentally expendi-
ture for the preservation of bodily soundness.
