TABLE 1. Number of cases assisted in each city, by general nativity and race of head of case..... 2. Cases assisted in each city, by general nativity of head of case.. 94-99 100 102, 103 107, 108 4. Cases assisted in the cities within each geographical division, by 106, 107 5. Persons involved in cases assisted in the cities within each geograph- 7. Races ranking first and second in number of cases among the foreign- 110, 111 8. Per cent of cases assisted for each specified class of apparent causes 114 116 117 120, 121 10. Per cent of cases assisted for each specified apparent cause of need, 124 124, 125 14. Per cent of persons involved in cases given aid specified, by general 13. Per cent of cases given aid specified, by general nativity and race of 125, 126 15. Per cent of cases of each specified number of persons, by general 128 16. Number of cases consisting of husband and wife, widow, or widower, 82401°-VOL 2-11-7 130, 131 89 TABLE 17. Per cent of cases consisting of husband and wife, widow, or widower, with or without children, by general nativity and race of head of case 18. Number and per cent of cases consisting only of husband and wife, 19. Per cent of cases consisting only of husband and wife assisted for each 20. Age of head of case where case consists only of husband and wife, by 21. Number and per cent of persons within each age group, by general 22. Number and per cent of persons 20 years of age or over in each Page. 132 133 134 135 136 ... 137-139 23. Number and per cent of cases assisted in which wife is head and 140, 141 24. Number and per cent of cases in which wife is head and reported 141, 142 25. Per cent of children 6 and under 16 years of age at home, at school, 27. Per cent of foreign-born heads of cases in the United States under 29. Per cent of foreign-born persons in the United States under 1 year, 30. Per cent of foreign-born persons in the United States each specified 146 147 148 149, 150 150 31. Per cent of persons 6 years of age or over who speak English, by sex 151 153 IMMIGRANTS AS CHARITY SEEKERS. METHOD AND SCOPE OF THE INVESTIGATION. In order to determine to what extent immigrants are the recipients of charity, the Immigration Commission planned an extensive investigation covering this phase of the immigration question. In addition to the original investigation the Commission has compiled existing federal statistics relative to immigrants and pauperism. This compilation forms Part II of the Commission's complete report on immigrants as charity seekers and consists of statistics from the United States Bureau of the Census and the United States Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization, covering the period from 1850 to 1908. In outlining this investigation it would have been highly desirable to secure information not only from organized city charity societies, but also from societies which confine their efforts to relieving the poverty of specific races, and from societies which are organized within the churches for the purpose of looking after the poor. To conduct such an investigation even in a few cities would be almost impossible, and the Commission therefore decided that, in addition to securing general information relative to charitable assistance received by immigrants in the industrial communities selected for study, it would undertake to secure data relative to aid furnished immigrants during a certain period by the charity organizations of a considerable number of cities. The matter was thoroughly discussed with Mr. Francis H. McLean, Field Secretary of the Field Department for the Extension of Organized Charity in the United States, and a plan was devised to secure this information by preparing a suitable blank form which should be furnished the charity societies of the various cities selected for study. A schedule or form was drafted, on which information was to be entered for each member of the family at home for each case, native or foreign born, receiving assistance during a period of six months, from December 1, 1908, to May 31, 1909. The report for Boston, Massachusetts, however, includes only the new cases assisted during this period. The information required for each case was apparent cause of need and aid given, and for each individual was race, sex, age, conjugal condition, occupation, and country of birth, and for the foreign-born individuals the additional information of years in the United States, ability to speak English, and political condition. No account was made of a case unless some assistance was given. The information required was entered on this schedule by an employee of the society, usually the registrar, and for this service a small Page. TABLE 17. Per cent of cases consisting of husband and wife, widow, or widower, with or without children, by general nativity and race of head of case 18. Number and per cent of cases consisting only of husband and wife, 19. Per cent of cases consisting only of husband and wife assisted for each 20. Age of head of case where case consists only of husband and wife, by 21. Number and per cent of persons within each age group, by general 22. Number and per cent of persons 20 years of age or over in each 132 133 134 135 136 137-139 23. Number and per cent of cases assisted in which wife is head and 140, 141 24. Number and per cent of cases in which wife is head and reported 141, 142 27. Per cent of foreign-born heads of cases in the United States under 29. Per cent of foreign-born persons in the United States under 1 year, 146 147 148 149, 150 30. Per cent of foreign-born persons in the United States each specified 150 151 31. Per cent of persons 6 years of age or over who speak English, by sex 153 |