Papers and Proceedings of the Fifteenth Annual Meeting 1902 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1903 Excerpt: ... centages for the Italians and the Jews are due to the fact that they have not obtained residence in the city. The percentages are obtained by dividing the number of paupers of each nationality as reported in the census of 1895 by the total number of each nationality in the state. The general order of the table, however, is similar for the leading nationalities to that in Table XVII. The Irish, Scotch, and English are still well up in the list, while the Swedes, Italians, and Jews are at the foot. The chief difference lies in the larger proportion of Negroes and of Germans and of the two less important nationalities, the French and the Swiss. The almshouses, of course, contain the extreme type of paupers, those who, for a part of the year at least, are wholly dependent upon the city for their support. Besides these complete dependents, a large number of families are receiving assistance from one source or another, and statistics for a part of this relief work may be obtained. Some years ago the Associated Charities of Boston published in their annual reports the new cases by place of birth of the head of the family, and from these reports are compiled in Table XIX the averages for the three years 1889, 1890, and 1891, and the percentages are obtained by comparing them with the total numbers of the different nationalities in Boston in 1890. Tabw XIX.--Proportions Of The Various Nationalities Appearing In The "new Cases" Of The Associated Charities For The Years 1889, 1890, 1891. Nationality No. Per Cent Nationality No. Per Cent France and Belg. 27 /$ 2.45 Scot'd and Wales 19.40 Spain and Port.. 13 % 1.39 Russia and Pol.. 19 .36 Negro 68.83 British America. 127.33 Italy--. 30 %.65 Germany 31 %.30 Ireland 435 %.61 Scandinavia n.25 England 63.46 United States 30...