The per cent of households paying each specified monthly rent per room is shown in the table next presented according to general nativity and race of head of household·

TABLE 55.-Per cent of households paying each specified rent per month per room, by general nativity and race of head of household.

(STUDY OF HOUSEHOLDS.)

[This table includes only races with 20 or more households reporting. The totals, however, are for all races.]

Data are furnished in the foregoing table for 665 households, of whom 6.5 per cent are paying under $2 per room per month_rent; 35.6 per cent under $3, while 58.6 per cent are paying under $4 monthly rental per room.

Many more Bohemians and Moravians, or 33.3 per cent, are paying under $2 per month rent per room than any other race. The next highest figure is the 5.1 per cent shown by the Hebrews; both South Italians and Lithuanians show less than 3 per cent, while no Poles are found paying so low a rental.

Again, in the column designating those paying under $3 per room per month, it is seen that the Bohemians and Moravians lead with 88.9 per cent, and the Lithuanians with 75.9 per cent are second. Both the Hebrews and South Italians show between 25 and 30 per cent, while the Poles are last, with only 5 per cent paying less than $3 rent per month per room.

Over 90 per cent of Bohemians and Moravians and Lithuanians are paying under $4 per month per room; next in order come the Hebrews with 58.3 per cent, the South Italians with 40.8 per cent, and the Poles with 15 per cent.

The following table shows, by general nativity and race of head of household, the per cent of households paying each specified monthly rent per person:

TABLE 56.-Per cent of households paying each specified rent per month per person, by general nativity and race of head of household.

(STUDY OF HOUSEHOLDS.)

[This table includes only races with 20 or more households reporting. The totals, however, are for all races.]

Of the 665 households paying rent and reporting amounts, 85 per cent pay under $4, 68.6 per cent under $3, 35.2 per cent under $2, and 2.3 per cent under $1 per person. Of the several foreign-born races, the Lithuanians show the largest and the South Italians the smallest proportion paying under $4, under $3, and under $2, while the Bohemians and Moravians show the largest and the Poles the smallest proportion paying under $1 rent per month per person.

BOARDERS AND LODGERS.

The practice of the housewives of taking boarders and lodgers into the home in order to supplement the earnings of their husbands has already been discussed. The extent to which boarders and lodgers are kept and its bearing on living conditions are considered in the present connection. The first table submitted, which immediately follows, shows, by general nativity and race of head of household, the number and per cent of households keeping boarders and lodgers.

TABLE 57.-Number and per cent of households keeping boarders or lodgers, by general nativity and race of head of household.

(STUDY OF HOUSEHOLDS.)

[Information relating to boarders or lodgers covers only immediate time of taking schedule and not the entire year. Boarders are persons who receive both board and lodging.]

The foregoing table shows a report of 906 households, of whom 18.9 per cent keep boarders or lodgers.

Only a very small number of native-born of foreign father are reported, but a comparison between these and the foreign-born reveals many more of the latter keeping boarders or lodgers.

Leading all races in the proportion of households keeping boarders or lodgers comes the Lithuanian with 62.9 per cent; the next race is the Polish with 35 per cent. Then follow the South Italians, Hebrews, and Bohemians and Moravians, each having less than 20 per cent.

The following table shows, by general nativity and race of head of household, the average number of boarders or lodgers per household. The averages are based (1) on the total number of households and (2) on the number having boarders or lodgers.

TABLE 58.—Average number of boarders or lodgers per household, by general nativity and race of head of household.

(STUDY OF HOUSEHOLDS.)

[Information relating to boarders or lodgers covers only immediate time of taking schedule and not the entire year. Boarders are persons who receive both board and lodging.]

Of a total of 906 households studied in the above table, 171 keep an average of 1.70 boarders or lodgers. Among the several foreignborn races, the Lithuanians have the highest and the Bohemians and Moravians the lowest average number of boarders or lodgers per household, as well as per household keeping boarders or lodgers.

SIZE OF APARTMENTS OCCUPIED

The range in the size of apartments occupied by the households studied is set forth in the table next presented. It shows, by general nativity and race of head of household, the per cent of households occupying apartments of each specified number of rooms.

TABLE 59.- Per cent of households occupying apartments of each specified number of rooms, by general nativity and race of head of household.

(STUDY OF HOUSEHOLDS.)

[This table includes only races with 20 or more households reporting. The totals, however, are for all races.]

Of the total number of households, 32.8 per cent are in 3-room apartments; 31.9 per cent are in 4-room apartments. These figures are closely analogous to the proportion of foreign-born households in 3-room and 4-room apartments.

Of the households of native-born of foreign father, 44 per cent are in 6-room apartments; 20 per cent occupy 4 rooms.

Among the foreign-born the Poles most commonly occupy small apartments, 60 per cent having only 3 rooms. The Bohemians and Moravians, on the contrary, show 41.1 per cent of the households of that race in 6-room apartments.

SIZE OF HOUSEHOLDS STUDIED.

The table immediately following exhibits the range in the size of the households studied. It shows, by general nativity and race of head of household, the per cent of households of each specified number of persons.