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town by 1860 and found employment in the silverware industry. The French Canadian race was also established in the city by that time and were engaged in the occupation of burnishing.

From 1860 to 1865 immigration to the community was light. Numbers of Germans, Swedes, and French Canadians, as well as immigrants of the English-speaking races, came to the city between 1865 and 1880. The immigrants of these races found employment in the plated silverware industry, the lamp and chandelier industry, and the enameled ware industry. In the period from 1880 to 1890 there was a considerable Slavic, Italian, Jewish, and Greek immigration. The Slavic immigrants found employment as unskilled laborers in the foundries and shops, and some few engaged in small businesses; the Italians became fruit dealers, grocers, bootblacks, cobblers, and unskilled laborers in the foundries and shops; the Hebrews went into the junk peddling and clothing trades and some few worked in the shops, and the Greeks either went into the bootblack and candy trades, or obtained work in the shops and factories as unskilled laborers.

HOUSEHOLDS STUDIED.

A total of 440 households were studied in Community B, the heads of which were engaged in the various local industries. The following table shows the number and per cent of households investigated, by general nativity and race of head of household:

TABLE 96.-Households studied, by general nativity and race of head of household.

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Of the total number of households studied in the community that is embraced in the above table nearly 80 per cent are foreign-born, 18.6 per cent are native-born of foreign father, and only 2.3 per cent are households the heads of which are native whites born of native father. Among the households the heads of which are native-born of foreign father those of German descent show the largest proportion, 9.1 per cent. The Irish, with 4.8 per cent, show the next largest proportion. Of the foreign-born races the Poles were studied in the largest number. Slightly more than 20 per cent of the total number of households are of that race. A proportion almost as large, 18.9

per cent, is shown for the Swedes. The South Italians, French Canadians, and Germans each represent between 10 and 15 per cent of the total number of households. North Italian households were studied in smaller proportion than those of any other foreign-born The households of that race represent only 1.1 per cent of the total number.

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MEMBERS OF HOUSEHOLDS FOR WHOM DETAILED INFORMATION WAS SECURED.

The following table shows, by general nativity and race of head of household, the persons in the households studied and the persons for whom detailed information was secured:

TABLE 97.—Persons in households studied and persons for whom detailed information was secured, by general nativity and race of head of household.

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In the 440 households studied the total number of persons is 2,222. Of that number of persons, 82.3 per cent are in households the heads of which are foreign-born; 15.6 per cent are in households the heads of which are native-born of foreign father, and 2.1 per cent are in households the heads of which are native whites born of native father. More persons were studied in households the heads of which are foreign-born Poles than in those of any other race. The proportion of persons in such households is 22.4 per cent of the total. The Swedes show the next largest proportion, 17.8 per cent, followed by the French Canadians with 16.8 per cent. Less than 1 per cent of the total number of persons in the households studied are North Italian, while 11 per cent of the total number are South Italians. For the persons for whom detailed information was secured the proportions are in most cases similar to that named above for each race, and where there is a difference it is very small.

The following table sets forth, by general nativity and race of head of household, the sex of persons for whom detailed information was secured:

TABLE 98.-Sex of persons for whom detailed information was secured, by general nativity and race of head of household.

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More than 50 per cent of all persons for whom detailed information was secured are males; 47.5 per cent are females. A larger proportion of females are found in the households the heads of which are native-born of foreign father than in the households the heads of which are foreign-born. Of the native whites born of native father, 53.2 per cent are males and 46.8 per cent are females. Among the households native-born of foreign father, those whose fathers were Canadian other than French show the largest proportion of males and those whose fathers were French Canadian show the smallest proportion of males. Of the foreign-born North Italians, slightly more than 61 per cent are males. The next largest proportion of males is shown by the Poles. Each race shows that more than 50 per cent of all persons for whom detailed information was secured are males.

The table which immediately follows exhibits, by sex and general nativity and race of individual, the persons for whom detailed information was secured in the household investigation.

TABLE 99.-Persons for whom detailed information was secured, by sex and general nativity

and race of individual.

(STUDY OF HOUSEHOLDS.)

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Of the persons in this locality for whom detailed information was secured, 9.1 per cent of the males and 10.4 per cent of the females are native-born of native father, 50.9 per cent of the males and 51.4 per cent of the females are native-born of foreign father, and 39.9 per cent of the males and 38.2 per cent of the females are foreign-born. The French Canadians, Germans, South Italians, Poles, and Swedes, both male and female, have the largest representation among the foreignborn.

EMPLOYEES FOR WHOM INFORMATION WAS SECURED.

The following table shows the number and percentage of employees of each race for whom information was secured, by sex:

TABLE 100.-Employees for whom information was secured, by sex and general nativity

and race.

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