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The preceding table shows the total average number of persons per apartment to be 5.88, the average number in apartments of 7 or more rooms is 7.69, in apartments of 6 rooms 6.21, in apartments of 5 rooms 5.68, in apartments of 4 rooms there are 5.27 persons, in those of 3 rooms 5.18 persons, and in apartments of 2 rooms there are 3.22 persons, indicating that a greater congestion exists in apartments of a small number of rooms than in those of larger size. Foreign-born persons report a much higher average number of persons per apartment for each specified number of rooms than do persons native-born of foreign father, the totals showing that foreign-born persons have the highest average number of persons per apartment irrespective of the number of rooms; native-born of foreign father and native-born of native father following in the order mentioned, with much smaller averages. Of the foreign-born races Turkish households show the highest average number of persons per apartment of 6 rooms and the highest average number of persons per apartment of 7 or more rooms. The totals show that the Turkish households have the highest average number of persons per apartment irrespective of the number of rooms, while the German households report the lowest average.

The following table shows, by general nativity and race of head of household, the average number of persons per apartment per room and per sleeping room:

TABLE 59.-Average number of persons per apartment, per room, and per sleeping room, by general nativity and race of head of household.

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The preceding table shows the average number of persons per apartment to be 588 persons per 100 apartments, 113 persons per 100 rooms, and 218 persons per 100 sleeping rooms. Foreign-born households show a much higher average number of persons per apartment per room and per sleeping room than either native-born of foreign father or native-born of native father, which follow in the

order named. Of the native-born of foreign father, Irish show a higher average number of persons per apartment per room and per sleeping room than German households, while of the foreignborn races, Turkish households show the highest average number of persons per apartment and German households the lowest average. Slovak households show the highest average number of persons per room and German and Irish the lowest. Lithuanians show the highest average number of persons per sleeping room and Turks the lowest.

In the following table the range in the number of persons per room is shown according to general nativity and race of head of household:

TABLE 60.-Persons per room, by general nativity and race of head of household.

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The preceding table shows that 66.6 per cent of households have 1 or more persons per room, 11.6 per cent 2 or more per room, and that 1.1 per cent have 3 or more persons per room, while only 0.3 of 1 per cent of households have 4 or more persons per room. Foreignborn households also show a very much higher percentage having 1 or more and 2 or more persons per room than either those whose heads are native-born of foreign father or native-born of native father, which follow in the order mentioned. Households whose heads are native-born of foreign father show a very small proportion of households having 2 or more persons per room, and nativeborn of native father show no households having the above-mentioned number of persons per room. The native-born of foreign father show the highest percentage of households having 3 or more persons per room, closely followed by foreign-born, while foreign-born alone show a proportion of households having 4 or more persons per room.

Among the native-born of foreign father, the Germans show a higher percentage of households than Irish having 1 or more persons per room, also a small percentage of households having 2 or more, or 3 or more, persons per room, as contrasted with none of the Irish households having the above specified number of persons per room. Of the foreign-born it is noticeable that the races from southern and eastern Europe show a very much higher average number of persons per room than the older immigrant races from northern Europe. The Turks report the highest percentage of households having 1 or more persons per room and the Germans the lowest; Slovaks have the highest percentage with 2 or more persons per room, while the Irish report no households having 2 or more persons per room; Slovaks and Poles alone show a percentage of households having 3 or more persons per room. The Slovaks also have a small proportion having 4 or more persons per room.

The table next presented shows the range in the number of persons per sleeping room, according to general nativity and race of head of household:

TABLE 61.-Persons per sleeping room, by general nativity and race of head of house

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The foregoing table shows the total average number of persons per sleeping room to be 218 per 100 sleeping rooms, 69.3 per cent of households have 2 or more persons per sleeping room, 27.9 per cent 3 or more, 9.1 per cent 4 or more, 3.6 per cent 5 or more, and 0.8 per cent 6 or more. Foreign-born households show 228 persons per

100 sleeping rooms as contrasted with 185 persons per 100 sleeping rooms in households of native-born of foreign father and 184 persons per 100 sleeping rooms in households of native-born of native father. The foreign-born also show a higher percentage of households having each specified number of persons per sleeping room than either the native-born of foreign father or the nativeborn of native father, except where there are 6 or more persons per sleeping room; there the proportion of persons native-born of foreign father is slightly larger than that of foreign-born. Those native-born of foreign father show a considerably higher per cent of households having 2 or more persons per sleeping room than do persons native-born of native father, while the proportion of households of native-born of native father having 3 or more persons per sleeping room is slightly higher than that of native-born of foreign father. No households of native-born of native father report over 4 persons per sleeping room.

Among households of native-born of foreign father the Irish show a slightly higher average number of persons per sleeping room than do the Germans. German households report a somewhat higher per cent having 2 or more persons per sleeping room than Irish households, while the latter show a slightly higher percentage having 3 or more persons per sleeping room than German households. No Irish households show 4 or more persons per sleeping room. Among the foreign-born Polish households show the highest per cent having 2 or more persons per sleeping room and Germans the lowest. Polish households also show the highest percentage having 3 or more persons per sleeping room and Turkish the lowest. Slovak households report the highest percentage having 4 or more persons per sleeping room, while no German households show 4 or more persons per sleeping room. German, Irish, and Turkish races show no households having 5 or more persons per sleeping room, the other races showing comparatively small proportions, while Slovak and Polish households alone show a certain percentage having 6 or more persons per sleeping room.

The effect of congestion within the household upon living arrangements is indicated by the final table of this series, which immediately follows. This table shows, by general nativity and race of head of household, the number and percentage of households regularly sleeping in all except each specified number of rooms.

TABLE 62.-Number and per cent of households regularly sleeping in all except each specified number of rooms, by general nativity and race of head of household.

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The above table shows the average number of rooms per 100 households to be 522, and the average number of sleeping rooms per 100 households to be 269. Of the total number of households 1.4 per cent sleep in all rooms, 20.2 per cent sleep in all except one room, and 27.3 per cent sleep in all except 2 rooms. Native-born of foreign father show a considerably higher average number of rooms per household than native-born of native father or foreign-born, who follow in the order named. Foreign-born households show the highest average number of sleeping rooms, followed by nativeborn of foreign father and native-born of native father. Households native-born of native father report a greater proportion using all rooms for sleeping purposes than do the foreign-born, while nativeborn of foreign father show no households using all rooms for sleeping. The percentage of foreign-born households which use all except 1 room for sleeping is very high when contrasted with 3.7 per cent of households of native-born of foreign father and no households of native-born of native father occupying all except 1 room for sleeping. Foreign-born households also report a high percentage using all except 2 rooms for sleeping, households of native-born of native father and native-born of foreign father following in the order named, in much smaller proportions.

Among the native-born of foreign father the Irish show a higher average number of rooms and of sleeping rooms per household than Germans. Neither race reports any households occupying all rooms

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