The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-24
NEW BLOOD In YANKBBLAND
INCREASE OE ALIEN RACES
IN CONE$cTIcUr.

Bern-tatln aRGl alas Rmeea GaPuwamm
Where Deaths EKesesi ahe narti.s.
hAHTFoRD. Conn. ADril n. The annual
report just issued by the Bureau Of Vital
Statistics for Connecticut. which Govern
tho calendar year Of lSOs. reveals with
striking clsarnsss tho extent 10 which thia
state hAS become q fOrsign community.
study q tho fluctuations Conserving hirths
shows that the native stock Of ths Com
monw~alth 10 being Ovsrwhslmsd by the
snpsrior numbers VI the invading Facss
from oversee.
In in Connecticut rounds the saork
prefers TO Wait alien houssholds. Numsr-
ic~lly the American element Of the popu-
lAtiOn b substantially stationary. but tha
foreign ratio expands steadily.
OF the 3o.e0t births which TOOK place In
the state in loOe tho number Of canau
in which both parents were forslxn born
foots up iLiSO. establishing q nov hlwh
record. The percentage Of foroiRn births
during the last decade has increased from
h.7 To S7.s. Meanwhile the ratio Of birtha
when both parents were native born has
undergone an irregular decline. While
in Isss the births from American parents
represented sO.A per cent. Of the total
number Of births. those for Isos consti.
tut~d only ss.A per ccut. Of the whole body
~ birth returns.
In other words the psrcsntAge OF purely
American births In Conneotiout suffered
. shrinkags Of par cent. during the ten
year period. while the ratio cf purely for
eign births mounted AZ per cent. Tia
percentage Of births whsn one parent 10
returned ~ native born and the other a.
foreign born was l3.S In leos. while In ~
per cent. Of the cases the nationality % the
fathers and mothers was not given.
New Haven county immigranta oontin-
Ued 10 be- the most aggressive opponenta Of
race suicide. for sO.s per cent Of the con-
trsbutions 20 the infant population Of tho
county during the year arc credited %
foreign born fathers and mothers. In
Hartford county. which bristles with man
ufacturing communities. sac per cent. OF
the parents were born under alien nMxs.
Middlesex county. In which SAT- per cent.
Of the parents were foreign born. stood
third. while in Fairfleld county. In which
tho great factory town Of Bridgsport and
such hating centres a. Danbury. Bethel
and the two Norwalks are located. the
percentage Of foreign births ran up 20
SOS per cent. In windhAm county. whsre |
plough and fail are important instruments |
II livelihood. the ratio Of foreign born |
parents dropped 70 the lowest point. the |
percentage being sac
impressive is the supremacy which |
immigrant Italians have established in \
tbs birth statistics. % tho Ia.isO Con-
necticut born children Of foreign born |
parents in leOe. t.S3l were OF Italian origin /
During the decade betwesn Isoo and IeOs |
the number Of Italian births nearly |
quadrupled. Russian born parents. the
bulk Of them being Jews. contributed
INA units to the census OF ConnectiCut /
hirths during IOOs. while the record for
the year 1900 was only go.
Tho dwindling part which Irish immi-
Erants are playing in the birth statistics
~ the Commonwealth 10 notable. In
Isos the births with Irish parsntage
numbered Isis and exceeded those Of 4
any other foreign nationality. hut In 1903
the number had shrunk to I.7s7 and Irish
births were third on the list For many
years the immigrants from Ireland
poured into Connecticut in large numbers
and exercised . great inHusnOs on the
character Of the population OF the State.
bus in the last decade there has been q
marked failing on.
The Latin contribution to the birth
tables OF the state during IpOs was
greater than the total number OF births
in the four counties o. Windham. Itch
reid. Middlessx and Holland combinsd.
slightly over 50 per cent. Of the births
Of Italian born parents took place in
New Haven county. While 7.102 Italian ,
lirths during leOs are credited to New ,
naven county. .I ~ 60 Soun.y poos
county next with q recnrd Of TS3 The /.
I attn immigrants have little use for
Windham county, for the stork called on
only twenty-five households In the course ,
The slav and allied raoes are making
zreat and growing additions to the
'Oreign population Of the state. The
number % brths from Polish parents
bounded up from 3Os in 1899 to 90 in 1913; 4
"a 20 ss2. and thoss from Austrian :
from 3Se 20 I.I6e. These races =
IRE beginning to figure prominently on 2
he paYrolls Of Connecticut factories, and
hey are also raising crOpe and families =
ind IL dificult to get q decent living
The Hungarians are largely assembled a,
n Fairfield county and rs per cent. OF tins u
hungarian births OF the State during =
s's took place n that corner Of the Com =
racts more Auserians than any other. ,.
although large numbers OF them settle ~
n Hartford and New Haven counties. :"
Of the 2 .3e4 children born OF Russian
,arents In Connecticut during Ie0s nearly
00O uttered their first cries in New Haven
ounty. and COZ Of them arc credited to "
hartford county. Russian immigrants
urn up their noses at Windham county
nd only 10 Russian births occurred IN L.
hat north. 1stern county IN 1913. 'n
Germany joins ireland In showing a 81
Saning emigration 20 Connecticut. In is
80 the births from German parents %,
mounted TO sei. and was exceeded by no !.
vsrsea races except the Irish and tho -
but in le0s the figure had dipped ~
% Gil, most Of thoss being confined to o.
Hartford and Litchfleld counties.
The Canadian element. which oonsti- No
utss a large proportion Of the operatives am
u the textile industries In the eastern -
art Of Connecticut. N disclosing ten- ~
encies toward contraction. The number M
birth certificates returned by Canadian TO
Orn parents aAgGed from ea0 In 1850 20 90
II IN 1865. More than q third OF tho ail al
~ credited 70 Windham county. where -
Jtton mill Villages ara numerous.
Naturally the Infusion of fresh foreign "
load into COnnScticutis most pronounced q
D the populosN centres. In tho casa of 81
My n PER cent. Of the births In tha, city
AnsOnia during 1913 we're both parents an