Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1914-10-28
PAUPERS NUMBER
MORE EACH YEAR
RATIO 10 POPULATION SHOW =
STEADY DECLINE DURING
LAST DECADE

. 'I Nf lHHN"N Nf F" I..I.I I d fiHI l|..
Director of tho b. relu 1f tue Census
department OF comm -rre. silHf
paIpers we're on mrrfed Duo dIu-
I house. loo The n.ed states uu jlH-
uarF Q. 1910. au. $3.50 "ern ad.
mIffed during Tho te.l The uuu-
. ber of aim house pau.ars BOO the lH-
{ Ifed states iurrea ed per cent Boz.
/ tween 1905 and 1910 and the num.
ber of annual adm ions POO diu-
house. increased p per cent. while
7 fhe total population pf the country
increased l2f per cent during fur
same period
The a'Io Of q + house oaupe, TO
population has sea6ly declined az
every census since 1850. the earliest
date for which com parable figures
are available Tho census report
1aiug confined 10 udy of inmates
If IimhDu.r doc. rot include .I.
mates of anf other .r ttitutlr- or rr-
0ipieuts of outdoor selicf Accord
.HsIf tho number u paupor report
rd Is not measure of tho extent OBJ.
poverty Boo community because b.
depends 600 the adequacy of thp sup
uIs u u'uhouse. o. tho prevailing
uu'rs iH regard e. outdoor relief. ou
climatic conditions and 900 the oN.
..f"u.. 1- number .f special Iu.fIfu
.H. for children .Ud 'Dl physical
aHH mental detectives
we ~ 'auprr,
about uuo.fhirf of tho ua per
enumerated on january g. 1pln. Vcr. .
under D., years Hf age about one.
Third between - and go ynlr. aud .
about uUe.thIri. lu years OF age and f.
over Thp ratio % almshouse pau. I
per- % population increases decided .
D. HifH tdrauriur lEe about per
uu boz 900 above -U years 0i age boz. /
Iur 700 inmate of 11 a'mshouse The |
proportion of aim house pdupcrs in I
fHo Younger aFo groups .n fact 200 .
900 bEr rrOp. under so years derlu /
rd from census 90 census. udiratIug .
Chat Young pers1r, become inmates .
nf tIu houses Boz Ucwer cases nov .
than formerly ~ 1850 more than /
mIf OFF the pauper were under go /
wears OFF age. Iu iq1u only about one .
fourth
~eN aud Marital Condition.
Of the total number of paupers On I
umeatod BOZ almshonses on Ianuar, /
D. 1910. there vere 57.ui9 males and /
t1.1to females. and pf those admit /.
Ted during that ttar b7.le5 we're /
males and 2iiIN females The ra- /
ESQ of paupers per Toe. 600 population /
az the same seN was 1905 tor male. I
and go for females. among thD in- I
mates ON given date
The ratio OF males per 100 fo- /
males among aluishouse paupors boz /
"r~~sed steadilylk ipm 1850 when ill
was llt 10 Anl len u was tln. I
Thus the male o'N amber the TO- /
males O. 90 / u am house. and the .
,enderc, Is tdgsrd an Increasing
urepondorance niles This prob 1.
ably Is due la iel TO tho develop. /
wout of special institution tor ihe /.
are of indigenN women
Single porsonl are relatively more F.
uumprou. lWnfi adult alm.Inu.n 4
n1up.rs than n ne general adult .
population.
Immigrant rauper>.
The foreign born iu 1870 formed .
1853 per cent q. the total white pop.
untUn of the United States. but
tnet formed 9 IS per cent OF ihr .
nuurts enumerated iu limHHnn.o. .
900 January .. 1910. and 81 per cent I
H. those admitted during the year .
1910 The ratio of aIW house p1U.
aer- npr 100000 population uf tha .
Hmr nativity "Bs about four times .
re .rrIf anon. D." foreign born .