Norwich bulletin., 1914-10-31

l9l0 and fl per cent. of those ad- mitted during the year 1910. The ralion Of aimshouse paupers per 100,- 900 population of the same nativity was about four times as great among the foreign born as among the native whites. This is due in part to the fact that there. are few children among the foreign born, also to the greater proportion of males among them. When allowance is made, how ever, for these factors, the. ratio still remains higher for the immigrants, this fact doubtless being a reflection of the generally lower economic level occupied by them as compared with the natives.
 Among the immigrants the Irish race show a much larger ration of aimshDuse pauperism (1,04S.5 per ,000 native of Ireland) than those of any other nationality, the Swiss be- ing next with a ratio of 4109 The natives of the countries from which most of the recent immigrants come have by far the lowest ratios of aims house pauperism, the ratio being 75.4 for Austria Hungary, 43.7 for Rus sia and SIS for Italy. The higher fa- tios of almshouse pauperism for the natives of. countries from which the tide, of immigration was at its height some decades ago are due in a large part to the fact they compromise at the present time a large proportion of old persons.
 The ratio of pauperism among the negroes Is about the same as that among the native whites. when the country as a whole is considered.
 Of the men in almshouses whose occupation prior to admission was re- ported, the largest number had been unskilled laborers; considerable mum bers, however belonged to skilled trades. such as carpenters and join CTS and painters. glaziers and varnish- CTS. Most. of the women in aims houses for whom a prior occupation was reported had been domestic ser wants. At the time of enumeration. two- -fifths of the almshouse paupers, were reported as entirely incapieitated, and nearly two-thirds of the paupers enumerated on Jan. 1, 1910, and more than one-third of those admit ted during the year, were physically or mentally defective. The number of mentally defectipe-that is, of the insane and Of feeble minded in aims houses, is shown to be declining, the reason being that special institutions Iare being provided for these classes. AImshouse Temporary Shelter. Three-fourths of the 5s.12o per sons discharged from almshouses dur ing 1910 were discharged to be self supporting, and about one-fourth were turned over to relatives or friends. The proportion discharged in the latter way was much higher among women than among men. Of those discharged during the year nine-tenths
 had been inmates less iltan one year. and of those present at the beginning of the year about one-tfird had been there less than one year. The aims house is thus largely temporary shelter rather than 8 permanent abode for the poor. the permanent inmates who are there to stay as long as they live forming a minority of the total almshouse population.
 Deaths.
 A total of f7.4se died in aImshouses in the United States during 1910, the death rate being 2o7.7 per 1000 paul pers enumerated on Jan. 1. 1910. The
 death rate for the registration area of ts.e United States for 1910 was 16 per i.0U0. The greatest single cause of death among paupers was tubercu- losis of the lungs, which accounted for nearly one-fifth of the deaths during the year.