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factors in judging the social significance of these figures. We 
have seen that the average number of rooms in each dwelling was 
4.1, thus making the average number of persons per room 1.4.”? 
There are no census figures covering this point, hence the reader 
must appeal to his own experience for a standard of comparison. 
In the north settlement, which is compactly built up, there is an 
average of over 100 persons to the block. On the south side no 
similar estimate can be made because the people are scattered in 
groups over a wide territory, with few blocks entirely occupied. 
The large proportion of children and the few boarders in the 
settlements, facts which will be demonstrated later, reduce the 
evils of overcrowding. The following specific examples taken at 
random show the worst extent to which the practice goes. 
Dwelling number 7: summer kitchen of one room; one family of six; 
four children ranging from four months to four years. 
Dwelling number 10: two rooms; one family of seven; three daughters 
aged 16, 17, and 19, and two sons, 15 and 12, respectively. 
Dwelling number 16: two rooms; one family of eight; four children 
from five to twelve years of age; the grandfather and one boarder (a 
relative whose family is in Russia). 
Dwelling number 65: five rooms; two families (brothers) of sixteen 
persons; one contains five children from four to fifteen years. 
Dwelling number 120: nine rooms; five families of twenty people; (1) 
parents and two small children; (2) widow; (3) parents, three small chil- 
dren and a boarder (single man); (4) parents and two small children; 
(5) parents and three small children. 
Dwelling number 220: four rooms; three families of fourteen persons 
including eight children under twelve years of age. 
' Dwelling number 274: three rooms; two families of twelve people: 
first includes five children from ten months to seven years; second, three 
children aged 4, 13, and 17, respectively. 
Dwelling number 465: two rooms; one family of eight; six children 
ranging from six months to eleven years. 
Dwelling number 506: seven rooms; two families of nineteen people; 
first includes nine children ranging from two to seventeen years; second 
includes five children from one to eleven years and a boarder. 
Dwelling number 764: four rooms; three families of twelve persons; 
(1) parents and four small children; (2) husband and wife; (3) parents 
and two children. 
22 The north side shows an average of 1.6 persons per room as against 
1.3 for the south side. 
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