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information wliicli we desired. The following statistics were se- 

 cured covering the general status of the family : 



Total number of families 822 



Normal families (78;^) 640 



Families not normal (22^) 182 



822 



Cause of irregularity — 



Father dead 91 



Mother dead 37 



Father deserted 37 



Mother deserted 7 



Never married 10 



Total not normal 182 



Total number of people in 822 families 3,346 



Average number per family 4.07 



Total number of children in 822 families 1,881== 



Average per family 2.29 



Male children 937 



Females 944 



The nativity of the 822 families reported is as follows : 



Indianapolis born 115 13.9^ 



Indiana born 263 32^ 



American born 230 28^ 



Foreign born 214 26.1;^ 



The study of housing conditions, as shown by the schedule 

 printed on pages 112-114, included the following points : kind of 

 house ; existence of cellar, sewerage and plumbing : the water 

 supply; closets; kind of lighting; number of rooms; rent, prop- 

 erty ownership by resident, and other items of minor import- 

 ance. 



Single houses 729 88.7^ 



Double houses 74 9.0;^ 



Apartment houses 19 2.0^ 



Cellar- 

 Yes 575 70^ 



No 187 30^ 



Sewerage — 



Yes 181 22^ 



No 641 78;^ 



2 Children as used here refers to the number of sons and daughters living at 

 home as part of the famllj'. We exclude all who are married, dead, or live away 

 from home. Our figures therefore show present size of families, not birth rate. 



