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INDIANA UNIVERSITY 



Lights — 



Oil 333 69.8^ 



Gas 119 22.8;^ 



Electric 25 7.4^ 



Garbage taken away by city wagou 382 80;^ 



Own their property 44 9.2^ 



Average number of rooms per family (in- 

 cluding rooms used by lodgers) 4.17 



A comparison of these figures with those resulting from the 

 investigation in District Number 12 gives some interesting re- 

 sults. These are, however, so self-evident that but little comment 

 is needed. The large increase in the number of people living 

 either in double houses or in apartment houses is a significant 

 fact. Resulting from it we find an increase in the number of 

 homes in Avhich are found modern conveniences along the line 

 of sewerage, plumbing, city water and inside closets. Upon their 

 face these facts would seem to indicate better housing condi- 

 tions. But such is not necessarily the case. Several of the tene- 

 ments, although furnished with city water, etc., are worse places 

 for homes than the small old-fashioned cottage. Dark rooms 

 and bad air, to say nothing of bad social surroundings, are com- 

 mon in the tenements. In the cottages they are practically un- 

 known. The number of people who own their own property is 

 much smaller in the district now under discussion than in the 

 preceding one. This is a natural result of higher property value. 

 A poor man in this district cannot acquire property as easily as 

 one in the other part of the city. The fact that the average 

 weekly rent here is $2.43, as compared with $1.85 in District 

 Number 12, is another indication of higher property values. 



INCOME AND EXPENSE. 



Average wage of chief breadwinner $10 72 



Average other incomes 3 62 



Total average family weekly income $14 34 



Average weekly rent $2 43 



Average weekly food expense 6 58 



Average weekly heat and light expense 1 60 



Average weekly insurance expense 43 



Average weekly installment and loan expense 52 



Average weekly "other regular items" 50 



Average amount not accounted for 2 28 



$14 34 



