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of their respective total numbers, while the Americans and the 

 Old Immigration furnish 1.2 per cent and 8.5 per cent respec- 

 tively. That is, of the total number, a high proportio i is illiterate, 

 and of these the New Immigration and the Colored show higher 

 relative proportions than the American and the Old Immigration. 



In juvenile delinquency, many of the New Immigration cases 

 show specifically associations with persons of a low moral char- 

 acter; associations against which children of a higher social and 

 economic class would be protected. 



In every community the district in which the population 

 lives indicates very clearly the economic and social classes in the 

 population. In the introductory study of Gary and its popu- 

 lation, the South Side is described in general as the poorest part 

 of the city; that is, the part characterized by saloons, houses 

 of prostitution, crowded unsanitary conditions, lack of order, and 

 poor living conditions in general. The North Side is described 

 in general as the best part of the city; that is, the part character- 

 ized by regulation, order in planning and in building, good housing- 

 conditions, good streets, good sanitary conditions, and only 2 

 saloons. Of the juvenile delinquents in this study, 59.30 per 

 cent of the families live on the South Side; and of these the New 

 Immigration and the Colored show 88.46 per cent and 66.66 

 per cent of their respective numbers; while the Americans and 

 the Old Immigration show 9. 09 pec cent and none of their respect- 

 ive numbers. Of petty adult offenders, 56.97 per cent live on 

 the South Side; and of these the New Immigration and the 

 Colored furnish 71 . 49 per cent and 85 . 78 per cent of their respect- 

 ive total numbers; and the Americans and Old Immigration 

 only 20.16 per cent and 23.04 per cent respectively. That is, 

 of all the cases of both juvenile delinquents and petty adult 

 offenders a very high proportion live in the poorer district of 

 the city, and of these the New Immigration and the Colored 

 show very much higher relative proportions than the Americans 

 and the Old Immigration. 



In juvenile delinquency, the housing conditions are those of 

 the lower economic and social classes. The average rental per 

 family is $15.97 a month, an abnormally high rental in con- 

 sideration of the comforts received therefor. The average num- 

 ber of rooms to a family is 4.01; the New Immigration and the 

 Colored average 3 . 54 and 2 rooms to a family respectively, the 

 Americans and the Old Immigration 4.92 and 5.6 rooms to a 

 family despite the fact of the smaller number in the families of 



