Itwill be seen that the nationalities which constitute the larger per cent of the slum elements are those from which our least desirable foreign population has been drawn recently with increasing ratio much the greater per cent of it is from the eastern and southern European countries. which contribute most liberally to foreign illiterates. Twentythree and onetenth per cent of the illiterates in the slums of the cities named were of Scandinavia. Great Britain. France. Germany. and Ireland. while more than twice that number. or 53.6 per cent. were of AustriaHungary. Russia. Poland. and Italy. In striking contrast with this is the fact that only 7.4 per cent was composed of native Americans. The more recent immigration is less devoted to home building than the former. There is a disproportion in the number of the males and females which is noticeable. The arrivals from the United Kingdom.
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Eastern and Southern European immigrants are less desirable and contribute to slum elements.