unsanitary living conditions. Many
families having $20, $30, $40 a week gave their children neither
medical nor dental care. The share each income had in unfavorable
conditions is shown by the summary in the following table.
TABLE VII
SHOWING PER CENT SHARE OF PHYSICAL DEFECTS OF CHILDREN, UNFAVORABLE
HOUSING CONDITIONS, AND CHILD MORTALITY FOUND AMONG EACH FAMILY-INCOME
GROUP
========================+=============================================
| WEEKLY FAMILY INCOME
+-----+------+------+------+------+------+----
| | | | | | $30 |
|$0-10|$10-15|$16-19|$20-25|$25-29| and |$100
| | | | | | over |
+-----+------+------+------+------+------+----
| % | % | % | % | % | % | %
------------------------+-----+------+------+------+------+------+----
Proportion to total | | | | | | |
families | 8.4 | 32.7 | 15.2 | 23.8 | 3.9 | 15.6 | 100
| | | | | | |
_Physical defects_: | | | | | | |
Malnutrition |13.8 | 43.4 | 12.4 | 17.9 | 3.4 | 9. | "
Enlarged glands | 8.6 | 37.4 | 14.6 | 22.6 | 3.6 | 13.2 | "
Defective breathing | 9.6 | 32.3 | 15.5 | 24.4 | 2.8 | 15.4 | "
Bad teeth | 8.1 | 32.2 | 15.3 | 24.5 | 4.8 | 15.1 | "
Defective vision | 8.2 | 34.6 | 16.5 | 22.1 | 1.4 | 17.3 | "
| | | | | | |
_Unfavorable housing | | | | | | |
conditions_: | | | | | | |
Dark rooms | 8.2 | 35.4 | 18.1 | 18.4 | 3.8 | 15.9 | "
Closed air shaft | 6.9 | 30.2 | 18.9 | 26.4 | 3.2 | 19.6 | "
No baths |10.1 | 38.5 | 16.5 | 19.7 | 4.4 | 10.8 | "
Paying over 25% rent | 8.6 | 27.6 | 21.7 | 14.7 | ... | 27.6 | "
| | | | | | |
_Child Mortality_: | | | | | | |
Families losing | | | | | | |
children |10.3 | 35.5 | 14.7 | 20.5 | 5.4 | 13.6 | "
Families losing no | | | | | | |
children
|