viii THE IMMIGRATION PROBLEM 
III— CHARACTERISTICS OF IMMIGRANTS WHICH 
AFFECT AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS page 
1. Political and Social Institutions Molded by Condi 
tions 24 
2. Character and Extent of Immigration May Seriously 
Affect American Institutions ..24 
3. Countries of Origin and Character of the Early and 
Late Immigration 25 
City Versus Country Dwellers 27 
Physical Condition 28 
Alien Seamen 28 
Sex and Family Life 29 
The Age of Immigrants 30 
Occupations of Immigrants 31 
4. Illiteracy 33 
5. Inclination to Return to Europe . . .... 36 
6. Ability to Speak English 40 
7. The Need of a Detailed Study 40 
IV— SOCIAL PROBLEMS OF RECENT IMMIGRATION 
1. Difficulty of Special Studies 41 
2. Legislation 42 
3. Diseased Immigrants 45 
Efficiency of Inspection in Europe .... 45 
Hospital Investigation 47 
4. The Mentally Defective 48 
5. Racial Tendencies and Disease 49 
6. Morbidity of Special Races 49c 
7. Paupers 49f 
8. Crime 53 
Difficulty of Administration of the Law . . 53 
Classes of Crime 55 
New Measures Needed 59 
9. Birth-rate Among Immigrants and Their Descend 
ants 60 
Women Bearing No Children 61 
Average Number of Children 62 
Relation of Years of Married Life to Birth 
rate, by Races 63