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 ITALIAN IMMIGRATION INTO THE UNITED STATES

reasons. The figures below demonstrate the exactness of these observations :

TABLE IX

NUMBER OF DEBARRED

1901

1903

1903

1904

North

South

Total

North

South

Total

North

South

Total

North

South

Total

Idiots

2

2

I

2

Insane

4

e

e

8

8

I

g

Paupers

ci

1202

1343

c I

2O4Q

2IOO

1 60

2164

2324

141

1306

I C27

Dangerously ill.. Convicts

10

30 2

40 2

7

7

9

2

147 46

156 4O

35

235

2C

270 2C

Prostitutes

I

I

Contract laborers

67

I2S

IQ2

II

100

in

71

447

518

83

425

508

Total

128

1455

I58l

78

2235

2313

243

2813

7Q c6

261

2002

2353

To bring out more clearly the extremely small number refused access, the percentage of the total number of immigrants is here given :

TABLE X

PERCENTAGE OF THE DEBARRED IN TOTAL ITALIAN IMMIGRATION

Year

Northern Italians

Southern Italians

Total

IQOI. .

0. 57

1.2?

I 14

IQ02. .

0.28

I ?6

I 28

1003..

0.6o

I 43

I 30

1904

0.71

I. 31

I .20

As is shown, the number of deported does not exceed 1.3 per cent, of the total number of immigrants. This is the result of severe legislative action in Italy, which forbids emigration to all persons comprised in the categories excluded by the American laws. The Italian government has established special offices at every port of departure to enforce the laws of emigration. Another safeguard is the inspection by the salaried physicians attached to the American consulates in Italy. These physicians, with the acquiescence of the Italian authorities, and furnished with the permission of the navigation companies, inspect one by one all the departing emigrants, and prevent those from leaving