The following miscellaneous tables show various facts concerning the workers in these rooms, but it must be remembered that general conclusions can scarcely be drawn from so small a number of persons. Owing to the fact that the investigating department was not organized immediately, the results obtained are usually based on a proportion only of the whole number of workers.

Of the number supplied with work-relief the native born were 126, the foreign born, 120; total number stated, 246; number not stated, 78; making a total of 324. Of the 324 workers, 269 stated length of residence in Boston as follows: 179, ten years or over; 37, from five to ten years; 40, from two to five years; 5, between one and two years, while only 8 had been in Boston under one year, showing that by far the greater number of workers were old residents of Boston. The total number helped, including families, was 1060 persons.

The following table shows trades of workers:

This table shows that we succeeded fairly well in our first aim of helping tailoresses and skilled workers.

The time during which 229 of the 324 workers had been out of work averaged three and seven-tenths months. Twenty-seven of the men in the families of the 324 workers received from the City Work Relief during the winter, a

total of $324.27. In the families of 160 there were no men (unless dependents). Fifty-six of the women received from other relief rooms a total of $435.27. This does not mean overlapping, as in most cases the work was given at different times. These facts show how little the other relief work affected the special families helped by the Wells Memorial Rooms.

The table on page 68 classifies the occupations as shop work, home work, and domestic and personal service:

*"This table also shows the average weekly earnings under each classified occupation head, as reported by the applicants, and presents a classification with respect to each of the items included in the table under the head of native born, foreign born, and birthplace not given, with aggregates.

"The average amount of work-relief furnished to the persons previously engaged in shop work was $15.11, while those who had been engaged in work at home received $17.05, and the persons previously engaged in domestic and personal service, $14.69. The grand average amount of work-relief supplied to all applicants in the aggregate was $14.93; while the grand average weekly wage previously earned by the applicants, in the aggregate, was $5.29. They therefore received an amount nearly equivalent to three weeks' wages at the rate of earnings previous to being thrown out of employment.

"The proportion which the amount of work-relief furnished the different classes of workers shown in the table bears to average weekly earnings does not in most cases vary from the proportion which applies to all applicants in the aggregate. In some cases, however, it rises as high as four weeks' pay, and in others falls to about the amount previously earned in two weeks."

See foot note, p. 65.

The next table shows the value of work-relief as classified under amounts varying from $3.00 and under to $53.25.

* Of the total number of 592 applicants the number stating usual weekly earnings was 287. Of these 122 (eighty-seven of whom had worked in shops), had previously received less than $5.00 per week, 153 had received $5.00 or more, but less than $10.00, while 12 had received $10.00 or over.

The number of our workers who had been previously aided by the Associated Charities was investigated with the following results: Of 324 workers, 86 were found to be recorded at the office of the Associated Charities. But of the 86 recorded, 15 cases were registered, but were not known to have received aid; 32 cases had been helped for the first time this winter (1893-94); 25 had been helped previously, numbers of whom had received aid only once, or perhaps during one past winter, and 14 were chronic cases. This leaves, out of 324 workers, only 39 who were known to have received charitable aid before the past winter.

The table on page 70 relates to rent and brings out the following facts: The number of applicants reporting the amount of rent paid by the families to which they belonged was 306; 209 made no report as to rent, while 77 were boarding. The 306 who reported rent paid, represented 1129 persons who occupied 833 rooms and paid a total monthly rent of $3,182.48. The average monthly rent per room ranges from $2.04 in Ward 2 to $6.87 in Ward 10; the last sum,

*See foot note, p. 65.

however, represents but a single case and is much above the average in any other ward, the next highest being $5.18 in Ward 9, an average representing reports made by 7 persons.

In general, the monthly rent per room does not rise above $5.00 nor fall below $2.50. The average number of persons to a room was highest in Ward 6, where it reached 2.29, and lowest in Ward 21, where it was 0.65. A high average number of persons to a room (more than 1.50) appears in Wards 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11 and 17.

See foot note, p. 65.