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
