Report of the Commission on Old Age Pensions, Annuities and Insurance. January 1910Wright & Potter printing Company, 1910 - 409 pages |
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... cent . of the cases investigated were 65 years of age and over . The total number of persons reported by the com- missioner as receiving State and military aid in 1908 was 16,012 . If 68 per cent . of the number were 65 years of age and ...
... cent . of the cases investigated were 65 years of age and over . The total number of persons reported by the com- missioner as receiving State and military aid in 1908 was 16,012 . If 68 per cent . of the number were 65 years of age and ...
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... cent . of the gross total ; the number of deaths , discharges and transfers was about 30 per cent . of the latter ; the net increase during the year amounted to 3.6 per cent . The statistics of almshouse pauperism in the United States ...
... cent . of the gross total ; the number of deaths , discharges and transfers was about 30 per cent . of the latter ; the net increase during the year amounted to 3.6 per cent . The statistics of almshouse pauperism in the United States ...
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... cent . entered before the age of 60 ; thus 92 per cent . had passed the sixtieth year before they took up residence in the almshouse . The percentages of admissions after the years of 40 and of 60 are not so high for the almshouse ...
... cent . entered before the age of 60 ; thus 92 per cent . had passed the sixtieth year before they took up residence in the almshouse . The percentages of admissions after the years of 40 and of 60 are not so high for the almshouse ...
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... cent .; married , 15.4 per cent .; widowed , 57.8 per cent .; divorced , 1.4 per cent . The figures for the marital condition of paupers given in the United States census report also show a heavy proportion of widowed , as follows ...
... cent .; married , 15.4 per cent .; widowed , 57.8 per cent .; divorced , 1.4 per cent . The figures for the marital condition of paupers given in the United States census report also show a heavy proportion of widowed , as follows ...
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... cent .; Canada and England and Wales stand second and third , with 11.4 per cent . and 9.1 per cent . respectively ; France , Italy , Russia , Poland , Hungary and Bulgaria have each less than 1 per cent . In the State at large the ...
... cent .; Canada and England and Wales stand second and third , with 11.4 per cent . and 9.1 per cent . respectively ; France , Italy , Russia , Poland , Hungary and Bulgaria have each less than 1 per cent . In the State at large the ...
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Page 346 - ... and if accordingly he had paid regular contributions from that date to the date of the establishment of the retirement association at the same rate as that first adopted by the board of retirement, and if such deductions had been accumulated with regular interest.