Report of the Pennsylvania Commission on Old Age Pensions: March, 1919J.L.L. Kuhn, Printer to the commonwealth, 1919 - 294 pages |
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Page 21
... able to help , all efforts were made to assist and support the aged person , rather than send him or her to the poorhouse . " The small percentage of married persons in the almshouses is worthy of notice . Only 16.94 per cent . are ...
... able to help , all efforts were made to assist and support the aged person , rather than send him or her to the poorhouse . " The small percentage of married persons in the almshouses is worthy of notice . Only 16.94 per cent . are ...
Page 23
... able to support their parents , while an additional 6.86 per cent are able to help support the parents if ready to make the required sacrifices . Only 22 out of a total of 1,179 cases investigated are reported as having children fully able ...
... able to support their parents , while an additional 6.86 per cent are able to help support the parents if ready to make the required sacrifices . Only 22 out of a total of 1,179 cases investigated are reported as having children fully able ...
Page 25
... able to work and remain away from the poorhouses . Another factor may perhaps be found in the language difficulties encountered by the foreigners from the East and South European countries . Able to converse only in their native tongues ...
... able to work and remain away from the poorhouses . Another factor may perhaps be found in the language difficulties encountered by the foreigners from the East and South European countries . Able to converse only in their native tongues ...
Page 27
... able bodied ; 40 per cent . were partially disabled , while 55 per cent . were totally incapacitated . For the same age group in the house - to - house studies , 64.3 per cent . are re- ported in good or fair health , and only 35 per ...
... able bodied ; 40 per cent . were partially disabled , while 55 per cent . were totally incapacitated . For the same age group in the house - to - house studies , 64.3 per cent . are re- ported in good or fair health , and only 35 per ...
Page 35
... able to secure casual employment . They return to the almshouses when winter comes , after they have nothing left . It is evident that the alms- house is not the proper place for these misfits of society . In most cases these men are able ...
... able to secure casual employment . They return to the almshouses when winter comes , after they have nothing left . It is evident that the alms- house is not the proper place for these misfits of society . In most cases these men are able ...
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age of 60 Allegheny County amended amount annual Annuity annum appointed Armstrong County average benefits board of directors board of school burgh bushels cent Coal Township Commission compulsory contributions County Almshouse County Home court dependent disability districts earning employers employes Erie established expenditures Firemen's Relief given granted Greene County Almshouse incapacitated income industrial inmates institutions invalidity investigated January labor Lackawanna County less living Massachusetts ment month Montour County non-contributory Northumberland County number of pensioners occupation old age pension one-half outdoor relief paid pany paupers payment Pennsylvania Pension fund pension system percentage Perry County persons Philadelphia Philadelphia County Pittsburgh poor Poorhouse problem Railroad Company receiving regular residing Retirement Fund salary Scranton sickness sion system Susquehanna County TABLE NUMBER Teachers tion total number Township Poorhouse wages week Weekly Westmoreland County widow women workers