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 9
... not only with the effects of depend- ency and aged poverty , but also to learn something of the causes underlying such dependency . To do this , it was not sufficient to confine the investigations to the dependent classes alone . At 9.
... not only with the effects of depend- ency and aged poverty , but also to learn something of the causes underlying such dependency . To do this , it was not sufficient to confine the investigations to the dependent classes alone . At 9.
Page 10
... cause of disability , occupation engaged in , weekly earnings , sources of income , means of outside support , etc. Interviews of a similar nature were also held with 2,170 inmates in 65 fraternal and benevolent homes for the aged in ...
... cause of disability , occupation engaged in , weekly earnings , sources of income , means of outside support , etc. Interviews of a similar nature were also held with 2,170 inmates in 65 fraternal and benevolent homes for the aged in ...
Page 15
... causes that led to and underlie their dependency . There being very meager rec- ords of the inmates kept by the different almshouses , the Commission deemed it necessary - in order to obtain as complete data as pos- sible to interview ...
... causes that led to and underlie their dependency . There being very meager rec- ords of the inmates kept by the different almshouses , the Commission deemed it necessary - in order to obtain as complete data as pos- sible to interview ...
Page 17
... cause compelling an aged person to go to the poorhouse . * The lower percentages given by the census are due to the fact that the latter percentages were compared with the total almshouse population , while the percentages given in ...
... cause compelling an aged person to go to the poorhouse . * The lower percentages given by the census are due to the fact that the latter percentages were compared with the total almshouse population , while the percentages given in ...
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... cause compelling an aged person to go to the poorhouse . * The lower percentages given by the census are due to the fact that the latter percentages were compared with the total almshouse population , while the percentages given in ...
... cause compelling an aged person to go to the poorhouse . * The lower percentages given by the census are due to the fact that the latter percentages were compared with the total almshouse population , while the percentages given in ...
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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