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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... 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 the State ...
... 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 the State ...
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... able - bodied in this group of dependents would not take away a great number of these inmates from the institutions . The causes of disability are given in the fol- lowing table : Cause . Sickness , Old age , TABLE NUMBER 13 27.
... able - bodied in this group of dependents would not take away a great number of these inmates from the institutions . The causes of disability are given in the fol- lowing table : Cause . Sickness , Old age , TABLE NUMBER 13 27.
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... Disability . Number . Per Cent . 627 34.5 603 33.4 230 12.7 76 4.2 146 7.7 • 53 3.0 81 4.5 1,816 100.00 Accident , Loss of limb or organ , Feeble - mindedness , Paralysis , Alcohol , The preceding table brings out what has been pointed ...
... Disability . Number . Per Cent . 627 34.5 603 33.4 230 12.7 76 4.2 146 7.7 • 53 3.0 81 4.5 1,816 100.00 Accident , Loss of limb or organ , Feeble - mindedness , Paralysis , Alcohol , The preceding table brings out what has been pointed ...
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... Disability through old age follows next as a cause in this class of occupations . The latter cause also ranks highest among outdoor occupations and lowest among miners and various skilled trades . This is to be expected , as there are ...
... Disability through old age follows next as a cause in this class of occupations . The latter cause also ranks highest among outdoor occupations and lowest among miners and various skilled trades . This is to be expected , as there are ...
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... Disability . Number Investigated . Per Cent . 549 47.65 Sickness , 417 36.21 Accident , 107 9.30 Feeble - minded , 29 2.51 Loss of limb or organ , 50 4.33 1,152 100.00 This table is significant because it shows that old age is the lead ...
... Disability . Number Investigated . Per Cent . 549 47.65 Sickness , 417 36.21 Accident , 107 9.30 Feeble - minded , 29 2.51 Loss of limb or organ , 50 4.33 1,152 100.00 This table is significant because it shows that old age is the lead ...
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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