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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... given us valuable data . We were also much aided by the employers of the State , by the stewards and managers of charitable institutions , a number of uni- versity professors and the heads of the departments of the Federal and State ...
... given us valuable data . We were also much aided by the employers of the State , by the stewards and managers of charitable institutions , a number of uni- versity professors and the heads of the departments of the Federal and State ...
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... given ? Of what amount shall it be ? What shall be the qualifica- tions for a pension ? What shall be done with the disabled or injured ? Will it be in harmony with existing conditions of wages and standards of living ? What effect will ...
... given ? Of what amount shall it be ? What shall be the qualifica- tions for a pension ? What shall be done with the disabled or injured ? Will it be in harmony with existing conditions of wages and standards of living ? What effect will ...
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... given practically all the inmates of almshouses , followed up by the Commission , by their former employers . Giving due consideration to the fact that most humans will strain a point rather than give a poor recommendation , the ...
... given practically all the inmates of almshouses , followed up by the Commission , by their former employers . Giving due consideration to the fact that most humans will strain a point rather than give a poor recommendation , the ...
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... given much of their time and generous co- operation . In many instances several hundred inmates were inter- viewed for the purpose of the Commission . Of the 82 almshouses in the State , 58 have returned the schedules containing the ...
... given much of their time and generous co- operation . In many instances several hundred inmates were inter- viewed for the purpose of the Commission . Of the 82 almshouses in the State , 58 have returned the schedules containing the ...
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... given by the U. S. Census of Paupers , was 69.6 per cent . for Pennsylvania and 73 per cent . for the whole United States . TABLE NUMBER 1 . Ages of Inmates at Time of Investigation . Age Period . Number . Per Cent . 50 to 55 444 ! 13.4 ...
... given by the U. S. Census of Paupers , was 69.6 per cent . for Pennsylvania and 73 per cent . for the whole United States . TABLE NUMBER 1 . Ages of Inmates at Time of Investigation . Age Period . Number . Per Cent . 50 to 55 444 ! 13.4 ...
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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