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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... sion found it essential to deal 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 ...
... sion found it essential to deal 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 ...
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... sion's study of the general aged population in Pennsylvania , that aside from the aged dependents found in almshouses , benevolent or fraternal homes , and those receiving public or private relief , there is a considerable proportion ...
... sion's study of the general aged population in Pennsylvania , that aside from the aged dependents found in almshouses , benevolent or fraternal homes , and those receiving public or private relief , there is a considerable proportion ...
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... sion . Most of the inmates would have to remain in the institution unless the sum granted them would be sufficient to provide them with at least as much comfort in a private family as those obtained in the poorhouse . TABLE NUMBER 8 ...
... sion . Most of the inmates would have to remain in the institution unless the sum granted them would be sufficient to provide them with at least as much comfort in a private family as those obtained in the poorhouse . TABLE NUMBER 8 ...
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... sion found it so perplexing that it could make little progress . Only twenty - six of the seventy - three reports submitted for the year 1917 could in any way be made to check . When further inquiry was made of a number of ...
... sion found it so perplexing that it could make little progress . Only twenty - six of the seventy - three reports submitted for the year 1917 could in any way be made to check . When further inquiry was made of a number of ...
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... sion in particular sections of Philadelphia , Pittsburgh and Reading . The districts were selected in each city after consultation with local social workers and municipal authorities . The aim was to select dis- tricts , not only ...
... sion in particular sections of Philadelphia , Pittsburgh and Reading . The districts were selected in each city after consultation with local social workers and municipal authorities . The aim was to select dis- tricts , not only ...
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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