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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... workers be- come unfit before reaching the age of 50 , with the inevitable result of steadily decreasing earnings . In certain industries , like that of the railroads , for instance , it appears that more than half of the workers become ...
... workers be- come unfit before reaching the age of 50 , with the inevitable result of steadily decreasing earnings . In certain industries , like that of the railroads , for instance , it appears that more than half of the workers become ...
Page 13
... workers after a long period of service - the number of railroad workers actually benefited , as compared with the total number of workers in this industry , is in- significant . It also appears that only the first and second class ...
... workers after a long period of service - the number of railroad workers actually benefited , as compared with the total number of workers in this industry , is in- significant . It also appears that only the first and second class ...
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... workers and earn wages which are hardly sufficient to maintain their own families in comfort . Only a very small percentage , namely : 4.15 per cent have children believed to be fully able to support their parents , while an additional ...
... workers and earn wages which are hardly sufficient to maintain their own families in comfort . Only a very small percentage , namely : 4.15 per cent have children believed to be fully able to support their parents , while an additional ...
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... workers , 6 26.08 16 69.57 887 6 5.61 107 3 4.76 52 1 4.35 23 Outdoor and casual occupa- tions , 388 Indoor and sedentary trades , 87 Skilled trades , Miners , 44.95 262 34.84 104 13.83 58.78 40 27.02 12 8.12 76 55.08 23 16.07 28 20.28 ...
... workers , 6 26.08 16 69.57 887 6 5.61 107 3 4.76 52 1 4.35 23 Outdoor and casual occupa- tions , 388 Indoor and sedentary trades , 87 Skilled trades , Miners , 44.95 262 34.84 104 13.83 58.78 40 27.02 12 8.12 76 55.08 23 16.07 28 20.28 ...
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... workers , doubtless , because of the disproportionate accident rate prevalent in that industry . Alcohol as a factor of disability is highest for skilled and sedentary trades , with casual occupations coming next , while railroad workers ...
... workers , doubtless , because of the disproportionate accident rate prevalent in that industry . Alcohol as a factor of disability is highest for skilled and sedentary trades , with casual occupations coming next , while railroad workers ...
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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