Norwich bulletin., 1922-09-29
srA4H AID GIVEN TO
 ss WIDOWS IN NORWICH

sb VI 4OO " D 4N 1NOAS ts@~AA The report of the department of state axendes and institutions by Raymond F. Gates, agent. jusk issued. shows that the new law creating the aid to widows is accomplishing its purpose in satis- factory manner.
 Direct weekly allowances have been made to 551 Connecticut homes. hoving i,eSs dependent children under Is years of age where death has removed the ne- cessities of life and comforts formerly provided by the father. All of the ccun- ties and ss towns are now working un- der the law with total of 2.2S7 beneh- eiaries, an increase of 515 for the year. Weekly family payments range from sS.- 70 to $1s.75.
 The cases in New London county re- eetving state aid totalled 53 divided as follows: Griswold 1; Groton 8 Leba- lon 1. Lisbon 9, MontvilIe 1, New London t4, Norwich 22. Stonington 4.
 Payments to towns Included 1913 ap- propriatIon, New London $so2.1s; Nor wich, S542.56; Lisbon, $2275; Montville S17.15; North Stonington, $5.72; 1921 ap- propriations, New London, $311.Se; Nor wich, sss.25; North Stonington, $11S.5S; {; waterford, s41.
 The suggestion that the present laws granting aid to widows be broadened to include citizen mothers, where the hus- band and father has become permanent ly disabled by illness or admission to a state institution, imprisoned for an ex- tended period or permanently deserted the family is contained in the report.
 At the same time Agent Gates pointed hac haA brought to bear from various quarters to include alien widows as beneficiaries un- der the state aid act. "0f course we realize there is some merit in such legis- lation," he says, ''but the department considers that other classes should be taken on before extending this class of aid to aliens.
 Penalty Needed
 "It is also desirable that a penalty clause should be added to meet certain conditions where deliberate attempts have been made towards misrepresentation md fraud in obtaining aid.
 Relief work
 In regard to the pauper situation, the report says that the total number of ap- pilcants during the year was 2,569, with l,20s of these strictly because of unem- ployment. The aggregate number of per sons aided for all classes was 5,O7l.
 The court cites the deportation of PIT destitute Spaniards from New Britain to their native homes during the fall oi 1921, costing ;4,ss721, or $1S44 per ln' dividual.
 Tn tho widows' aid division, receipts including the state appropriation, total. led t442,s35.1e, while the disbursements including all Salaries and expenses to- tailed s277.4S3.17. Of this amount s263,. b71.55 was distributed as benerts to Wi dows
 The aggregate number of people aided totalled 5.oT4. divided on nationalities al follows:
 Albanian, 2: American, ss4; Armeni an, 3s; Austrian, 22S; Belgium, 1, Bo hemian, 2; Canadian, 65 Cape Verde, Chinese, 3; Czecho-Slovakian, g.; Danish T.; English, 5S; Finnish, 6; French, Il German, 25; Italian, 1,846; Lithuanian ss; Norwegian, 2; Persian, 13 Polish 4e2; Porto Rican, 1 Portuguese, 27 Roumanian. 4 /; Russian. 266; Scotch, S5 South American, 10; Servian, 1 Spanish 410; Swedish, IS; Swiss, 5; Greek, 56 Hungarian, 243; Irish, 70; Syrian, 14 Turkish. 13; West Indian, 7; Unknown 5.
 In the state hospitals, there were 4s6 inmates on June 30, the report showz These were divided as follows: Connec ticut State hospital, Middletown, 2.6s6 Norwich State hospital, 1,61s; Mansfiel State Training school and hospital, 561 Total disbursements under the hospits division appropriation were s62,219.9S inclusive of salaries and expenses, togeth CT with payments to towns totalIin siOS,5ss.10 The appropriation for thi was s165s75sT for the year