Evening journal., 1922-05-20
GIVE FIGURES
ON RELIEF WORK
Associated Charities Helped
l.404 Families During
Winter
REPORT SUBMITTED
AT BOARD MEETING

Work done during the winter II
reviewed in a report submitted a
the annual meeting of the board o.
the Associated Charities, held yes
terday Owing 10 the business de-
preston there was an unusually
heavy call on the association fol
help during the winter and hun.
dreds Of families were assisted. The
report follows:
'The month of April opened with
1872 cases carried over from the pre-
ceding month, to which number have
been added so during the month,
giving a total of 72S as against $40
! for March. This may seem a very
slight decrease in the case load, but
II must be remembered that many
OF our families cannot be dropped
from our lists as soon as employ
ment is secured. Even with the
financial adjustments made there
are many other problems which
have presented themselves during
our contact. some of them far less
easy OF solution than that of fn-
ance.
The figures however, although
showing only 5s fewer cases carried
are still encouraging. The March
report showed 100 applications, lao
more than during April. The IN
take for the past month Is less than
during any other month for a year
and a half. II Is reasonable that
for several months we may expect
only a gradual tightening of the case
load. although the figures for relief
will show a greater contrast. Dur
ing the winter the proportion of re-
lief to service has been uneven.
With conditions approaching nor
NAL again we must find the balance.
In many families. there are still ad-
justments TO be made which will
need our supervision for months
perhaps years.
1T may be a little early to view
IN perspective the work of the AS
ISOLATED Charities for the past winter. |
Certainly there Is still such to be !
done and more which may never be |
accomplished. but a compilation of |
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October l, 1921, to May 1, 1922, will |
give some idea of what we have un-
dertaken and how we have measured |
up TO our responsibilities. Begin !
ming with 290, we have carried in |
all 1.404 unduplicated families dur
ing the winter. % A brief study |
of who these people we're, CD How
they came to us. CD How long they |
remained under care. (4) The prob |
lens they presented. and (5) How |
we were able to help them TO solve !
those problems may be OF interest.
"G) There were 549 American !
white families, s96 Negroes. 144
Poles, 9s Italians. 3s Irish, IL Ger
man. with the rest of the number
represented by Swedish. English.
Spanish, Greek. Canadian, French,
Cuban. Syrian. Mexican and Scotch.
"(2) They came 10 our attention
as follows: Personal applications
777. Referred by local agencies
1873. BY individuals (olergymen |
school teachers. physicians, neigh !
bors. former employers. etc.) 1873. I
out OF town agencies 70. Mayor /
Harvey, 90, and the Women's Com
mittee OF the Emergency Relief 33.
1T is interesting TO note that of
the 396 Negro families only about
fifteen were referred. The other
3S1 drifted in our care because they
we're refused assistance at the
Relief.
"(3) The length OF time under
,are varied according to the needs
# the individual cases:
11O families were under care one
month.
27s families were under care two
232 families were under care three
96s families were under care four
months. =
81 families were under care five
months.
80 families were under care six
months.
156 families were under care seven
months
This last figure represents the
.roup composed largely of widows, {
physically or mentally incapacitated, {
nd those requiring continued sup
rvision. with a few exceptions ,
hey were carried over from the pre-
ious year and will be under care at
he close OF the present one. Meth
r Industrial depression nor extreme ]
causes a ripple in the I
lonotony of their existence. 5
"(4) 1t is difficult to determine /
l every case the one outstanding /
ause for a famHy's first introduc- /
on TO any agency. When things {
ave gone so badly that the family {
not Cor thinks It is not) able to
,pe with the situation alone, there (
re apt TO be contributory difficulties, /
hich now may. on the surface, ap- b
EAR to be the real trouble. For {
stance unemployment or under-em- v
oyment may be the result Of some "
entail or physical disability. Their f
port is an attempt to show as near f
as possible the outstanding cause C
IT application when the family 7
lme to our attention. "
Unemployment ............... S59 o
hysical Disability .......... 21S 81
Id Age ................ bU o
esertion and non-support .... 33 o.
.ental Defectiveness .... 80
eXual immortality ......... % V
............. Il al
uarantined Families ..... 13 "
'egging Tendency .......... 10 "
ight Impaired ............. 10 II
ntemperance ................ 9 n
'enereal Disease ......... a
'ad Housing ............. 6 2
insanity ............... L
Industrial Accident ........ 3 $,
trlke ....-.... ................. | 81
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