The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-04-10
ITEMIzED. STATEMENT
BY EDCERT0N GIVES
POOR RELIEF DATA

An itemized statement setting forth
the authority of the township trus-
tees office for granting relief amount
ing to $1301S during the first three
months of 1922, was issued Monday
by ]. o. Edgerton. The statement is
made to show how the claims for poor
relief during the first quarter exceed
ed claims passed on by the Social
approved by the bureau.
The chief reason for the difference
between claims approved by the So
cial Service bureau and claims pre-
sented to the commissioners lies in
the fact that not all the claims go
through that bureau, according to
Trustee Edgerton. Claims for township
students books and clothing are
passed on by the trustee direct, as are
several others.
Explains.
THE original plan as | remember it,
was for the township trustee to send
all the new cases TO the Social Service
bureau for investigation" Mr.. Edger
tonstated. "Then If conditions remain.
ed the same after the first aid had
been given, / was to act on my own
judgment, up to the SIS.
only about one third of the unem-
ployed of the city have asked for aid
Records show that 364 families were
given aid, the amount averaging about
s36. The 364 includes both city ard
township cases.
"In few cases emergency orders
have been issued when differences be-
tween the families and the Social Ser
vice bureau was pending, awaiting al
justment This was only when the
children in such families were in &C
tual need and the amount was never
over SIS. The orders were given TO
cover temporary need after personal
investigation by the township trustee
These amounted to about $100.
Cases Investigated
Township and city cases, receiv-
ing aid in the form of groceries and
fuel approved by the Social Service
Bureau, required total of $9,629.35.
OF these, the township cases outside
the city limits, were personally inves-
tigated by me before relief was
granted.
"A total of 364 families were given
aid during the last quarter. The av-
erage amount of aid given was about
s36 per family. which includes every
thing that went through this office
''In addition to the claims approved
by the Social Service Bureau, claims
which brought the total of expenditure
up to the $13,013, were:
Expended for shoes and clothing,
fir township students. partly called for
by the township attendance officer,
SSS3.15. A small part of this includes
clothing issued to adults.
Hospital Bills
Hospital and doctor bills: S1,027.55.
This includes operations and emerg-
encies, 5000 of the regular township
doctors fees expended each quarter,
800 for a case taken to Kokomo.
Township burials, $175.
Township school books, for town.
ship pupils. $44.49.
Books and shoes for city pupils. on
recommendation of Mason Dyer, city
attendance officer, $S14.65.
Miscellaneous items, including
meals and lodging for transients, rents
Tin emergency cases only gas bills
(where the families had no other
method of cooking or heating. total
S22S.19.
Drugs and supplies for medical aid,
S4S25
Transportation, S72.24. This last
item was for the most part expended
in moving a family to its native state.
If it had remained it would have been
much greater expense to the county.