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agencies Allegheny County alms Almshouse Expenditures almshouse inmates almshouse population Amount audit auditors average borough districts borough poor districts borough system Carbon County cent Central Poor District chronically ill City Commission county commissioners County Home county unit districts county unit poor county unit system Department of Welfare Elk County Emergency Relief Board employes employment expenses given grants groceries home relief Independent Township indigent institutions investigation Jenkins Township Lackawanna Lackawanna County Luzerne Luzerne County maintenance mixed districts month mother nursing outdoor relief Overseers patients persons Philadelphia Pittston Township poor boards poor directors poor farms poor funds Poor Law Commission poor laws Poor Relief Act poor relief administration poor relief expenditures receiving relief records relief orders reports Rush Township salaries social supervision Talbot Fund tion total number Total Poor township and borough tures unemployment relief
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Page 111 - dependent child" is one who is homeless or destitute, or without proper support or care, through no fault of his parent, guardian, custodian, or legal representative; or a child who lacks proper care by reason of the mental or physical condition of the parent, guardian, or legal representative. •A "delinquent child...
Page 69 - ... the directors of the poor and of the house of employment for the county of Schuylkill...
Page 35 - The objects sought are to arouse interest, courage and confidence ; to exercise mind and body in healthy activity; to overcome disability; and to re-establish capacity for industrial and social usefulness.
Page 111 - ... neglects or refuses to provide proper or necessary subsistence, education, medical or surgical care, or other care necessary for his health, morals, or well-being...
Page 34 - It may be stated as a rule to which there is no exception that every inmate, except the bed-ridden ones, should have some employment during a part of every day, and the more fully the usual working hours are occupied the better...
Page 201 - The county commissioners shall keep accurate accounts of all moneys received by them in any way for the purposes of this act as well as all paid out, including such reasonable expenses as they may incur in carrying out the business, and which they shall be allowed credit for. All accounts under this act shall be audited by the county auditors. Said commissioners shall be entitled to charge in...
Page 213 - ... sessions of their county, or to any judge thereof, by petition, asking for a citation to the directors so refusing or neglecting, requiring them to appear before such court at a time specified therein and show cause why an order should not issue for the removal of such person into their district. The said court shall proceed to hear and determine the cause upon its merits, and their decree shall be final unless an appeal therefrom be taken within thirty days. The citation herein provided for...
Page 36 - Quality, quantity, salability of the products may prove beneficial by satisfying and stimulating the patient, but should never be permitted to obscure the main purpose. 14. Good craftsmanship and ability to instruct are essential qualifications in the occupational therapist; understanding, sincere interest in the patient, and an optimistic, cheerful outlook and manner are equally essential. 15. Physical exercises, games and music are useful forms of occupational therapy, and fall under two broad...
Page 208 - It shall be the duty of the overseers of every district, from time to time, to provide, as is hereinafter directed, for every poor person within the district, having a settlement therein, who shall apply to them for relief.
Page 111 - ... one who engages in an occupation, or in a situation dangerous to life or limb, or injurious to the health or morals of himself or others.