Official report for the fiscal year July 1, 1938 to June 30, 1939

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UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
Georgia Department
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Public Welfare
OFFICIAL REPORT For The
Fiscal Year July i 1938 to June 30 1939

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STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE OF GEORGIA
DIRECTOR
Braswell Deen
STATE BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
Arthur Lucas Atlanta Chairman J Hallman Bell Richland Dr Lloyd Lott Hoschton
A T Minchew Pearson Frank W Spencer Savannah Dr J R Wilson Thomson Braswell Deen Director
Succeeded Dr J S Golden
Jasper Aug 14 1939
DIVISION DIRECTORS
Miss Lucille Wilson Public Assistance Division Dr Martin T Myers Crippled Children Division Henry B Mays Jr
Child Welfare Division Frank C Shirley Commodity Distribution Division Dr C J Wellborn Division of Institutions Charles A Doolittle Division of Accounts and Finance M Hardin Mitchell Division of Research and Statistics
TABLE OF CONTENTS
LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL
PART I Public Assistance Division
PART Hi Division of Research and Statistics
PART III Crippled Children Division
PART IV Surplus Commodity Distribution Division
PART V Child Welfare Division
PART VI Division of Institutions Section I State Eleemosynary Institutions Section II Adult Services
PART VII
Division of Accounts and Finance
ANNUAL REPORT
To His Excellency Honorable E D Rivers Governor of State of Georgia Sir
In compliance with provisions of the Reorganization Act of 1937 Section 5 I have the honor to herewith transmit to you the annual report of the operations and administration of the State Department of Public Welfare for the fiscal year July 1 1938 to Tune 30 1939 J
PUBLIC WELFARE ADMINISTRATION
Six legislative acts signed by Governor Rivers on January 25 1937 created the present Department of Public Welfare and properly equipped it with power to carry out its functions
The first of these acts was the Welfare Reorganization measure abolishing the old Board of Control and transferring its powers and duties to the new Department Two others were the necessary constitutional amendment proposals to permit the State and its counties to levy taxes for support of the Social Security system Separate acts were passed for the administration of Old Age Assistance Aid to Dependent Children and Aid to the Blind
A seventh actthat permitting the State Department to administer services for crippled children in conjunction with the Federal programwas passed later at the same session of the General Assembly
With the signing of the Welfare Reorganization Act the old Board of Control of EJeemosynary Institutions was abolished and all of its duties and powers transferred to the new Department of Public Welfare however many of the powers of the old Board were increased by the Act This was especially true of those relating to the regulations and supervision of private institutions for the care of children supervision of child placing supervision of probation and parole system and other special services which had been operated through the old Department of Public Welfare as a branch of the Board of Control
To these old duties transferred from the other agencies were added many new ones for the Department Primarily it was charged with setting up a statewide organization which would make possible in the State the operation of Social Security benefits under the Federal law and of carrying into every county all types of special assistance welfare work and social service
The organization of the new Department was based to a large extent on requirements which had to be met by the State in order to receive the Federal Social Security funds for aid to the aged to the blind to dependent children and to other special groups
It was essential that a State agency be created with sufficient authority to deal for the entire State with Federal agencies having funds available since the Federal agencies were prohibited from dealing directly with the counties It was essential too under Federal rules and regulations that the services offered to any part of the State should be available equally in every county
For this reason the Welfare Reorganization Act made it mandatory that each county organize and operate a County Welfare Department The Department for each county was to consist of a board of five members a director and such other personnel as was necessary to the functioning of the Department
The appointment of the county boards was vested in each countys constituted fiscal or financial agent thus placing the power with the county commissions in those counties operating under the commission system and with ordinaries in those counties operating under the system whereby the ordinary is ex officio the county commissioner
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The selection of county welfare directors was vested in these County Welfare Boards the selections being subject to review of the State Department for the purpose of enforcing minimum requirements as to training and experience of the county directors Additional personnel selected by the County Boards was also made subject to this same review by the State Department
The County Director serves as the executive and administrative officer of the County Welfare Department being directly responsible to the County Board The Board is charged with passing upon all recommendations of the Director for distribution of Social Security funds and must approve each award made for Old Age Assistance Aid to the Blind and Aid to Dependent Children The Board also governs the financial affairs of the Department receiving its funds and appropriations from the county and refunds by the State Department
Under the plan of organization and operation the County Departments occupy positions of control over recipients of virtually all forms of special general and emergency relief carrying out their functions under the general policies and regulations established by the State Department
The State Department was so organized as to function primarily through the Director appointed by the Governor with Senate confirmation for a period of two years In addition a State Public Welfare Board of six members was created to serve as an advisory and policy forming board advising with the Director regarding the adoption of all policies rules and regulations for the Department
The Board was also empowered in consultation with the Director to fix minimum standards of service and personnel and to formulate salary schedules for the classified service based upon training experience and general ability of persons selected for positions in the State Department and County Departments of Public Welfare
The Welfare Act designated the Director as the executive and administrative officer of the Department and all functions of the Department are dependent upon him under a system of centralized control of operations and in order to carry out its functions the Department was organized with two principal problems in mind setting up the most efficient possible organization to procure the best results from operations and compliance with Federal requirements incident to the receipt of special funds for assistance to the aged to the blind and to dependent children and special funds for child welfare crippled children and other services
The Department is now operating with seven divisions each of the divisions being in charge of a director responsible directly to the State Director in all matters The Divisions are Public Assistance Child Welfare Crippled Children Surplus Commodity Distribution State Institutions Research and Statistics and Accounts and Finance
Due to the fact that the Department was instructed under the law to supervise all County Departments it was found necessary to establish district offices throughout the State for close contapt and rapid communication between the County Departments and a representative of the State Department The district officers who function under divisions of the State Department serve as the liason between the State and County Departments and likewise assist the County Departments in all matters of relief and welfare administration in the interest of efficient operation
The modernization of welfare administration was thorough and complete and answered the States crying need for more attention to general social problems and to the specific problem of individuals who had met distress The extended welfare service reached every community and the availability of these services to any county was no longer dependent alone upon the ability of that county to provide all its funds
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RELIEF PROGRAMS TOTAL BENEFITS
The State Department of Public Welfare supervises all forms of relief both emergency and Peranent The Department supervises and controls the public assistance program of Aid to the Needy Aged Aid to the Blind and Aid to Dependent Children and a Crippled Children s program It also directs certification of applicants for Works Progress Admin
La i v frAeinroIlmentin the Civilian Conservation Corps for assistance under the National Youth Administration for general relief and for surplus commodities
Th0SStepartment f Public WeIfare administered directly and indirectly more June 308193900 1D t0 Georgians durinS the fiscal year July 1 1938 to
dstributed in direct services 345440200 in Old Age Assistance 151451 50 in Aid to the Blind and 110969650 in Aid to Dependent Childrenthree forms of Social Security also disbursed 16266325 under its medical program for Aid to Crippled Children
Txr6 mdlrect service was in statewide supervision of certification of applicants
for Works Progress Administration assignment under the Federal works relief program which brought 2484503600 into the State in wage payments alone
Payments to the families of young men enrolled in the Civilian Conservation Corps on certification of the County Departments under the general direction of the State Department amounted to 206787900 likewise National Youth Administration expenditures giving assistance to students and other young people amounted to 90642608 and surplus commodities distributed on similar certifications were valued at 508882654
expenditure of generaI relief funds provided entirely by the counties was supervised by the Department and added 50869216 to the funds over which the Department has indirect control
In June 1939 the various forms of assistance reached families and individuals as follows
Old Age 22245 individuals
Aid to Dependent Children10163 individuals
Aid to the Blind 988 individuaIs
Surplus Commodities 83007 families
WPA 52420 family heads
7043 families
A 4177 individuals
General Relief 5939 famiiies
SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS
The three types of Social Security benefits started in Georgia July 1 1937Aid to the Needy Aged to the Needy Blind and to Dependent Children for which the State the Federal Government and the counties share the financial responsibility
From first social security payments in July 1937 to 6370 beneficiaries the State Department of Public Welfare increased the rolls to include 50361 persons in April 1939 representing the peak load prior to reduction due to lack of State funds In June 1939 the rolls included 33396 persons at an average allowance of 800 per person
The first month of operation of the programs of Aid to the Needy Aged to the Needy Blind and to Dependent Children saw an expenditure of 6624012 in benefits while the
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payments in April 1939 totalled 42485100 In June 1939 total payments amounted to 26689200
Although it was necessary to make a drastic cut in the rolls effective with the month of May 1939 due to lack of state funds the total expenditures for the past fiscal year to the Needy Aged Needy Blind and Dependent Children amounted to 471555000 as against total expenditures for the fiscal year ended June 30 1938 of 324057772 The amount contributed for the fiscal year 193839 by each participating agency toward total benefits paid was as follows
State Funds 207165523
Federal Funds 217233977
County Funds 47155500
The appropriation for Social Security purposes to the Department by the General Assembly was 315000000 for the year but only 56 of this amount was made available to the Department due to state revenues not attaining the anticipated amount for payment of all appropriations
At the beginning of the past fiscal year an estimate was made of available State funds for the year including surplus funds on June 30 1938 and an increased monthly allotment for benefits was made effective beginning with the month of July 1938 however in the second quarter of the fiscal year the amount available from the current year appropriation was reduced to a 55 basis and by April 1939 all surplus funds accrued through certain counties not using the maximum monthly allotment for benefits each month were exhausted thereby necessitating a reduction in benefit rolls of approximately 38
The total number of suspensions was 15831 cases affecting 17487 persons in the total amount of 13653750 In addition to the suspensions 9268 cases were reduced in the total amount of 2245000 making a total reduction in the benefit rolls of 15898750
In establishing a maximum roll for benefits it is necessary that consideration be given at all times to the maximum State funds that will be available from the State appropriation also that a benefit roll is a recurring liability and once established sufficient funds must be forthcoming to liquidate the liability each and every month and this liquidation must be figured on the basis of monthly liabilities for a year in order to avoid periodic reductions in the rolls
The present benefit rolls plus 10 for county administrative expenses and Crippled Children benefits will require State funds equal to 60 of the State appropriation and liquidation of these obligations will exhaust all State funds estimated to be available for the fiscal year 193940 unless State revenues are increased
Continuation of benefit rolls and county administrative expenses based upon allotments to counties prior to the cut in May 1939 would have required total state funds for the year of 285124000 which is equal to 90 of the annual appropriation of 315000000 therefore reinstatement of the suspended cases without consideration of pending applications would practically exhaust the present appropriation even if paid 100
The impossibility of the appropriation meeting the applications for assistance is shown by the fact that 131759 persons have applied for one of the three types of Social Security payments since the inception of the program that 52040 of these have been approved that only 26966 cases were being paid in June 1939 that 15212 cases were in suspension at June 30 and that 55550 applications were pending at the end of the year
Indications are that the permanent Social Security rolls eventually will have to reach between 80000 and 85000 cases Of the total applications of 131759 filed during the
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two years 76209 were disposed of either by approval or rejection The rejected cases were 24169 or 31 of the total disposed of
Should the same percentage continue to be maintained during the disposition of the 55550 pending applications the rolls would be increased to include 80508 cases including reinstatement of the 15212 suspended cases to place Social Security payments in the State on a permanent or regular basis
Benefits of the Social Security system in Georgia went to the greatest extent into the
rural sections of the state during the two years of operations for all types of assistance
Aid to the Aged to the Blind and to Dependent Children74 of the beneficiaries were rural residents and 26 urban dwellers
The results of the program to date support the contention put forward in the movement leading to its beginning that the rural areas of the State were those being neglected most in attention to the economic needs of individuals It likewise supports efforts for a rehabilitation and improvement of agricultural practices of the State in order to assure to each farmer a better and more adequate income and to assure to others of rural areas a sounder basis for business and commercial practices
It helps to support the contention that there is a too onesided division in the State between agricultural and industrial activity and that the greatest amount of poverty in the State exists in those rural areas where agriculture is practically the sole support of the areas economic existence
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
From first Old Age Assistance payments in June 1937 to 5144 beneficiaries the State Department of Public Welfare increased the rolls to include 36651 persons in April 1939 representing the peak load prior to reduction due to lack of State funds In June 1939 the rolls included 22245 persons at an average allowance of 812 per person
The first month of operation of the program for Old Age Assistance saw an expenditure of 5736819 as against payments in April 1939 totalling 31338500 Payments in June 1939 amounted to 18056250 Total expenditures for Old Age Assistance for the past fiscal year amounted to 345440200 requiring State funds of 138192840 county funds of 34544020 and Federal funds of 172704340 Although it was necessary to reduce the rolls in May 1939 the total expenditures for the past fiscal year were greatly in excess of expenditures of 242792323 for the fiscal year ended June 30 1938
The ratio of participation in Old Age Assistance is State 40 Federal 50 and County 10 The maximum monthly grant is 3000
More than fourfifths of the 131759 applications for Social Security assistance since the inception of the program or 110047 were for Old Age Assistance Of these 44729 were approved 19778 were denied as ineligible or disposed of for other reasons and 45540 were awaiting consideration at the end of the fiscal year June 30 1939 In addition to those awaiting consideration on June 30 1939 14007 approved cases were receiving no assistance due to lack of State funds
AID TO THE BLIND
From first Aid to the Blind payments in July 1937 to 21 beneficiaries the State Department of Public Welfare increased the rolls to include 1258 persons in April 1939 representing the peak load prior to reduction due to lack of state funds In June 1939 the rolls included 988 persons at an average allowance of 1000 per person
The first month of operation of the program for Aid to the Blind saw an expenditure of 29072 as against payments in April 1939 totalling 1348900 Payments in June 1939
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amounted to 987800 Total expenditures for Aid to the Blind for the past fiscal year amounted to 15145150 requiring State funds of 6083135 County funds of 1514515 and Federal funds of 7547500 The total expenditure for the past fiscal year exceeded expenditures of 9844322 for the fiscal year ended June 30 1938 notwithstanding the fact that it was necessary to reduce the rolls in May 1939
The ratio of participation in Aid to the Blind is State 40 Federal 50 and County 10 The maximum monthly grant is 3000
Of the 131759 applications for Social Security assistance since the inception of the program 3257 were for Aid to the Blind Of these 1429 were approved 738 were denied as ineligible or disposed of for other reasons and 1090 were awaiting consideration at the end of the fiscal year June 30 1939 In addition to those awaiting consideration on June 30 1939 267 approved cases were receiving no assistance due to lack of State funds
AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN
From first Aid to Dependent Children payments in July 1937 serving 1205 children represented by 403 cases the State Department of Public Welfare increased the rolls to serve 12452 children or 4710 cases in April 1939 representing the peak load prior to reduction due to lack of State funds In June 1939 the rolls were serving 10163 children represented by 3733 cases at an average allowance of 752 per child or 2048 per case
The first month of operation of the program for Aid to Dependent Children saw an expenditure of 858121 as against payments in April 1939 totalling 9797700 Payments in June 1939 amounted to 7645150 Total expenditures for Aid to Dependent Children for the past fiscal year amounted to 110969650 requiring State funds of 62889548 county funds of 11096965 and Federal funds of 36983137 The total expenditures for the past fiscal year exceeded expenditures of 71421127 for the fiscal year ended June 30 1938 although it was necessary to reduce the rolls in May 1939
The ratio of participation in Aid to Dependent Children is State 56 Federal 33 and County 10 The maximum monthly grant is 1800 for the first child and 1200 per month for each additional child
Of the 131759 applications for Social Security assistance since the inception of the program 18455 were for Aid to Dependent Children Of these 5882 were approved 3653 were denied as ineligible or disposed of for other reasons and 8920 were awaiting consideration at the end of the fiscal year June 30 1939 The 8920 pending applications represent 21411 children In addition to those awaiting consideration on June 30 1939 938 approved cases 2139 children were receiving no assistance due to lack of State funds
CRIPPLED CHILDREN BENEFITS
The service is not one of financial aid to crippled children and has as its sole purpose the treatment of their ailments in order to restore them to normal or nearnormal conditions Benefits consist of funds disbursed in behalf of crippled children for diagnosis medical and surgical treatment care in hospitals and convalescent homes and appliances Funds are not expended for assistance payments
A given number of children are hospitalized each month in various hospitals throughout the State to be treated under qualified orthopedic surgeons Hospitalization is in recognized hospitals in cities wherein the surgeons are located After treatment in the hospital the child may be either permitted to return home or transported to a convalescent home for further treatments and convalescent care at the request of the surgeon The furnishing of appliances such as braces artificial limbs etc is included as a part of the service
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State funds are provided from the 315000000 appropriation for benefits The ratio of participation is State funds 50 and Federal funds 50
The total number of cases treated new and readmissions was 701 during the fiscal year ended June 30 1939 Of this total 562 were new cases The total number of hospital days for all cases was 14642 total number of days in convalescent homes 10712 and total number of appliances furnished to children 571 Cases were treated from 158 counties of the State
The total expenditures for benefits under this service for the past fiscal year amounted to 16266325 as against 2229201 expended for the fiscal year ended June 30 1938
During the past fiscal year 13 clinics were held throughout the State at which approximately 500 children were examined At the present time there were 1864 crippled children listed on the register and as children are examined 7at clinics or are referred by licensed physicians their cases are considered for registration and future treatment These clinics are held periodically throughout the State so that all sections of the State may have equal opportunity of examination by competent orthopedic surgeons to determine whether or not children can be benefited by treatment
A field nursing corps is maintained whose duties it is to visit each treated child that has either been hospitalized and returned home after the completion of its treatment or sent home for a period of rest prior to further hospitalization and treatment and during the year these nurses made 3618 visits to crippled children
No reduction is planned in crippled childrens services for the fiscal year 193940 and the plan is to treat between 500 and 600 new cases throughout the year There are more than 7000 crippled children in the State by actual record
OTHER FEDERAL BENEFITS WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION
The Works Progress Administration brought into Georgia during the past fiscal year 2882874600 in the largest of the programs providing emergency relief to the unemployed of the State Of the amount expended by the organization 2484503600 went out directly in relief wages while the balance was made up of administrative costs and purchase of materials for the carrying out of various construction projects
The State Department of Public Welfare is responsible for determining the eligibility of persons seeking employment on WPA in accordance with standards of eligibility established by the Works Progress Administration and for referring all such eligible persons to WPA The assignment of workers to projects determination of the type of labor for which they are fitted and other problems of a similar nature are left with the WPA The Works Progress Administration assists the county staffs in handling certifications and during the past fiscal year expended 14469282 for this purpose
Employment on WPA projects showed a steady increase from July through November reaching a peak load of 71372 persons and for the reminder of the fiscal year a gradual decrease until in June the number of persons was 52420
Administration of the WPA program has two major differences from administration of Public Assistance benefits under the Social Security system While the Social Security funds are distributed to the counties of the State on the basis of population the allocation of WPA funds is made on the basis of need to meet employment with the ability of local governmental agencies to support work projects necessarily being taken into consideration The other difference is the determination of the assistance given each applicant With the Social Security system the basis of determination is need of the applicant The WPA on the other hand pays standard security wages
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CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS
The State Department of Public Welfare and the various County Departments cooperate in the selection and enrollment of young men in the Civilian Conservation Corps the welfare organization being the sole agency for establishing the economic needs of the applicants and certifying them as qualified for enrollment
The young men recruited in the Corps are drawn from families of substandard income and the major portion of the 3000 per month remuneration is returned to their families Each CCC member is required to send back to his family at least 2200 per month the payments being made directly to the families
During the year ended June 30 1939 the payments of CCC enrollees to Georgia families amounted to 206787900 with the heaviest monthly payment being 19890400 for 9038 members of the Corps In June 1939 there were 7043 young men in camp
The CCC occupies an important place in the relief plan of the State Efforts are maintained to keep this program coordinated with all others in order to avoid duplications of service and duplications of payments to families It often occurs for instance that in a family in which the head is not physically able to perform WPA work a son will be accepted for CCC service and thus prevents the family from having to depend on general relief which would be more inadequate for the familys needs Providing as it does maintenance for between 7000 and 9000 families in the State the CCCs place in the general welfare program is of great significance
NATIONAL YOUTH ADMINISTRATION
The National Youth Administration gives assistance to students and other young people in another avenue of aid for the needy The State Department of Public Welfare has the responsibility of certifying applicants for NYA aid through the facilities of the County Departments During the past fiscal year payments to young people under this program on certification of the County Departments amounted to 90642608
SURPLUS COMMODITIES
The program of distributing surplus commodities is one of a twofold purpose to aid the farmers by purchase of products they cannot sell in regular channels at profitable prices and to aid the needy by furnishing to them food they cannot purchase with their own means
Certification of recipients for surplus commodities is the responsibility of the various County Departments Distribution of the commodities is the responsibilty of the State Department and the cost is borne by the State Government Federal Government and the Counties
The Works Progress Administration pays for all labor other than supervision including County Commodity Supervisors truck drivers stenographers bookkeepers packers laborers and all clerical and manual workers except supervisory personnel supplied by the State There is a total of approximately 445 WPA workers employed
The counties furnish money for other than labor cost such as truck fuel truck repairs tires meals and lodging for truck drivers cards envelopes repacking supplies such as twine gummed tape bags etc In addition counties are required to furnish their own warehouses
The State Department supplies supervisory personnel supervisory travel and all transportation equipment for intrastate hauling of commodities from carload destinations to counties
The Federal Government furnishes all commodities delivered at carload destination
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points at no cost to the State or local governments and the total value of surplus commodities distributed in Georgia for the year ended June 30 1939 was 508882654 representing the greatest tonnage in surplus commodities of any single year since the inception of the program in September 1933
Statetvide case loads certified by the County Welfare Departments increased sharply during the year reaching a high of 70 larger than the case load at the beginning of the year In July 1938 the certified case load was 55913 reaching a peak in May 1939 of 85584 and in June 1939 the closing month of the past fiscal year the certified case load was 83007 The monthly average number of eligible cases was 73713 and the monthly average number of cases served was 66461 representing a monthly average percent of case load served of 902
GENERAL RELIEF BENEFITS
General relief in Georgia is designed to care for those persons eligible neither for Social Security benefits nor for Federal emergency relieffor those persons between the ages of 16 and 65 who are afflicted diseased or for other physical reasons are unable to take advantage of special types of relief available for normal persons General relief also has served as a backstop for the emergency needs of persons awaiting transfer to other forms of relief
Financial responsibility for general relief rests entirely with local governmental agencies and neither the State nor the Federal governments contribute to the cost either of administration or of benefits Appropriations by County Commissioners and by municipal governments in the larger centers support all general relief activities The State Department exercises no direct control over general relief expenditures and acts only in an advisory capacity
General relief expenditures for the 148 counties contributing to this type of relief for the fiscal year ended June 30 1939 were 50869216 Over half of this amount 27707858 was spent by the Fulton County Welfare Department in the States largest industrial and commercial area
While the accumulative total of all case grants for the 12 months period was 82222 the monthly average number of cases for the period was 6923 Average monthly payment per case was 617 and average monthly payment per person was 241
CONFEDERATE PENSIONS
The Confederate Pension system is supported entirely by income from the State cigar and cigarette tax the revenue from this levy being allocated for this purpose Funds not used for Confederate purposes are transferred to the general treasury of the State for payment of other legislative appropriations Payments to pension recipients are made through ordinaries of the various counties and not through the County Welfare Departments as would have been the case had pensioners been transferred to Social Security rolls
Administration of Confederate pensions was transferred by Legislative Act on April 1 1939 to the new Department of Confederate Pensions and Records
This Department was responsible for administration of the Confederate pension system from July 1 1938 to March 31 1939 and during this period 77477100 was paid to pension recipients representing pension payments for ten months
CHILD WELFARE SERVICES
The Department is charged by law with administering or supervising child welfare services as provided in the child welfare services section of the Social Security Act licensing and supervising private and local public child caring agencies and institutions
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the care of dependent neglected and delinquent children in foster family homes or in institutions the protection of children for adoption or those of illegitimate birth the operation of State institutions for children and coopertion in the supervision of juvenile probation
In order to perform the above duties the work of the Child Welfare Division is divided into the following sections 1 Child Welfare Services 2 Foster Home Care 3 Childrens Institutions and Juvenile Delinquency
The entire State is covered through case work service performed by district consultants and special county child welfare workers and where actual case work is not personally handled by the consultants or county child welfare workers they advise with and interpret methods of care to the county directors of public welfare
During the past fiscal year 3051 children applied for Child Welfare services 2249 of these cases being accepted for service the others being referred to other agencies advisory service given etc These cases on which service was given included such problems as cruelty conduct problems all forms of physical handicaps removal from almshouses and jails need for foster home care illegitimacy poverty and general health problems Poverty and bad home conditions were responsible for 365 of the cases accepted for service
All of the fortyone institutions for dependent and delinquent children are regularly inspected each year and the best possible advisory service is being given them when needed On June 30 1939 approximately 2600 children were under care in the institutions for dependent and delinquent children
The greatest need of the Child Welfare Division at present is for clarification of the adoption and child placing laws so that the best interest of dependent children needing foster care may be safeguarded
INSTITUTIONS AND CORRECTIONS
These services include inspection of county and city jails inspection of county almshouses and county homes for the aged making of home investigations of prisoners for the Board of Penal Corrections and cooperation in developing adult probation
It is encouraging to note the many physical improvements made in county and city jails through the aid of PWA and WPA funds During the past two years 15 counties completed new jails and 14 other counties completely renovated their jails
During the past fiscal year there were 61901 commitments to the county jails of Georgia as compared with 64566 commitments during the previous fiscal year The number of insane persons committed to county jails decreased from 1388 in fiscal year 193738 to 1333 in the past fiscal year With the completion of the long needed building program at the Milledgeville State Hospital both the number of insane persons placed in jails and the length of stay in jails of these unfortunate persons should be greatly reduced All thirty county almshouses were inspected during the past fiscal year Three almshouses were closed during the year and the Department is continuing its plan of encouraging the smaller and inefficient county homes to close in the interest of economy and better conditions of care for aged persons On December 31 1938 there were 740 persons in the remaining thirty county homes and on this date there were only seven children in almshouses compared with twentyfour the previous year
Services for investigating home conditions of prisoners under State Penal System have continued to be given to the Board of Penal Corrections In many instances county welfare directors and child welfare workers have made splendid provisions for these prisoners prior to their release
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STATE ELEEMOSYNARY INSTITUTIONS INSTITUTIONS BUILDING PROGRAM
Through the Acts of the Georgia Legislature of 1937 101088894 W and A rental discount funds and 31382578 Chain Store tax funds or a total of 132471472 has been received by the State Department of Public Welfare for the eleemosynary institutions building program The state funds so appropriated have been used to match PWA and WPA federal funds in carrying out the building program To date the number of projects started at the various state institutions involve a cost of 200011900 State and Federal funds
In addition to the above the department has approved 61538100 in construction and repairs at the institutions and this additional work is in various states of progress Attention is called to the fact that all funds that have been used on the building program have been appropriated by the General Assembly of the State and the Department has not diverted any money from the Public Assistance fund to carry forward construction
The work which has been undertaken contemplates relieving congested situations at each of the institutions Many of the buildings at the eleemosynary institutions were in a terrible state of repair at the time the present administration took over their operation and every effort has been made to place these buildings in a good state of repair in order that the life of the building may be lengthened and that the inmates be given comfortable quarters
At the Milledgeville State Hospital a total of 84322800 has been approved by the Department for buildings and repairs Of this amount 29000000 is being spent on an addition to the Jones Building for the housing of patients A Cold Storage Plant and a warehouse have been constructed at the State Hospital These will be needed when the large housing program undertaken by the State Hospital Authority is completed
The 400000000 building program at the State Hospital being carried forward by the State Hospital Authority was created by the General Assembly of 1939 and is being financed totally by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation under the Public Works Administration No funds from the State Department of Public Welfare nor any appropriation from the State Legislature has gone into the construction of these buildings
The male receiving building is being completely renovated and new water works repairs and additions and electrical lines are being installed
At the School for the Deaf the sum of 40200000 of new construction is under way This includes the primary building girls dormitory the ternclassroom school building and the negro building In addition to the new construction at the School for the Deaf the sum of 19919200 has been approved by the Department for the remodeling of the administration building boiler plant and steam distribution system the boys dormitory the schoolroom building kitchen and dining room and the construction of water and sanitary sewers and electrical work to care for the new building
At the Training School for Girls 15879100 has been approved for construction and repairs and this work is virtually completed This included a new receiving building and repairs to the Felton Sage and Harriett Hawkes Building and installation and extension of water and sewer lines
At the Training School for Boys a total of 77864300 has been approved for new construction and repairs This includes construction of new dormitories school and auditorium dining hall receiving cottage boiler plant and negro building the remodeling of the administration building th negro building and utilities
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At the Academy for the Blind at Macon Georgia 10595600 has been approved for repairs at the white and colored unit and repairs to the negro unit have been completed
At the Training School for Mental Defectives Gracewood Georgia 12769000 has been approved for construction of a fifty bed hospital building and improvements to the waterworks system
STATE ELEEMOSYNARY INSTITUTIONS GENERAL OPERATIONS
In addition to a lack of adequate buildings at the institutions the Department has been faced with another major problem and that is insufficient financial support
The appropriation by the General Assembly of 1937 for support of the seven institutions under this Department was 200000000 for the year but subject to deductions governed by revenue receipts The appropriation did not provide sufficient funds for operations due to state revenues not attaining the anticipated amount for payment of all appropriations and in March 1939 the General Assembly granted a deficiency appropriation of 48399108 Without these additional funds the institutions would have been unable to continue operations except on a limited scale and would have ended the fiscal year with a large deficit
Information concerning the population movement and per capita maintenance cost at each institution is given below
MILLEDGEVILLE STATE HOSPITAL
There were 7243 patients in the institution at the beginning of the past fiscal year July 1 1938 and 989 were out on furlough 1176 patients were admitted during the year and of these 907 were first admissions and 269 were radmissions to this hospital or from some other mental hospital 825 patients were discharged during the year and 431 died At the close of the fiscal year on June 30 1939 there were 6933 patients in the institution and 1219 were out on furlough The average daily population was 7188 and the population during the year was reduced by 310 patients
The cost of operating the Hospital during the past fiscal year was 140041482 and based on the average daily population of 7188 the per capita cost was 53 cents per day
SCHOOL FOR MENTAL DEFECTIVES
The total population of the Institution on June 30 1939 was 301 a decrease of 35 inmates from the total enrollment at the beginning of the past fiscal year 16 cases were received during the year two of which were radmissions and 51 cases were discharged The average daily population for the year was 319
The cost of operating the institution during the past fiscal year was 5990998 and based on the average daily population of 319 the per capita cost was 51 cents per day
TRAINING SCHOOL FOR BOYS
There were 148 boys in the institution on July 1 1938 114 boys were admitted during the past fiscal year and 16 were returned for violation of parole 153 were discharged and 3 escaped At the close of the past fiscal year on June 30 1939 there were 122 boys in the institution The average daily population was 146
The cost of operating the institution during the past fiscal year was 3603211 and based on the average daily population of 146 the per fcapita cost was 67 cents per day
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TRAINING SCHOOL FOR GIRLS
There were 154 girls in the institution on July 1 1938 62 girls were admitted during the past fiscal year and 4 were returned from parole 67 were paroled and released and 2 returned to committing court At the close of the past fiscal year on June 30 1939 there were 151 girls in the institution The average daily population was 153
The cost of operating the institution during the past fiscal year was 3269550 and based on the average daily population of 153 the per capita cost was 59 cents per day
ACADEMY FOR THE BLIND
During the past fiscal year the enrollment at the White School was 48 males and 34 females making a total of 82 and at the Colored School 18 males and 22 females making a total of 40 The total enrollment for both schools was 122
Both schools opened on September 14 1938 The White School continued throughout the year closing on June 3 1939 The Colored School was closed on December 17 for Christmas vacation and the students could not return on account of the condition of the building which was being remodeled and repaired
The cost of operating the school during the past fiscal year was 3893423 reflecting a cost for the year per student of 31913 based upon the total enrollment of 122
SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF
During the past fiscal year the enrollment at the White School was 207 and at the Colored School 54 making a total enrollment of 261
Due to lack of adequate finances students were sent home after a term of only six and threequarters months and this length term was only made possible by the General Assembly providing supplementary funds under a deficiency appropriation When we realize that the handicap of deafness makes it necessary for the deaf child to spend about two years learning what can be reasonably expected of the normal child in one we see that this shortened term amounts to a great loss in their education
The cost of operating the school during the past fiscal year was 8351001 reflecting a cost for the year per student of 31996 based upon the total enrollment of 261
CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS HOME
The total population of the institution varied from 12 to 7 during the past fiscal year There were 12 Veterans in the Institution on July 1 1938 with no new admissions during the year 4 were furloughed during the year but are scheduled to return on or before October 1 1939 and 1 died leaving 7 in the Home on June 30 1939
The cost of operating the Home during the past fiscal year was 1456964 reflecting a per capita cost of 363 per day This amount appears to be high for the cost of maintaining persons in a State Institution but consideration must be given to the fact that the ages of the Veterans range from 90 to 105 years and they are given a great amount of individual attention and those requiring constant care and guidance due to their conditions are provided with the necessary attention Since the Home is operated solely for the convenience and comfort of the Veterans and since the number of residents has been reduced to such an extent practically every wish of the Veteran is fulfilled
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ADMINISTRATIVE OPERATIONS
USonV Tnie Or adinisrative p during the past fiscal year amounted to 2079708 and represents the States proportionate share of administrative penses of the County Departments of Public Welfare
The Welfare Reorganization Act defines administrative cost in which the State Department participates as salary and travel expense of the Director and other employees of the staff of the County Department engaged in the performance of welfare duties for which the State makes contribution Therefore participation by the State Department is
1 ra anCS aDd aVel expenses and ony t0 that portion of such expenses applicable to the Social Security programs
State funds for County Departments administrative expenses are provided for under the appropriation for benefits however the appropriation measure limits the contribution by the State to 10 of total benefits paid
The appropriation for administrative operations to the Department by the General
ssembly was 38250000 for the year but subject to reductions governed by revenue receipts
The total cost of administrative operations of the State Department of Public Welfare during the past fiscal year amounted to 46003780 However in arriving at net cost to the State Government for administrative operations of the State Department deduction must be made for participation in administrative cost by other agencies The Federal Government contributed for administrative expense the sum of 20990131 and the counties contributed 1978475 for surplus commodity distribution expense making total contribuagendeS f 22968606 hereby leaving a net cost to the State Government
or 23035174
During the past fiscal year 8893 of the total expenditures of the State Department were for Social Security benefits Confederate Pensions and the State Eleemosynary Institutions totaling 787634217 and constituting total expenditures for benefits as distinguished from expenditures for administrative purposes 475 of the total expenditures represented grants to the counties for the States participation in the County Departments administrative expenses and 113 represents advances and transfers to other State Governmental units leaving 519 for administrative operations of the State Department However this 519 represents payments for administrative purposes from State County
fDdS and 3 deduction of the participation by these agencies leaves 23035174 as the net cost to the State for administrative operations or as expressed in percentages 260 of total expenditures
jjj is cost he State of 260 represents expenses of the State Department in administering all activities of the State and County Departments of Public Welfare It includes cost to the State Department for statewide supervision of certifications for strictly Federal programs administered by the Surplus Commodity Corporation Works Progress Administration Civilian Conservation Corps and National Youth Administration and also the States share of expenses for statewide distribution of surplus commodities whereas the total expenditures used in establishing this administrative cost ratio do not include benefits paid directly by the Federal Government under the strictly Federal programs
Benefits paid directly by the Federal Government during the past fiscal year under these strictly Federal programs in which the State and County Departments act as certifying agencies amounted to 3290816762 as follows
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Surplus Commodities Value Distributed 508882654
W P A Benefits 2484503600
C C C Benefits 206787900
N Y A Benefits 90642608
Total3290816762
During the past fiscal year administrative expenses mounting to 72815425 of which 42079708 was reimbursed by the State Department were incurred by the 159 County Departments including administrative cost to the counties of certifications for benefits paid directly by Federal Government
In order to obtain a true picture of the cost to the State and the 159 counties for benefits provided through the facilities of the State and County Departments consideration must necessarily be given not only to benefits made available directly by the State Department 787634217 but also to those benefits made available by cooperation with the Federal agencies 3290816762 making total benefits made available of 4078450979
Against total benefits of 4078450979 the cost to the State and the 159 Counties for administrative operations of the State Department and the County Departments was 97829074 or 24 of total benefits made available
These figures are exclusive of administrative expenses incurred by the Federal agencies and administrative contributions by the Federal Government but represent the actual cost to the State Government and the County Governments for administrative operations and a percentage comparison with total benefits made available through the facilities of the Department of Public Welfare
RECOMMENDATIONS
For the past six months a committee from the Department has been working with representatives from the Social Security Board in the preparation of rules regulations and job classifications in order to set up a merit or Civil Service system and since Congress has recently amended the Social Security Act whereby states receiving Federal funds for Social Security purposes will be required to institute a merit system such a system will be installed in the Department within a few months
Although the Economy Committees report stated that the budget for the present fiscal year can be balanced by pegging allocated funds to the respective departments to which funds are allocated at the 1938 level and impound all increases in allocated funds for the general fund the Committee did not make any recommendations for the procuring of additional funds with which to pay benefits to the aged dependent children and needy blind who are eligible but who are not now recipients
There are 55550 applications awaiting consideration on June 30 1939 and it is estimated that 69 of these applications or approximately 38500 are eligible for benefits In addition to those awaiting consideration on June 30 1939 15212 approved cases were receiving no assistance due to lack of State funds thereby making a total of approximately 53712 needy aged needy blind and dependent children families who are eligible but who are not now recipients
It is therefore my recommendation that in fairness to the people of the State and particularly to the recipients that 500000000 of State funds should be provided by the Legislature in order to pay benefits to all eligible persons in the State The Social Security Board has the feeling that the State has had ample time during its probationary period in initiating the program to provide funds for all eligible beneficiaries The Board also has
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the feeling that it will be charged by Congress of discriminating against persons in the state by paying Federal funds to one group and denying them to another group who are equally needy and worthy
Inasmuch as Section 5 of the State Reorganization Act of 1937 requires the Director of the State Department of Public Welfare to make such recommendations and suggestions to the Governor as in his judgment are advisable and proper I hope you will not think I am assuming a legislative function if I point out that in visiting 144 counties in the State where I have spoken to groups of citizens in the courthouses I have found a strong feeling that although your administration has gone a long way toward accomplishing many of its fine objectives there is one additional step which should be taken with reference to tax revision Payment of taxes on gasoline together with funds received from the sale of automobile tags and drivers licenses brought to the State for the fiscal year 193839 2247260684 This amount was 52 of the total gross State budget for the year 193839
For the purpose of illustration let us assume that owners of automobiles in the State of Georgia should be required by a change of our State laws to pay the tax on gasoline at the end of the calendar year just as the owners of real estate pay their ad valorem tax at the end of the year It is my feeling and conviction that a substantial percentage of the owners of automobiles would lose their cars under tax sale should the postponement of the payment of the tax be initiated as a part of our tax procedure In other words there is an increasing conviction among property owners that it will be an accommodation rather than a burden to all of our citizens if they were permitted to pay all their taxes at the time purchases are made This of course would not include income tax which could not be computed and would not be payable until the close of the year
Figures secured from Washington disclosed the facts that in 1930 1931 and 1932 41 of all the farms in the United States were sold at the Courthouse door under foreclosure and that 80 of the foreclosures were for nonpayment of accumulated taxes on the real estate the other 20 being foreclosures by Federal Land Bank and other Loan Companies
By the same process of reasoning it seems clear to me that had the owners of these farms been permitted to pay their taxes in the nature of a sales tax at the time purchases were made provided of course the ad valorem tax system had been modified that a great majority if not all of the farmers losing their farms under foreclosures for nonpayment of the ad valorem tax would have saved their farms I therefore believe that a revision of our tax system modifying the ad valorem tax system and substituting therefor a general sales tax would be a great accommodation to all our citizens rather than a burden as is usually pointed out
A general sales tax plus an income tax law taxing on a graduated scale large net incomes and perhaps lowering the brackets on small net incomes would equalize the tax burden on our people
Since 40 of our population is colored and subsequent to the adoption of a constitutional amendment exempting homes and personal property up to 230000 an estimate has been made to me by conservative statisticians and experts in tax matters that 67 of the adult population of the state is paying in round numbers only 3 of the taxes in the State This means of course that 33 of our adult population is carrying the entire load The general sales tax would of course enable the State to receive a substantial revenue from thousands of salaried persons and other persons receiving weekly and monthly incomes who are now making little or no contributions to the cost of the government state county or municipal
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I fully understand that this is a legislative function and that it is not within my prerogatives to promote or further a tax program except to point out these facts for the purpose of adequate administration of the interests of the State Department of Public Welfare and in compliance with the requirements under Section 5 of the Welfare Reorganization Act
There is another point on which I shall not elaborate but merely state that unless counties can be reimbursed for their losses under homestead and personal exemptions the County Commissioners in order to recoup a part of their losses will perhaps find it necessary to increase the levy and the appraised valuation of real estate thereby inflicting an unfair burden on property owners who own property in excess of 230000 exemptions In illustration the County Commissioners of Bulloch County Statesboro Georgia have just completed the levy for 1939 and they increased the ad valorem tax 25 in that County This means that a property owner of a cotton gin saw mill brick stores farms andor additional property is carrying an excessive tax burden in order that his neighbor might enjoy a 230000 exemption free school books and seven months school term
It is my thought that if the State ad valorem tax was abolished or modified and the ad valorem tax for counties reduced to a minimum and a 3 general sales tax without exemptions substituted therefor with 1 allocated to the schools 1 to the State Department of Public Welfare and 1 to the counties that it would be a step in the right direction resulting in a more equitable distribution of the burden of taxation and at the same time produce adequate revenue for the humanitarian program which you have initiated and so arduously worked for during the past few years
Schedules and comments in detail covering the activities of each Division of the Department are submitted as a part of this report
Trusting the report of the affairs of the State Department of Public Welfare which I have the honor to herewith transmit to you will be of assistance to you I am
Respectfully yours
Braswell Deen Director
State Department of Public Welfare
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PUBLIC ASSISTANCE DIVISION DIVISION FUNCTONS
The State Department of Public Welfare through its Public Assistance Division administered directly and indirectly more than 3800000000 in direct relief to Georgians during the fiscal year July 1 1938June 30 1939
The Department distributed in direct services 345440200 in Old Age Assistance 15145150 in Aid to the Blind and 110969650 in Aid to Dependent Childrenthe three forms of Social Security during the fiscal year ending June 30 1939
The largest indirect service was in statewide supervision of certification of applicants for Works Progress Administration assignment under the Federal Works relief program which brought over 2484503600 into the State in wage payments alone
Payments to the families of young men enrolled in the Civilian Conservation Corps on certification of County Departments under general direction of the State Department amounted to 206787900 and surplus commodities distributed on similar certifications were valued at 508882654 likewise National Youth Administration expenditures giving assistance to students and other young people amounted to 90642608
The Public Assistance program also resulted in grants by the State of 42079708 to counties to help defray costs of administration and to maintain a county welfare office in each county
The Public Assistance Division further certified applicants for aid to crippled children resulting in the expenditure of 16266325 under the medical program started in April 1938
The expenditure of general relief funds provided entirely by counties was supervised by the division adding 50869216 to the funds over which the division had indirect control
In June 1939 the various forms of assistance reached families and individuals as follows
Old Age Assistance22245 Individuals
Aid to Dependent Children 10163 Individuals
Aid to the Blind 988 Individuals
Surplus Commodities 83007 Families
w p A52420 Family Heads
C C C 7043 Families
General Relief 5939 Families
N Y A 4177 Individuals
At the close of the fiscal year preparations were being made for carrying an increased load More applications were pending for old age assistance than were being paid demands upon the WPA for employment were increasing many young men were to be enrolled in the CCC Rural Resettlement cases generally inactive in the summer were slated to return to surplus commodity subsistence in the fall and arrangements were being made to handle several thousand surplus commodity cases by winter
Most inelastic of the various forms of relief were the Social Security program and the program of General Relief The Social Security program depends for its extensiveness on appropriations by the State Legislature See section on Social Security for further details on this phase of the program
General relief expenditures depend entirely upon local governmental appropriations and during the past year showed a steady decrease as cases formerly on general relief were shifted to some other form of assistance
Special arrangements for the rapid certification of WPA applicants have been made with the WPA planning to contribute largely to the cost which during the past year was
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supposed to have been borne by the counties The WPA furnished to the State Department of Public Welfare and to the District Offices personnel to assist with the certification service amounting to 14469282 during the fiscal year See section on WPA Certifications
All forms of direct relief come under the supervision of the Public Assistance Division the entire administrative system being in accordance with a plan of operations approved by the Federal Social Security Board
The duties fall into three classes administration of special relief supervision of general relief and administration of emergency relief
The special relief includes the three types of Social Security Benefits started in Georgia on July 1 1937aid to the needy aged to the needy blind and to dependent children for which the State the Federal Government and the Counties share the financial responsibility
Emergency relief work of the division is confined to certification of applicants for federal assistance either through the WPA the CCC the NYA or the receipt of Surplus Commodities
General relief covers all types of recipients not included in either other class The States program of aid to children applies only to children under sixteen years of age the blind assistance program applies to needy blind persons 21 years of age and over and the old age assistance program applies to those 65 years of age or over The various federal programs are designed to care for those not included in any of these groups Thus the handicapped between 16 and 65 the unemployables and those unable to procure other types of relief from any cause are included in the general relief category Neither the State nor the Federal Government assumes any financial responsibility for general relief cases the entire fund for this purpose being dependent in any county upon appropriations by county commissions or municipal authorities
In some few counties of the State general relief funds are appropriated to Family Welfare or other agencies and are not under the supervision of the State Department However most counties employ the County Welfare Departments organized under the 1937 Welfare Act and thus make the general administration of their funds subject to rules and regulations of the State Department
The Public Assistance Division has numerous other functions in addition to the supervision of direct relief By arrangement with the State Department of Public Health the economic eligibility of applicants for aid under the State Cancer Control Program is established Persons seeking admission to public institutions have to be certified by the County Welfare Department under State direction
Another important function is the direction of a program of training for State and County Welfare Department staffs Special courses in social work were arranged at the University of Georgia and through extension services courses were offered at various cities over the State throughout the year Plans are being made to continue this training service in an effort to have better qualified workers The special courses have become a regular part of the University of Georgia summer school curriculum
The Public Assistance Division also serves as a clearing house for information sought by the welfare departments of other states on specific cases in which Georgia citizens become involved either by relation to residents of other states or by removal to other states 32741 letters were answered by the department for the fiscal year ending June 1939
The division is also charged with conducting hearings and reviewing the evidence of all appeals from county departments by persons dissatisfied with disposition of applications for social security assistance See section on Appeals
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To the division has been delegated the duty of interpreting the necessary statistical records on state and county operations to comply with requirements of the Federal Government and the State Law While the statistical division has operated formerly as a part of the Public Assistance Division it became a separate division on May IS 1939 due to the fact that its functions embrace several other administrative divisions of the State Department
Through 9 district offices the division maintains close contact with county boards and county directors rendering a supervisory service to maintain efficiency of operation Highly qualified field supervisors are in charge of these offices
SOCIAL SECURITY
The State Department of Public Welfare in twentyfour months from July 1937 to July 1939 has increased the rolls from 6370 beneficiaries to 33396 The peak of the year was April 1939 when the rolls reached the maximum number of 50361 persons
Due to the failure of the General Assembly to pass additional revenue measures at the regular 1939 session and due to lack of State funds this department in May 1939 found it necessary to make a drastic cut in benefit rolls
At the beginning of the fiscal year 193839 an estimate of available State funds for the year was made including surplus funds on June 30 1938 and an increased monthly allotment for benefits was made effective beginning with the month of July 1938 However in the second quarter of the fiscal year 193839 the amount available from the current year appropriation was reduced to a 55 basis and by April 1939 all surplus funds accrued through certain counties not using the maximum monthly allotment for
benefits each month were exhausted thereby necessitating the reduction in benefit rolls of 38
On March 27 1939 a release was sent to all County Welfare Departments from the State Director advising that the new county allotment for benefits effective May 1939 would show a reduction in monthly allotment of approximately 38
County Directors were advised that this reduction would necessitate discontinuance of a large number of awards and that all reductions and suspensions would have to be approved by the county welfare board Payments of awards were suspended rather than spreading the reduction in county allotment over all awards for the reason that no individual award of less than 75 of the budget deficit could be made as Federal participation would not be allowed in any award which was for less than 75 of the deficit in the budget Cases were suspended rather than closed so that these cases might automatically be reinstated without making a complete set of new forms when money becomes available to replace these persons on the rolls An official action sheet signed by the County Director and countersigned by the Chairman of the County Welfare Board accompanied all of the certificates of award to the State Office
Due to the drastic reductions in the county allotments because of lack of State revenue county departments were advised to give careful consideration to the most equitable manner in which the reductions might be done with the least hardship to all persons affected
The State Department left to the County Department the decision of the persons to be removed from the rolls with these suggestions for their guidance
1 Reduce all awards in excess of 75 of the budget deficit if this had not already been done
2 Suspend awards after careful checking
a Suspend the cases of persons who resided in the homes of others where food and shelter would be provided
b Suspend cases where there was some income in the group
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County Departments were further advised that no individual award of less than 75 of the budget deficit might be made as Federal participation would not be received if this were done They were told that if general relief funds were available in the county it should be offered in cases of acute suffering and that care should be exercised to be sure that surplus commodities were available to suspended cases who needed same Departments were also advised to give consideration to any members of the group who were eligible for WPA CCC or NYA as to their certification for such benefits at as early a date as was possible
Individuals whose grants were suspended in May were notified at the time their April check was mailed that it would be the last check they would receive until State revenue was available and very carefully written letters expressing regret that the suspensions were necessary were written to the clients
County administrative expenses were drastically reduced making it necessary to release personnel and to reduce salaries of employees so that the administrative expenses would be within the limitations set up in the Appropriation Act Personnel and salary adjustments were also made in district and state offices
The State Department has a Plan of Operations which is mutually agreed upon with the Federal Social Security Board and which forms a contract for use of the money The Georgia State Law sets forth that grants to individuals shall be sufficient for the maintenance of health and decency The provision that grants should not be less than 75 of the budget deficit is a part of the agreement with the Federal Government and is the provision of our plan to carry out the Georgia Law as stated above
On May 5 a release was sent by the State Director to all County Directors which read as follows
Several County Welfare Departments have requested information as to the approval of new awards during the period of shortage of funds
The reason it is impossible for the State Department to approve new grants is that the persons suspended were only suspended for lack of money It would be unfair to advise them that they would be paid when money is available and then give it to a new case
If a person who is eligible in his own right is included in the grant of a spouse and the person receiving the grant dies a new case may be sent in for the person who was already sharing but letter giving full explanation should accompany the forms
In the case of change of payee in Aid to Dependent Children cases this is permissible provided a statement is attached to the forms sent in to the preaudit division explaining same
As quickly as possible all cases still receiving assistance should be reviewed and as money becomes available suspended cases should be reviewed and reinstated if still eligible and cancelled if not eligible
The total number of suspensions as of May amounted to 38 of the Case Load They were as follows
Old Age Assistance Aid to the Blind Number 14576 281 Individuals Amount 11709250 293050
Aid to Dependent Children 974 2630 1651450
Total 15831 2630 13653750
The progress by months showing a total expenditure in benefits of 471555000 for
the year is shown by the following table
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PUBLIC ASSISTANCE TABLE I MONTHLY SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS FOR THE STATE JULY l 1938 TO JUNE 30 1939
Old Age Aid to
Total Assistance Dependent Children Aid to the Blind
Indi Indi Chil Indi
Month Amount viduals Amount viduals Amount dren Amount viduals
July 39888700 45472 29538250
August 40835250 46754 30263200
September 41539700 47869 30778250
October 41881500 48470 31060150
November 42137150 48889 31257750
December 42313150 49246 31355950
January 42409800 49472 31357700
February 42352650 49930 31233000
March 42450450 50140 31285650
April 42485100 50361 31338500
May 26572350 33219 17915550
June 26689200 33396 18056250
12 mos 471555000 345440200
32786 9109350 11579 1241100 1107
33802 9308300 11819 1263750 1133
34677 9463800 12021 1297650 1171
35152 9515450 12130 1305900 1188
35524 9551100 12154 1328300 1211
35775 9618750 12246 1338450 1225
35906 9704550 12334 1347550 1232
36230 9763900 12452 1355750 1248
36415 9808000 12469 1356800 1256
36651 9797700 12452 1348900 1258
22033 7683600 10209 973200 977
22245 7645150 10163 987800 988
1 10969650 15145150
The disposition of applications for old age assistance aid to the blind and aid to dependent children received from the time of inauguration of the Social Security Program July 1 1937 to June 30 1939 and other statistical information concerning approved cases is shown by tables in the Statistical Section of this report
A person receiving Old Age Assistance Aid to the Blind or Aid to Dependent Children has the right of a transfer of his or her award to another county
Sections 16 and 19 Old Age Assistance and Aid to the Blind of the Welfare Act of 1937 outlines the procedure as follows
Any recipient who moves to another County in this State shall be entitled with the approval of the State Department to receive assistance in the County to which he has moved and the County Department of the County from which he has moved shall transfer all necessary records relating to the recipient to the County Department of the county to which he has moved The county from which the recipient moves shall pay the assistance for a period of two months
Section 11 Aid to Dependent Children of the Welfare Act of 1937 outlines the procedure as follows
Any child qualified for and receiving assistance pursuant to the provisions of this Act in any county in this State who moves or is taken to another county in this State shall be entitled with the approval of the State Department to receive assistance in the county to which he has moved or is taken and the county department of the county from which he has moved shall transfer all necessary records relating to the child to the county department of the county to which he has moved The County from which the child moved shall pay the assistance for a period of two months
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The total number of transfer cases completed during the fiscal year July 1 1938 through June 30 1939 was 9 Aid to the Blind 36 Aid to Dependent Children and 441 Old Age Assistance or a total of 486 cases The large number of transfers to another county may be explained by the fact that Georgia is a rural State and a large number of the recipients are living in the homes with children who are sharecroppers renters wage hands etc Many of these children make different living arrangements each year which necessitates a move and often to another county
At the inception of the Social Security Program there was a concerted effort on the part of many counties to transfer from general relief rolls to social security rolls many persons to whose support the county had been the sole contributor for many years At the same time the State Department requested that the counties attempt to remove persons from almshouses as rapidly as possible in order to stop as near as possible dependence upon institutional relief At the present time there are 30 almshouses in the State
Except in the heavily populated counties where the rush of applications was so great that facilities would not permit it the counties generally followed the policy of bringing social security benefits first to those persons in the greatest need Those applicants still awaiting approval in most instances benefit by general relief or by surplus commodities pending the time when funds will be sufficient for transferring all of them to the social security rolls In other instances relatives are caring for those awaiting final action on their applications
Two misunderstandings of the methods of administering the social security program have caused confusion throughout the State on the part of the applicants especially for old age assistance
One of these concerns the control vested in county welfare departments and the other the determination of the amount of the benefit paid to any recipient
Under the Welfare Act the County Welfare Departments determine both the eligibility and the amount of assistance for any recipient in accordance with the Law and with regulations of the State Department
Applications for social security assistance are filed with county directors and the county directors make the necessary investigations to determine eligibility and fix the amount of the award The recommendations of the director have to be passed upon bj the county board before being sent to the State Department for payment Before payment the State Department reviews the records to determine if all regulations have been complied with but cannot change the amount of the award In any case where errors are found the records have to be returned to the county for correction
The State Department cannot on its own initiative make any award for payment of any type of benefit Not until the County Department approves the award and requisitions the payment can it be made
The only instance under which the State Department can take a direct hand in the determination of eligibility or the fixing of the amount of award is through a formal appeal to it from action of the County Department This right of appeal applies only to applicants for old age assistance aid to the needy blind and aid to dependent children and not to any other type of relief
Section 12 of the Welfare Act of 1937 outlines the procedure as follows
If an application is not acted upon by the County Department within a reasonable time after the filing of the application or is denied in whole or in part or if any award of assistance is modified or cancelled under any provision of this Act the applicant or recipient or any Tax Payer who may allege himself as
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such to be interested may appeal to the State Department in the manner and form prescribed by the State Department The State Department shall upon receipt of such an appeal give the applicant or recipient or appellant reasonable notice and opportunity for a fair hearing
The State Department may also upon its own motion review any decision of a County Department and may consider any application upon which a decision has not been made by the County Department within a reasonable time The State Department may make such additional investigation as it may deem necessary and shall make such decision as to the granting of assistance and the amount of assistance to be granted the applicant as in its opinion is justified and in conformity with the provisions of this Act Applicants or recipients affected by such decisions of the State Department shall upon request be given reasonable notice and opportunity for a fair hearing by the State Department
All decisions of the State Department shall be final and shall be binding upon the County the applicant or appellant involved and shall be complied with by the County Department
During the fiscal year of operation there was a total of 401 appeals 167 of these were the result of grants being temporarily suspended because of lack of funds 120 because of applications rejected after investigation due to adequate resources or income to meet present needs of the applicants 49 because applications were not acted on by the County Departments for a period of 60 days or longer after initial filing of application and 65 because of inadequacy of the grant All except 38 of the total number of appeals were from applicants or recipients of old age assistance only 10 appeals were from applicants or recipients for aid in behalf of dependent children
The law provides that an appellant shall upon request be given reasonable notice and opportunity for a fair hearing by the State Department and the State policy regarding action on appeal is as follows
When an appeal by a client from the action of the County Department either on application or following grant of assistance has been received by the State Department it shall immediately request full information in connection with the case from the County Department
Arrangements will be made within two weeks for a hearing at which the client may be present with a representative of the County Department and a representative of the State Department This hearing must be arranged at a point accessible to a client who presumably has no resource for transportation The State Department will give the client who is appealing notice of the time and place of this meeting long enough in advance of the meeting to assure him of an opportunity for arranging to be there The client may bring such witness as he desires
Out of the total number of appeals there have been only 42 formal hearings 17 decisions of the County Departments were reversed by the State Department and in 7 instances the County Departments reversed their decisions as a result of the hearings In 18 instances the County decision was sustained by the State Department
There have been 345 decisions made on appeal cases without a formal hearing 20 of these were reversed by the County Department as a result of further investigation in 5 instances the applicants or recipients withdrew their appeals 1 applicant died before decision was made in 2 instances the State Department reversed the decision of the County Department without a formal hearing This was brought about by the fact that when applications were submitted to the State Office for payment they were rejected as
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applications proved ineligibility Appeals were made to the State Department and decisions were rendered without a formal hearing The total number of decisions made without a hearing were a result of further interpretation of eligibility by the County and State Department to the appellant
At the beginning of the fiscal year July 1 1939 there were fourteen appeal cases pending decision by the State Department Of the 159 counties in the State there were ninetyfive counties in which there were no appeals Fulton County had the largest number 222 due to the large number of applicants and their accessibility to the State Office Of the total number of appeals in Fulton County 50 were made on the basis of an inadequate grant and 164 on the basis of their grant being temporarily suspended These two large numbers may be explained by the fact that 1 In December 1938 the County Departments were notified by release that due to lack of funds it was necessary to reduce all awards to 75 of the budget deficit and 2 in March 1939 a release to the County Departments advising that due to the failure of the General Assembly to pass additional revenue measures at the regular session which closed in March 1939 and the lack of State funds it was necessary to reduce the monthly allotments approximately 38 which necessitated temporarily suspending a certain per cent of their special assistance awards thus the large number of appeals in these two categories An accompanying table shows the sources and disposition of appeals by counties
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PUBLIC ASSISTANCE TABLE II
ANALYSIS OF APPEALS TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE AS THE RESULT OF THE DECISION MADE ON APPLICATIONS IN THE COUNTY DEPARTMENTS FOR OLD AGE ASSISTANCE AID TO THE BLIND AND AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN DURING THE FISCAL YEAR JULY 1 1938 THROUGH JUNE 30 1939
95 Counties not having appeals omitted
COUNTY BASIS OF APPEAL TYPE OF D7 AfTFR ASSISTANCE Hearings Number Without Hearings No Pending Total
Suspension Rejection Delay Inadequate Old Age Blind Dep Child No of Hearings Sustained Reversed
1 Barrow 1 1 0 1 1
2 Ben Hill 1 1 0 1 1
3 Berrien 1 1 0 1 1
4 Bibb 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 4
5 Brantley 1 1 0 1 1
6 Brooks 1 1 2 0 2 2
7 Bulloch 1 1 0 1 1
8 Burke 2 2 1 1 1 2
9 Camden 2 2 1 1 1 2
10 Candler 1 1 0 1 1
11 Carroll 2 1 3 0 3 3
12 Charlton 1 1 1 1 0 J
13 Chatham 7 4 11 1 1 8 2 11
14 Chattahoochee 1 1 0 1 1
15 Chattooga 2 9 1 11 1 1 1 11 12
16 Cherokee 1 1 2 1 1 1 2
17 Clarke 4 4 1 1 3 4
18 Clay 1 1 0 1 1
19 Clayton 1 1 0 1 j
20 Coweta 1 1 0 1 1
21 Crisp 1 1 0 1 1
22 Decatur 1 1 0 1
23 DeKalb 3 1 4 0 2 2 4
24 Dooly 2 1 3 0 2 1 3
25 Dougherty 1 1 1 1 1
26 Effingham 1 1 0 1 J
27 Elbert 6 4 10 1 1 9 10
28 Evans 3 3 0 3
29 Fayette 3 4 1 1 4
30 Fulton 164 7 1 50 194 7 21 20 3 17 202 0 222
31 Glynn 1 1 0 1 1
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PUBLIC ASSISTANCE TABLE II Continued
Disposition
BASIS OF TYPE OF Arran
APPEAL ASSISTANCE Hearing
COUNTY a M jf
es ci rs co rt 0 ri
Suspension Rejection Delay Inadquat Old Age Blind Dep Chil No of Hearings Sustained Reversed Number V Hearings o a V Oh o Z Total
32 Gordon 1 1 0 1 1
33 Grady 1 1 0 1 1
34 Gwinnett 2 2 0 2 2
35 Habersham 1 1 0 1 1
36 Haralson 4 4 0 4 4
37 Heard 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2
38 Irwin 2 2 0 2 2
39 Jenkins 1 1 0 1 1
40 Johnson 1 1 0 1 1
41 Liberty 1 1 0 1 1
42 Long 1 1 1 1 1
43 Meriwether 9 1 10 0 9 1 10
44 Mitchell 2 2 0 2 2
45 Muscogee 1 1 0 1 1
46 Newton 1 1 0 1 1
47 Oconee 1 1 0 1 1
48 Pike 3 3 0 3 3
49 Polk 6 17 22 1 0 23 23
50 Pulaski 1 1 0 1 1
51 Randolph 2 2 0 2 2
52 Richmond 2 1 3 0 3 3
53 Rockdale 2 2 2 2 2
54 Stewart 5 5 3 3 2 5
55 Talbot 1 1 0 1 1
56 Taylor 3 3 0 3 3
57 Telfair 3 2 1 0 2 1 3
58 Terrell 1 1 0 1 1
59 Troup 3 3 6 2 2 4 6
60 Walton 5 4 1 1 1 4 5
61 Ware 1 1 0 1 1
62 Wheeler 1 1 0 1 1
63 Whitfield 1 1 2 1 1 1 2
64 Worth 3 3 0 3 3
TOTALS 167 120 49 65 363 10 28 42 18 24 345 14 401
Included in Annual Report for fiscal year 19371938 Appeal made and decision upheld without hearing before June 30 1938 July 1938 applicants requested hearing Hearing held and decision sustained
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The other point of confusionthe method of determining the amount of each award on the basis of needarose from the fact that many persons gained the opinion maximum awards had been set as standard awards
Under the old age assistance program the maximum monthly grant is 30 under the aid to the blind program the maximum is the same and under the program of aid to dependent children the maximum is 18 per month for the first child and 12 per month for each additional child in any family
In making all awards it is first necessary that the County Department determine the need of the family group or the individual old age and blind awards being made on the basis of the need of the person applying and dependent children awards on the basis of the need of the children in the family eligible for assistance
The case need in all instances is figured on a monthly basis for standard costs of living such as food shelter fuel lights clothing insurance household needs medical care water and incidentals Special allowances are made for food when the circumstances warrant such as pregnancy of a mother necessity for school lunches for children presence of a sufferer from rickets pellagra or tuberculosis in the family or other conditions calling for special diets
Payments for rent are limited to 20 per cent of the total expense budget of the person
All needs are established on a minimum cost basis and from the total budget of needs is subtracted the income of the applicant from all sources whether wages rentals on property owned pensions from any source aid from relatives assistance from churches or lodges the sale of any produce or any other source This amount represents the budgetary deficiency of the applicant and the award made to him must under Federal regulations cover at least 75 per cent of this deficiency except when it would exceed maximum limits
The Federal regulations will not countenance the award of an amount in excess of the deficiency and will not approve expenditure of Federal funds in any case for which the budget has been inaccurately or inadequately calculated
In order to give a uniform basis for the calculation of budgets the State Department furnishes each county with a manual explaining the methods of budgeting and besides giving in detail minimum requirements for the two most important factsfood and clothing These food and clothing budgets were prepared after an exhaustive study of retail market prices throughout the State by a home economist on the staff of the department Tables showing food and clothing budgets by individuals and family groups accompany this report The budget figures furnished the county directors for their purposes carry the detail of the kinds and types of food or clothing for which estimates have been made in local marketing conditions or as general price changes demand revisions
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PUBLIC ASSISTANCE TABLE III MONTHLY FOOD BUDGETS AT MINIMUM COST
Group I Group II Group III Group IV Group V Counties Counties Counties Counties Counties
Elderly Man or Woman
Moderately Active Man
Moderately Active Woman
Very Active Man
Very Active Woman
Child Under Four Yrs
Boy 46 Yrs or Girl 47 Yrs
Boy 78 Yrs or Girl 810 Yrs
Boy 910 Yrs or Girl 1113 Yrs Boy 1112 Yrs or Girl Over 13 Yrs
Active Boy 1315 Yrs
Active Boy Over 15 Yrs
Family of 2 Adults Elderly People Family of 3 Adults Elderly People
Family of 1 Adult and 1 Child
710 Years of Age
Family of 1 Adult and 2 Children
1 Under 4 710 Yrs
Family of 1 Adult and 3 Children
1 Under 4 710 1013 Yrs
Family of 1 Adult and 4 Children Family of 1 Adult and 5 Children Family of 1 Adult and 6 Children Family of 1 Adult and 7 Children Family of 1 Adult and 8 Children
544 531 546 539 517
837 811 838 841 810
712 666 669 683 666
1036 1018 1038 1057 1007
812 791 830 829 790
620 629 642 570 615
635 633 652 592 618
755 756 770 719 745
818 822 839 800 826
869 862 886 842 866
977 952 991 948 918
1047 1000 1045 1017 987
1134 1095 1122 1111 1069
1661 1630 1659 1640 1597
1454 1453 1483 1423 1445
2097 2088 2131 2004 2066
2903 2911 2962 2808 2897
3529 3599 3629 3405 3549
4272 4299 4398 4119 4260
4831 4826 4981 4861 4700
5747 5736 5934 5558 5363
6332 6309 6461 6144 5910
1 Group I counties are those with a city of 40000 population or more Group II with a city over 15000 and under 40000 Group III those with cities over 5000 and under 15000 Group IV rural North Georgia counties with no city over 5000 and Group V rural South Georgia counties with no city over 5000
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PUBLIC ASSISTANCE TABLE IV
CLOTHING BUDGET AT MINIMUM COST FOR FAMILY GROUPS
MONTHLY COST IN DIFFERENT SECTIONS
FAMILY Group I II III Group IV Group V
Counties Counties Counties
1 Parent and Infant to I year 474 458
1 Parent and 1 PreSchool Child 448 439
1 Parent and 1 Girl 610 years 540 521
1 Parent and 1 Boy 610 years 547 539
1 Parent and 1 Girl 1014 years 587 600
1 Parent and 1 Boy 1014 years 570 563
1 Parent and 1 Girl 1418 years 663 688
1 Parent and 1 Boy 1418 years 639 651
1 Parent and 2 Infants to 1 year 634 610
1 Parent and 2 PreSchool Children 582 572
1 Parent and 2 Children under 10 773 754
1 Parent and 2 Children under 14 843 857
1 Parent and 2 Children under 18 988 1033
1 Parent and3 Children under 10 834 806
1 Patent and 3 Children under 13 957 1046 1048
1 Parent and 4 Children 1280 1181
1 Parent and 5 Children 1340 1337
1 Parent and 6 Children 1596 1594
1 Parent and 7 Children 1945 1976
1 Parent and 8 Children 2270 2321
2 Parents and 1 Infant to 1 year 762 846 839
2 Parents and 1 PreSchool Child 820 820
2 Parents and 1 Girl 610 years 912 902
2 Parents and 1 Boy 610 years 919 920
2 Parents and 1 Girl 1014 years 894 959 981
2 Parents and 1 Boy 1014 years 942 944
2 Parents and 1 Girl 1418 years 1035 1069
2 Parents and 1 Boy 1418 years 1011 1032
2 Parents and 2 Infants to 1 year 1006 999
2 Parents and 2 PreSchool Children 892 954 953
2 Parents and 2 Children under 10 years 1054 1145 1135
2 Parents and 2 Children under 14 years 1103 1215 1238
2 Parents and 2 Children under 18 years 1342 1360 1414
2 Parents and 3 Children under 10 years 1099 1206 1187
2 Parents and 3 Children under 3 years 1306 1418 1429
2 Parents and 4 Children 1052 1562
2 Parents and 5 Children 1712 1718
2 Parents and 6 Children 1968 1975
2 Parents and 7 Children 2317 2357
2 Parents and 8 Children 2642 2702
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GENERAL RELIEF
General relief in Georgia is designed to care for those persons eligible neither for social security benefits nor for Federal emergency relieffor those persons between the ages of 16 and 65 who are afflicted diseased or for other physical reasons unable to take advantage of special types of relief available for normal persons During the period covered by this report general relief also has served another important function that of a backstop for the emergency needs of persons awaiting transfer to other forms of relief in the transition which necessarily followed the reorganization of welfare functions and activities
Financial responsibility for general relief rests entirely with local governmental agencies and neither the State nor the Federal governments contribute to the cost of administration or of benefits Appropriations by County Commissions and by municipal governments in the larger centers support all general relief activities
In those counties in which the appropriations are made to the County Welfare Departments organized under the Welfare Act of 1937 the State Department is charged with supervising general activities and the County Departments follow rules and regulations of the State Department in determining eligibility and making allotments The State Department exercises no direct control over general relief expenditures and acts only in a supervisory capacity In those counties which elect to make their appropriations to Family Welfare Societies or other agencies operating independently of the County Welfare Department the State Department assumes no responsibility at all over functions of these organizations
Prior to institution of the Social Security Program in Georgia in July 1937 the entire load of relief other than Federal emergency programs fell in the category of general relief and was the sole responsibility of the local governmental agencies The ability of the local agencies to meet the need is discussed in detail in Part 1 of this report
The very inadequacy of the old system without Social Security benefits for the needy aged for dependent children and for the needy blind was one of the main factors contributing to the insistent demand for changes which would permit these benefits to begin operation in Georgia
One of the main points advanced in favor of the Social Security program was the fact that it not only would bring a greater amount of relief to a larger number of persons but that it would relieve local governmental agencies of much of their financial responsibility and would help stop a drain on their funds Both of these contentions have been borne out by developments during the two years of Social Security operations but the program of general relief has not reached a permanent basis of operation It should require another full year of operation before counties can determine the approximate extent to which they will have to go in meeting needs of persons not embraced in the other types of welfare services
General relief expenditures for the 148 counties contributing to this type of service for the fiscal year starting July 1938 were 50869216 Over 54 of this amount 27707858 was spent by the Fulton County Welfare Department in the States largest industrial and commercial area In the other largest counties of the State the general relief costs were
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Chatham 3637794
Richmond 1785615
Muscogee 1 2317022
Bibb 1878764
Floyd 649270
DeKalb 701705
Clarke 1240141
Dodge 480500
Spalding 294166
Bartow 475966
Lowndes 113429
Ware 343358
Glynn 435244
The total expenditures for the State for the fiscal year represented 82222 case grants
See general tables in Statistical Section
WPA CERTIFICATION
During the fiscal year ending June 30 1939 the Works Progress Administration in its program of providing emergency relief to the unemployed of the State expended from Federal funds 24845036 for labor Other Federal expenditures including administration were 398371000 Sponsors expenditures during this period amounted to 818692700 This total of approximately 37015673 represents the largest of the programs providing emergency relief to the unemployed of the State
The State Department of Public Welfare is responsible for determining the eligibility of persons seeking employment on WPA in accordance with standards of eligibility which are established by the WPA and for referring all such eligible persons to WPA The responsibility for determining the type of labor for which these persons are fitted for providing suitable projects upon which they may work and for assigning them to these projects is that of the WPA
While in no way responsible for contributing to the certification program of the State Department of Public Welfare the WPA has continued throughout this year the assistance to the County staffs which was begun in 1938 During the twelve month period a total of 14469282 was expended for this purpose and a maximum number of 210 persons was employed at any one time The peak of intake employment came during the certification of agricultural workers for seasonal employment in the fall of 1938
Employment on WPA projects showed a steady increase from July through November and from then a gradual decrease but throughout the year the number employed was considerably greater than the number employed the previous year The following table shows the average number of persons employed for each month in the past fiscal year
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AVERAGE NUMBER PERSONS EMPLOYED ON WPA STATE PROGRAM PROJECTSJULY 1938JUNE 1939
Not
Month Total Per Cent Certified Per Cent Certified Per Cent
1938
July 49493 10000 49131 993 362 07
August 54598 10000 54185 992 413 08
September 57839 10000 57287 990 552 10
October 63988 10000 63310 989 678 fir
November 71372 10000 70548 988 824 12
December 63650 10000 62775 986 875 14
1939
January 61656 10000 60743 985 913 15
February 62632 10000 61669 985 963 15
March 63424 10000 62424 984 1000 16
April 57064 10000 56040 982 1024 18
May 53699 10000 52645 980 1054 20
June 52420 10000 51335 979 1085 21
Includes Supply Fund Project
The wage scale during this period ranged from 2680 for unskilled persons in rural areas to 7906 for professional and technical workers in the Atlanta area
Below is a table showing the division of workers between the various types of wage classes
EMPLOYMENT ON WPA STATE PROGRAM PROJECTS BY WAGE CLASS BY MONTHS
July 1938 June 1939
Date Total Unskilled Intermediate Skilled Professional and T echnical Non Security
1938 July 30 51131 40380 5308 3898 597 948
August 31 56681 45079 5713 4190 576 1123
September 24 58046 45849 5951 4483 598 1165
October 29 70965 57766 6349 4819 637 1394
November 26 70707 56725 6879 4940 612 1551
December 31 60431 46873 6641 4672 593 1652
1939
January 28 61525 47501 6904 4834 643 1643
February 25 63494 49288 6950 4946 632 1678
March 25 62386 47803 7455 4792 606 1730
April 29 56635 42303 7426 4609 566 1731
May 27 52473 38362 7325 4452 575 1759
June 24 52392 38164 7345 4566 582 1735
Includes Supply Fund Project
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CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS
The year 19381939 found many improvements made in the Civilian Conservation Corps Greater stress was made on the educational and vocational phase of the program Greater stress was made on the improvement of selection of boys for CCC Both of the above activities not only demonstrated the need for stressing the above phases of the work but also the results obtained were most gratifying as far as the work of the camps personnel was concerned and the enrollee
The State Department of Public Welfare through the various county directors and welfare departments cooperated in the selection and enrollment of 7280 boys in the CCC during the year The State Welfare Department is charged with the duty of selecting young men between the ages of 1723 inclusive who are unemployed and in need of employment and need the educational and other opportunities offered by the CCC and whose families due to financial limitations are not in a position to secure or provide a comparable experience
On May IS 1939 by order of the President of the United States the Division of Selection of CCC was changed from the United States Department of Labor to the Office of the Director CCC therefore all agencies now participating in selection activities are under the jurisdiction of the CCC
Each enrollee is paid 3000 per month for his services in a camp 2200 of which amount is either sent home to the family or deposited with the Chief of Finance of the War Department which is turned over to the enrollee when he is discharged During the year families of enrollees from Georgia received a total amount of 206787900
After the applications have been received and reviewed in the State Office contacts are made with the Army officials who have charge of enrolling the boys at the various CCC Camps throughout Georgia Quotas are given to each of the counties throughout Georgia on the basis of percentage of population as well as the number of boys available from the various counties who wish to enroll in CCC
The State Department is required by the CCC to keep certain records and other files on each boy ever enrolled in CCC from Georgia as well as all boys who were former members of the CCC The Department is also required to make numerous contacts with camp officials as to the work being done and mainly to verify the numerous requests received from camp officials regarding individual cases of enrollees who want their allotments changed or their allottees changed or they want to come home from camp etc
Following are two tables one which shows the monthly number of Georgia boys in CCC Camps throughout the U S as well as the amount of payments sent home to their families for that particular month The other table shows the number of boys enrolled from each county in Georgia during the month of June 1939 and the amount sent home to the families in the respective counties
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CCC TABLE I
MONTHLY ENROLLMENT AND HOME ALLOTMENTS OF GEORGIA CCC ENROLLEESJULY 1 1938 TO JUNE 30 1939
Number of Boys Payments to
Month Year in Camp Families
July 1938 9038 19890400
August 1938 8021 18047250
September v 1938 7501 16877250
October 1938 8384 18864000
November 1938 8077 18173250
December 1938 7679 17277750
January 1939 8176 17987200
February 1939 7848 17402000
March 1939 5530 12166000
April 1939 7993 17582400
May I 1939 7739 17025800
June 1939 7043 15494600
TOTAL 206787900
CCC TABLE II
ENROLLMENT AND HOME ALLOTMENTS OF GEORGIA CCC ENROLLEES FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE 1939 BY COUNTY
Number of Boys Payments to
County in Camp Families
Appling 29 63800
Atkinson 10 22000
Bacon 13 28600
Baker 14 30800
Baldwin 48 105600
Banks 22 48400
Barrow 38 83600
Bartow 64 140800
Ben Hill 35 77000
Berrien 38 83600
Bibb 101 222200
Bleckley 29 63800
Brantley 26 57200
Brooks 36 79200
Bryan 25 55000
Bulloch 42 92400
Burke 50 110000
Butts 35 77000
Calhoun 19 41800
Camden 7 15400
Candler 20 44000
Carroll 78 171600
Catoosa 27 59400
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CCC TABLE II Continued
Number of Boys Payments to
County in Camp Families
Charlton 25 55000
Chatham 74 162800
Chattahoochee 7 15400
Chattooga 37 81400
Cherokee 65 143000
Clarke 62 136400
Clay 11 24200
Clayton 20 44000
Clinch 34 74800
Cobb 118 259600
Coffee 34 74800
Colquitt 54 118800
Columbia 35 77000
Cook 25 55000
Coweta 51 112200
Crawford 23 50600
Crisp 38 83600
Dade 28 61600
Dawson 32 70400
Decatur 62 136400
DeKalb 146 321200
Dodge 61 134200
Dooly 47 103400
Dougherty 36 79200
Douglas 32 70400
Early 39 85800
Echols 13 28600
Effingham 24 52800
Elbert 65 143000
Emanuel 66 145200
Evans 24 52800
Fannin 47 103400
Fayette 30 66000
Floyd 119 261800
Forsyth 62 136400
Franklin 24 52800
Fulton 1 513 1128600
Gilmer 54 118800
Glascock 24 52800
Glynn 44 96800
Gordon 1 40 88000
Grady 45 99000
Greene 51 112200
Gwinnett 88 193600
Habersham 54 118800
Hall 92 202400
Hancock 48 105600
Haralson 66 145200
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CCC TABLE II Continued
Number of Boys Payments to
County in Camp Families
Harris 37 81400
Hart 37 81400
Heard 16 3S200
Henry 66 145200
Houston 24 52800
Irwin 28 61600
Jackson 85 187000
Jasper 27 59400
Jeff Davis 29 63800
Jefferson 50 110000
Jenkins 31 68200
Johnson 1 66 145200
Jones 21 46200
Lamar 32 70400
Lanier I 20 44000
Laurens 89 195800
Lee 12 26400
Liberty 1 18 39600
Lincoln 27 59400
Long 10 22000
Lowndes 60 132000
Lumpkin 32 70400
Macon 22 48400
Madison 58 127600
Marion 19 41800
McDuffie 39 85800
McIntosh 16 35200
Meriwether 71 156200
Miller 23 50600
Mitchell 46 101200
Monroe 13 28600
Montgomery 69 151800
Morgan 39 85800
Murray 36 79200
Muscogee 73 160600
Newton 57 125400
Oconee 31 68200
Oglethorpe 54 118800
Paulding 30 66000
Peach 14 30800
Pickens 50 110000
Pierce 31 68200
Pike 35 77000
Polk 81 178200
Pulaski 13 28600
Putnam 26 57200
Quitman 8 17600
Rabun 45 99000
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County Randolph Richmond Rockdale Schley Screven Seminole Spalding Stephens Stewart Sumter Talbot Taliaferro Tattnall Taylor Telfair Terrell Thomas
Tift
Toombs Towns Treutlen Troup Turner Twiggs
Union
Upson Walker Walton
Ware
Warren Washington Wayne Webster Wheeler White Whitfield Wilcox Wilkes Wilkinson Worth
CCC TABLE II Continued
Number of Boys Payments to
in Camp Families
90200
55000
48400
77000
15 33000
22 48400
60 132000
42 92400
41 90200
31 68200
11 24200
33 72600
49 107800
42 92400
83 182600
14 30800
17 37400
24 52800
52 114400
60 132000
21 46200
58 127600
34 74800
43 94600
66 145200
33 72600
56 123200
64 140800
66 145200
30 66000
70 154000
45 99000
19 41800
27 59400
41 90200
57 125400
39 85800
67 147400
41 90200
36 79200
Total 7043 15494600
NATIONAL YOUTH ADMINISTRATION CERTIFICATIONS
The National Youth Administration gives assistance to students and other young people in another avenue of aid for the needy The State Department of Public Welfare has the responsibility of certifying applicants for NYA aid through the facilities of county departments NYA expenditures amount to approximately 900000 annually in Georgia
DIVISION OF RESEARCH AND STATISTICS
M Hardin Mitchell Acting Director
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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE
DIVISION OF RESEARCH AND STATISTICS TABLE OF CONTENTS
Table 1 Dispositions of Applications for Old Age Assistance Aid to the
Blind and Aid to Dependent Children Received from the Time of the Inauguration of the Social Security Program July 1 1937 through June 30 1939 inclusive
Chart Development of the Public Assistance Program in First Two Years
of Operation by Expenditures
Narrative Old Age Assistance
Tables 116 Social Data on Cases Accepted During Fiscal Year 193839
Table 17 Individuals Accepted During Fiscal Year 193839 by Race Sex
and Location with Respect to Occupation
Narrative Aid to the Blind
Tables 117 Social Data on Cases Accepted During Fiscal Year 193839
Narrative Aid to Dependent Children
Tables 118 Social Data on Cases Accepted During Fiscal Year 193839
Narrative General Relief
Table 1 Tabulation of General Relief Cases from July 1 1938 to June 30
1939 by Months Cases Persons Amount of Obligations Average per Case and Average per Person
Table 2 Tabulation of General Relief Cases During Fiscal Year 193839
by Cases Persons Amount of Obligations Average for Twelve Months Period Average per Case and Average per Person by Counties
Child Welfare Social Data on Child Welfare Services Received and Tabulated by
the Division of Research and Statistics During Fiscal Year 193839
Narrative Crippled Children
Table Numerical Analysis of the Applications and Cases Approved for
Registration and Treatment During Fiscal Year 193839 by the Crippled Children Division
Chart Percentage Analysis of the Applications and Cases Approved for
Registration and Treatment During Fiscal Year 193839 by the Crippled Children Division
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STATISTICAL TABLE 1 SOCIAL SECURITY PROGRAMS
DISPOSITIONS OF APPLICATIONS FOR OLD AGE ASSISTANCE AID TO THE BLIND AND AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN RECEIVED FROM THE TIME OF THE INAUGURATION OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY PROGRAM JULY 1 1937 THROUGH JUNE 30 1939 INCLUSIVE
July 11937 Through June 30 1938 Percentage of Total from 737 to 739 July 11938 Through June 30 1939 Percentage of Total from 738 to 739 Total
Applications Received Old Age Assistance 89738 82 20309 18 110047
Aid to the Blind 2644 81 613 19 3257
Aid to Dependent Children Families 13724 74 4731 26 18455
Children 34966 75 11611 25 46577
Applications Approved Old Age Assistance 37074 83 7655 17 44729
Aid to the Blind 1197 84 232 16 1429
Aid to Dependent Children Families 4854 83 1028 17 5882
Children 13496 83 2680 17 16176
Applications Denied as Ineligible Old Age Assistance 7061 71 2870 29 9931
Aid to the Blind 185 65 101 35 286
Aid to Dependent Children Families 1215 59 833 41 2048
Children 3071 61 1958 39 5029
Applications Disposed of for Old Age Assistance Other Reasons 5808 55 4837 45 10645
Aid to the Blind 239 62 146 38 385
Aid to Dependent Children Families 876 51 826 49 1702
Children 2079 51 2029 49 4108
Applications Pending Old Age Assistance Aid to the Blind Aid to Dependent Children Families Children June 30 1938 39795 1023 6779 16320 June 301939 45540 1090 8920 21411
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE
STATE OF GEORGIA
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OLDAGE ASSISTANCE
OldAge Assistance includes a majority of the cases and entails the expenditure of a major part of the money for Special Assistance For this reason it may be termed the most important part of the program and necessitates detailed study for a thorough understanding of the social data involved
This information is obtained from social data cards which are submitted to the State Office from the county where the individual is approved for assistance All information contained on the card is necessarily the status of the case at the time of the original investigation and not as of the present date No attempt is made to change data on the card to keep pace with the changing social data because this would be a clerical impossibility
The following tables constitute a detailed study of every individual approved for OldAge Assistance during the fiscal year 19381939 and of every individual recipient closed for OldAge Assistance during the fiscal year 19381939 who was initially approved during the fiscal years 19371938 and 19381939 These tables are in themselves self explanatory and there is no need for detailed explanation
During this fiscal year there were 7468 individuals approved for OldAge Assistance 51 of these were male and 49 female Table No 1 shows that 13 of these were living alone at the time of investigation 47 living without spouse and 40 living with spouse
Table 2 gives the number of individuals of specified race by amount of first award accepted for OldAge Assistance 59 of all approved cases are white and 41 are negro The average opening award for these cases was between 700 and 800 34 of these approved cases do not have any other source of income to be received simultaneously with the grant for OldAge Assistance as can be seen in Table 3 Only 18 of the cases had any type of public or private assistance received in the household simultaneously with OldAge Assistance As can be determined from Table 4 85 of these individuals depended on no other assistance
Table 7 gives a detailed breakdown of the medical care and physical condition of these persons Only 3 were bedridden at the time of original investigation but 20 required considerable care from others Of the 237 individuals who were bedridden 78 received some type of medical care Of the 1509 individuals who required considerable care from others 41 received some type of medical care Of the 5722 individuals who were able to care for self 32 received some type of medical care Table 8 shows number of individuals of specified race and sex according to age on June 30 1939 The average age for the total number of cases was between 72 and 73 years of age For white individuals this age was between 71 and 72 years and for negroes between 73 and 74 years of age Table 9 shows that there were only 16 foreign born individuals approved during this fiscal year and all of this 16 were white Table 10 is a study of marital status living arrangement and sex 4 of the total pumber had never been married 40 were married at the time of this investigation 51 had married and were widowed the remainder having been divorced or separated Tables 11 and 12 show a study of these individuals who were married at the time of this investigation Of the 7468 persons under consideration 25 live in urban territories and 75 in rural sections
During this fiscal year 5057 cases which were opened during the fiscal years 19371938 and 19381939 were closed for OldAge Assistance This is shown in Table 14 The number of months aid was received can be obtained from Table 15 3696 individuals of this 5057 whose cases were closed or 73 were closed on account of death This information is available on Table 16
STATISTICAL TABLE 1 PART 1 OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
LIVING ARRANGEMENT TO BE EFFECTIVE WHEN FIRST PAYMENT IS RECEIVED SEX AND MONTHLY PAYMENT
Number of Individuals By Sex Accepted for OldAge Assistance with Specified Living Arrangement Effective When First Payment Is Received
MONTHLY
PAYMENT
Total
TOTAL7468
100 200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
1000 1100 1200
1300
1400
1500
1600
1700
1800
1900
2000 2100 2200
2300
2400
2500
2600
2700
2800
2900
3000
199 1
299 55
399 188
499 579
599 1473
699 1196
799 1141
899 904
999 482
1099 569
1199 183
1299 218
1399 108
1499 61
1599 81
1699 53
1799 40
1899 26
1999 20
2099 27
2199 13
2299 12
2399 9
2499 4
2599 6
2699 5
2799 1
2899
2999 2
3099 11
TOTAL
Male
3786
IN HOUSEHOLD GROUP
Female
3682
Total
1002
ALONE
Male Female 433 569
With Spouse Only Total Male Female
1205 900 305
With Spouse and Other Total Male Female
1763 1390 373
1
23 32
90 98
281 298
715 758
552 644
549 592
445 459
250 232
315 254
99 84
140 78
65 43
42 19
59 22
30 23
29 11
22 4
13 7
22 5
7 6
8 4
8 1
4
4 2
3 2
1
1
9 2

4 1 3
28 15 13
84 44 40
220 102 118
137 47 90
133 54 79
114 44 70
62 28 34
61 21 40
41 20 21
40 20 20
36 21 15
10 3 7
8 5 3
8 3 5
7 4 3
1 1
4 4
2 1 1
With Other Relatives Without Spouse
Total 3269
Male Female 959 2310
1 1
20 11 9 14 8 6 17 3 14
37 23 14 47 31 16 72 20 52
99 70 29 138 90 48 243 69 174
216 161 55 308 242 66 685 188 497
174 120 54 253 192 61 587 171 416
164 118 46 244 187 57 567 175 392
142 113 29 218 167 51 403 112 291
71 51 20 126 103 23 207 64 143
102 80 22 142 121 21 247 83 164
33 28 5 41 33 8 63 16 47
43 37 6 65 57 8 62 22 40
13 9 4 29 28 1 29 7 22
15 14 1 21 20 1 14 4 10
16 13 3 32 31 1 24 9 15
12 9 3 12 11 1 19 7 12
11 9 2 13 12 1 7 3 4
7 7 14 13 1 4 2 2
8 7 7 7 1 6 12 5 12 1 1 4 2 1 2
3 2 1 5 4 1 4 4
3 3 5 5 3 3
2 2 5 5 2 1 1
3 3 1 1
1 1 2 2 1 1
1 1 1 1 2 1 1
1 1

1 1 1
8 8 1 1

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DEPARTMENT OF
STATISTICAL TABLE 1 PART 2 OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
LIVING ARRANGEMENT TO BE EFFECTIVE WHEN FIRST PAYMENT IS RECEIVED SEX AND MONTHLY PAYMENT
Number of Individuals By Sex Accepted for OldAge Assistance with Specified Living Arrangement Effective When First Payment Is Received
IN HOUSEHOLD GROUP Contd
MONTHLY
PAYMENT
TOTAL
Not with Relatives Eating at Same Table
2300
2400
2500
2600
2700
2800
2900
3000
2399
2499
2599
2699
27992899
2999
3099
Total
213
Male
98
Female
115
IN PUBLIC INSTITUTION
Male
100 199
200 299
300 399 4 1 3
400 499 14 8 6
500 599 42 22 20
600 699 43 21 22
700 799 32 15 17
800 899 25 9 16
900 999 14 3 11
1000 1099 17 10 7
1100 1199 5 2 3
1200 1299 7 3 4
1300 1399 1 1
1400 1499
1500 1599 1 1
1600 1699 1 1
1700 1800 1900 1799 1899 2 1 1
1999 1 1
2000 2099 2 2
2100 2199 1 1
2200 2299 1 1
IN PROPRIETARY OR UNINCORPORATED INSTITUTION OR LODGING HOUSE
Female Total Male Female
2 4 2 2
OTHER
Total
10
Female
6
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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE
STATISTICAL TABLE 2 OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
Monthly Payment
Total
100 199
200 299
300 399
400 499
500 599
600 699
700 799
800 899
900 999
1000 1099
1100 1199
1200 1299
1300 1399
1400 1499
1500 1599
1600 1699
1700 1799
1800 1899
1900 1999
2000 2099
2100 2199
2200 2299
2300 2399
2400 2499
2500 2599
2600 2699
2700 2799
2800 2899
2900 2999
RACE AND MONTHLY PAYMENT
Number of Individuals of Specified Race Accepted for Old Age Assistance
All Races White Negro
7468 4335 3133
1 1
55 21 34
188 52 136
579 174 405
1473 630 843
1196 681 515
1141 694 447
904 661 243
482 323 159
569 446 123
183 104 79
218 160 58
108 67 41
61 46 15
81 75 6
53 48 5
40 32 8
26 20 6
20 16 4
27 25 2
13 12 1
12 11 1
9 9
4 4
6 5 1
5 5
1 1
2 2
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STATISTICAL TABLE 3 OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
SOURCE OF OTHER INCOME RECEIVED BY INDIVIDUAL SIMULTANEOUSLY WTH OLDAGE ASSISTANCE
Source of Other Income Received by Individual Number of Individuals Accepted
Simultaneously with OldAge Assistance For OldAge Assistance
11 Total 7468
None 2573
Some M94
One Type Only 4080
Veterans Pension
Employees Pension 2
Annuity or Income from Trust Fund or Insurance 7
Income from invested capital 5
Net income or rent from Real Property 189
Income from earnings 930
Net income from Sale of Farm Produce 504
Regular contributions from Relatives or Friends 1331
Other 1111
Two Types 736
Three Types 75
Four Types
Unknown
STATISTICAL TABLE 4 OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
TYPE OF OTHER PUBLIC OR PRIVATE ASSISTANCE RECEIVED IN HOUSEHOLD SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH OLDAGE ASSISTANCE
Type of Other Public or Private Assistance1 Received Number of Individuals Accepted in Household Simultaneously with OldAge Assistance For OldAge Assistance
Total 7468
No other type of public or private assistance 6152
One additional type of public or private assistance 1292
Aid to dependent children 42
Aid to the blind 5
General Public Assistance 31
Another grant of oldage assistance 977
Works program wages 205
Other public assistance 29
Assistance from a voluntary private agency 3
Two additional types of public or private assistance 24
Aid to dependent children and another grant of
oldage assistance 1
Aid to the blind and another grant of oldage assistance 1
General public assistance and other public assistance 2
Another grant of oldage assistance and Works
Program wages 19
Works Program wages and other public assistance 1
including another grant of oldage assistance
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STATISTICAL TABLE 5 OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
TYPE OF ASSISTANCE RECEIVED WITHIN 30 DAYS PRIOR TO INVESTIGATION FOR OLDAGE ASSISTANCE
Type of Assistance Received Within 30 Days Prior to Investigation Number of Individuals Accepted For OldAge Assistance
Total 7468
No assistance at time of investigation 6301
No assistance at time of investigation and none within 2 years No assistance at time of investigation but assistance 5789
in some form received within 2 years No assistance at time of investigation and unknown 457
whether any assistance received within 2 years 55
Some assistance at time of investigation One type only Private Assistance from a voluntary agency Public Care in public institutions for the aged Care in public general hospital Care in other public hospital Care in other public institution Works Program wages received by applicant Works Program wages received by member of household 1063 1038 19 19 j 1019 9 2 3 5 22 161
General public assistance Other public assistance Two types of assistance 627 190 25
Unknown whether assistance ever received 104
STATISTICAL TABLE 6 OLD AGE ASSISTANCE RACE
Race Number of Individuals Accepted
For OldAge Assistance
All Races 7468
White Negro 4335 3133
STATE OF GEORGIA
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STATISTICAL TABLE 7 OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
PHYSICAL CONDITION ACCORDING TO SEX AND ACCORDING TO TYPE OF MEDICAL CARE OR SUPERVISION AT TIME OF APPLICATION
Medical Care or Supervision
Total
Male
Female
None
Under individual physician
In hospital
In clinic
Under care of other type of practitioner or agency Unknown
Number of Individuals with Specified Physical Condition Accepted for OldAge Assistance
Total Bedridden Not Bedridden but Requiring Considerable Care Able to Care from Others for Self
7468 237 1509 5722
3786 110 695 2981
3682 127 814 2741
6012 52 891 5069
1275 175 578 522
1 1
146 5 26 115
15 1 9 5
19 3 5 11
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STATISTICAL TABLE 8 OLD AGE ASSISTANCE AGE ON JUNE 30 1939 RACE AND SEX
Ag on June 30 1939
Number of Individuals of Specified Race and Sex Accepted for OldAge Assistance
Total All Races Total Male Female Total White Male Female Total Negro Male Fema
7468 3786 3682 4335 2157 2178 3133 1629 1504
65 and under 66 yrs 11 6 5 11 6 5
66 and under 67 yrs 281 120 161 247 103 144 34 17 17
67 and under 68 yrs 658 311 347 468 221 247 190 90 100
68 and under 69 yrs 727 395 332 479 260 219 248 135 113
69 and under 70 yrs 698 345 353 397 196 201 301 149 152
70 and under 71 yrs 514 263 251 325 151 174 189 112 77
71 and under 72 yrs 561 291 270 291 168 123 270 123 147
72 and under 73 yrs 534 268 266 264 135 129 270 133 137
73 and under 74 yrs 470 242 228 279 141 138 191 101 90
74 and under 75 yrs 476 242 234 195 98 97 281 144 137
75 and under 76 yrs 259 137 122 135 65 70 124 72 52
76 and under 77 yrs 261 151 110 123 66 57 138 85 53
77 and under 78 yrs 309 154 155 181 97 84 128 57 71
78 and under 79 yrs 287 145 142 186 89 97 101 56 45
79 and under 80 yrs 277 151 126 164 87 77 113 64 49
80 and under 81 yrs 185 93 92 115 46 69 70 47 23
81 and under 82 yrs 179 92 87 96 53 43 83 39 44
82 and under 83 yrs 146 76 70 72 32 40 74 44 30
83 and under 84 yrs 115 60 55 62 30 32 53 30 23
84 and under 85 yrs 127 63 64 72 28 44 55 35 20
85 and under 86 yrs 93 44 49 53 25 28 40 19 21
86 and under 87 yrs 74 36 38 34 15 19 40 21 19
87 and under 88 yrs 59 28 31 29 17 12 30 11 19
88 and under 89 yrs 36 19 17 19 9 10 17 10 7
89 and under 90 yrs 36 17 19 13 8 5 23 9 14
90 and under 91 yrs 29 11 18 10 5 5 19 6 13
91 and under 92 yrs 19 9 10 7 2 5 12 7 5
92 and under 93 yrs 10 3 7 4 2 2 6 1 s
93 and under 94 yrs 8 3 5 1 1 7 3 4
94 and under 95 yrs 10 3 7 2 1 1 8 2 6
95 and under 96 yrs 5 2 3 1 1 4 1 3
96 and under 97 yrs 1 1 1 1
97 and under 98 yrs 3 3 3 3
98 and under 99 yrs 2 2 2 2
99 and under 100 yrs
100 years and over 8 5 3 8 5 3
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STATISTICAL TABLE 9 OLD AGE ASSISTANCE NATIVITY PLACE OF BIRTH AND RACE
Number of Individuals of Specified
Nativity and Place of Birth Race Accepted for OldAge
Assistance
All Races White Negro
Total 7468 4335 3133
Nativeborn 7452 4319 3133
16 16
15 15
Northwestern 8 8
4 4
1 1
2 2
1 1
n
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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE
STATISTICAL TABLE 10 OLD AGE ASSISTANCE MARITAL STATUS LIVING ARRANGEMENT AND SEX
Living Arrangement and Sex
Number of Individuals of Specified Marital Status Accepted for OldAge Assistance
Total Single Wid owed Divorced or Legally Separated Sepa rated Mar ried
Total Male Female 7468 3786 3682 283 122 161 3835 1121 2714 41 26 15 320 211 109 2989 2306 683
Alone 1002 84 773 17 122 6
Male 433 44 280 13 91 5
Female 569 40 493 4 31 1
In household group 6450 196 3049 24 198 2983
With spouse only 1205 1205
Male 900 900
Female 305 305
With spouse and others 1763 1763
Male 1390 1390
Female 373 373
With other relatives
without spouse 3269 170 2896 21 169 13
Male 959 64 783 10 93 9
Female 2310 106 2113 11 76 4
Not with relatives eating
at same table 213 26 153 3 29 2
Male 98 13 53 3 27 2
Female 115 13 100 2
In institution 6 2 4
In public institution 2 2
Female 2 2
In proprietary or unincorporated
institution or lodging house 4 2 2
Male 2 1 1
Female 2 1 1
Other arrangement 10 1 9
Male 4 4

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STATISTICAL TABLE 11 OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
MARRIED INDIVIDUALS CLASSIFIED BY STATUS OF SPOUSE WITH RESPECT TO OLDAGE ASSISTANCE AND BY MONTHLY PAYMENT
MONTHLY Number of Individuals Accepted for OldAge Assistance with Spouse or PAYMENT Specified Status with Respect to OldAge Assistance
Ten Total Not Receiving OldAge Assistance Receiving Separate Grant Receiv Application for Not Living ing Separate Grant in Same Joint Grant Pending Household
rAL 2989 1447 847 503 171 21
100 199 1 1
200 299 34 6 22 2 4
300 399 84 26 48 6 4
400 499 238 99 114 8 16 1
500 599 531 283 158 42 41 7
600 699 430 223 129 41 34 3
700 799 410 195 131 50 30 4
800 899 364 188 88 64 21 3
900 999 199 100 55 42 2
1000 1099 244 114 49 70 10 1
1100 1199 74 32 19 18 5
1200 1299 108 56 16 36
1300 1399 44 27 6 9 2
1400 1499 36 14 3 18 1
1500 1599 48 21 2 25
1600 1699 24 7 1 16
1700 1799 25 12 2 9 2
1800 1899 20 12 7 1
1900 1999 14 8 1 5
2000 2099 19 6 1 12
2100 2199 8 2 1 5
2200 2299 8 5 3
2300 2399 7 2 5
2400 2499 4 2 2
2500 2599 3 2 1
2600 2699 2 2
2700 2799 1 1
2800 2899
2900 2999 1 1
3000 3099 8 4 4
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STATISTICAL TABLE 12 OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
MARRIED INDIVIDUALS CLASSIFIED BY SEX AND BY STATUS OF SPOUSE WITH RESPECT TO OLDAGE ASSISTANCE
Status of Spouse with Respect to Number of Individuals of Specified Sex
OldAge Assistance Accepted for OldAge Assistance
Total Male Female
Total Married
Living in same household
Not receiving OldAge Assistance
Receiving separate grant
Receiving joint grant
Application for separate grant pending Not living in same household
2989 2306 683
2968 2290 678
1447 1308 139
847 374 473
503 468 35
171 140 31
21 16 5
STATISTICAL TABLE 13 OLD AGE ASSISTANCE URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE ACCORDING TO SIZE OF COMMUNITY
Number of Individuals Accepted for
Residence OldAge Assistance
Total 7468
Urban territory 1861
Incorporated place of 100000 or more 295
Incorporated place of 2500 to 99999 1566
Rural territory 5607
Incorporated place under 2500 904
Unincorporated place adjacent to a city of
50000 or more 108
Other unincorporated place 429
Rural farm 4166
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STATISTICAL TABLE 14 OLD AGE ASSISTANCE REASON FOR CLOSING AND SEX
Number of Individuals of Specified Sex Whose Reason for Closing Cases Were Closed for OldAge Assistance
Total Male Female
Total 5057 2769 2288
Death 3696 2093 1603
Admitted to public institution 49 37 12
Admitted to voluntary institution 8 4 4
Became selfsupporting 176 115 61
Relatives became able to support 206 83 123
Moved out of District to another County Or District within State 518 241 277
Moved out of District to another State 110 55 55
Not eligible for original grant 42 19 23
Other 104 46 58
Transferred to other sources of assistance 148 76 72
STATISTICAL TABLE 15 OLD AGE ASSISTANCE NUMBER OF MONTHS FOR WHICH OLDAGE ASSISTANCE WAS RECEIVED
Number of Months for Which OldAge Assistance Number of Cases Closed for was Received OldAge Assistance
Total 5057
Never received payment 89
1 Month 9
2 Months 82
3 Months 97
4 Months 108
5 Months 126
6 Months 165
7 Months 189
8 Months 4 210
9 Months 252
10 Months 271
11 Months 273
1217 Months inclusive 2212
1823 Months inclusive 974
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE
STATISTICAL TABLE 16 OLD AGE ASSISTANCE RECIPIENTS WHO DIED AGE AT DATE OF CLOSING RACE AND SEX
Age at Date Number of Individuals of Specified Race and Sex Whose Cases
of Closing Were Closed by Reason of Death
All Races White Negro
Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
Total 3696 2093 1603 2208 1270 938 1488 823 665
65 and under 66 yrs 8 5 3 7 5 2 1 1
66 and under 67 yrs 58 36 22 44 29 15 14 7 7
67 and under 68 yrs 157 98 59 101 66 35 56 32 24
68 and under 69 yrs 199 112 87 130 72 58 69 40 29
69 and under 70 yrs 191 115 76 125 75 50 66 40 26
70 and under 71 yrs 159 84 75 102 57 45 57 27 30
71 and under 72 yrs 185 114 71 95 60 35 90 54 36
72 and under 73 yrs 209 110 99 117 61 56 92 49 43
73 and under 74 yrs 210 116 94 109 63 46 101 53 48
74 ard under 75 yrs 180 104 76 97 53 44 83 51 32
75 and under 76 yrs 144 83 61 88 56 32 56 27 29
76 and under 77 yrs 159 89 70 93 51 42 66 38 28
77 and under 78 yrs 188 107 81 119 72 47 69 35 34
78 and under 79 yrs 193 109 84 121 72 49 72 37 35
79 and under 80 yrs 146 78 68 98 53 45 48 25 23
80 and under 81 yrs 158 86 72 111 63 48 47 23 24
81 and under 82 yrs 158 84 74 89 49 40 69 35 34
82 and under 83 yrs 165 90 75 101 57 44 64 33 31
83 and under 84 yrs 163 78 85 108 49 59 55 29 26
84 and under 85 yrs 142 70 72 88 39 49 54 31 23
85 and under 86 yrs 94 64 30 59 40 19 35 24 11
86 and under 87 yrs 62 45 17 35 25 10 27 20 7
87 and under 88 yrs 79 47 32 39 24 15 40 23 17
88 and under 89 yrs 72 40 32 42 25 17 30 15 15
89 and under 90 yrs 62 38 24 40 25 15 22 13 9
90 and under 91 yrs 31 23 8 19 12 7 12 11 1
91 and under 92 yrs 28 12 16 13 7 6 15 5 10
92 and under 93 yrs 24 15 9 7 5 2 17 10 7
93 and under 94 yrs 9 7 2 1 1 8 6 2
94 and under 95 yrs 14 11 3 3 2 1 11 9 2
95 and under 96 yrs 6 4 2 2 2 4 4
96 and under 97 yrs 7 4 3 3 2 1 4 2 2
97 and under 98 yrs 6 2 4 1 1 5 2 3
98 and under 99 yrs 1 1 1 1
99 and under 100 yrs 5 1 4 5 1 4
100 yrs and over 24 12 12 1 1 23 12 11
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STATISTICAL TABLE 17 OLD AGE ASSISTANCE OLD AGE ASSISTANCE INDIVIDUALS ACCEPTED DURING THE PERIOD JULY 1 1938
THROUGH JUNE 30 1939
Total Individuals Classified by Race Sex and Location with Respect to Occupation
OCCUPATIONS
Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
WHITE 4335 47 55 14 53 156 44 6 236 118 1850 1630 126
Rural 3417 30 25 4 23 75 24 5 96 76 1426 1523 110
Male 1771 22 21 3 20 74 23 5 55 63 15 1437 33
Female 1646 8 4 1 3 1 1 0 41 13 1411 86 77
Urban 918 17 30 10 30 81 20 1 140 42 424 107 16
Male 386 12 22 8 24 81 20 1 66 38 5 106 3
Female 532 5 8 2 6 0 0 0 74 4 419 1 13
NEGRO 3133 12 24 1 4 63 8 8 38 487 1113 1327 48
Rural 2190 6 23 0 0 24 3 2 13 273 651 1157 38
Male 1181 2 1 0 0 24 3 2 9 219 24 882 15
Female 1009 4 22 0 0 0 0 0 4 54 627 275 23
Urban 943 6 1 1 4 39 5 6 25 214 462 170 10
Male 448 3 1 1 3 39 5 6 16 199 39 132 4
Female 495 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 15 423 38 6
TOTAL 7468 59 79 15 57 219 52 14 274 605 2963 2957 174
Rural 5607 36 48 4 23 99 27 7 109 349 2077 2680 148
Male 2952 24 22 3 20 98 26 7 64 282 39 2319 48
Female 2655 12 26 1 3 1 1 0 45 67 2038 361 100
Urban 1861 23 31 11 34 120 25 7 165 256 886 277 26
Male 834 15 23 9 27 120 25 7 82 237 44 238 7
Female 1027 8 8 2 7 0 0 0 83 19 842 39 19
WHITE MALE 2157 34 43 11 44 155 43 6 121 101 20 1543 36
WHITE FEMALE 2178 13 12 3 9 1 1 0 115 17 1830 87 90
NEGRO MALE 1629 5 2 1 3 63 8 8 25 418 63 1014 19
NEGRO FEMALE 1504 7 22 0 i 0 0 0 13 69 1050 313 29
TOTAL MALE 3786 39 45 12 47 218 51 14 146 519 83 2557 55
TOTAL FEMALE 3682 20 34 3 10 1 1 0 128 86 2880 400 119
Key to coding for occupations on following page
OCCUPATIONSTOTAL 7468
1 PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL WORKERS TOTAL 59
Actors Architects
Artists Sculptors and Teachers of Art Chemists ALSsayers Metallurgists Clergymen and Religious Workers Designers Draftsmen
Engineers Technical
Lawyers Judges and Justices Librarians and Librarians Assistants Musicians and Teachers of Music Nurses Trained or Registered Physicians Surgeons and Dentists Playground and Recreational Workers Reporters Editors and Journalists TeachersCollege Instructors and Professors TeachersPrimary and Secondary Other Professional Persons SemiProfessional WorkersAbstractors etc
SemiProfessional WorkersTechnicians etc
SemiProfessional WorkersOther Photographers
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2 PROPRIETORS MANAGERS AND OFFICIALS Building Contractors
Foresters ForestRangers and Timber Cruisers Hucksters Peddlers Junk and Bag Dealers Proprietors Managers etc
Retail Dealers and Managers N E C
Other Proprietors Managers and Officials Coroners
3 OFFICE WORKERS
Bookkeepers Accountants and Auditors Cashiers except in banks
Clerks N E C
Messengers and Office Boys Office Machine Operators Office Managers Bank Tellers Stenographers Stenotypists eta Telegraph and Radio Operators Telephone Operators Typists
Other Clerical Workers
4 SALESMEN AND KINDRED WORKERS
Canvassers Solicitors any
Commercial Travelers Newsboys
Real Estate and Insurance Agents Salesmen and Saleswomen Retail Stores Other Saies Persons and Kindred Workers Mail Carriers Collectors
5 SKILLED WORKERS AND FOREMEN
Blacksmiths
Boilermakers
Bricklayers and Stonemasons Carpenters Cement Finishers Electricians
Foremen Construction except Road
Foremen Road and Street Construction Operators or Engineers Painters not in factory
Paper Hangers Plasterers
Plumbers Gas and Steam Fitters Roofers
Sheet Metal Workers
Stone Cutters and Carvers
Structural Iron and Steel Workers
Setters Marble Stone and Tile
Other Skilled Workers in Building and Construction
6 SKILLED WORKERS AND FOREMEN MFG
Cabinet Makers
Cobblers and Shoe Repairmen
Conductors Steam Street Railroads and Busses
Foremen in factories
Foremen and Inspectors except in factories
Locomotive Engineers and Firemen Machinists Millwrights Toolmakers Mechanics N E C
Molders Founders and Casters Metal
Sawyers
Skilled Workers in Printing and Engraving Tailors and Furriers Tinsmiths and Coppersmiths Skilled Workers in Metal Working Skilled Workers in Mfg and Other Indus
Jeweler
7 SEMISKILLED WORKERS BUILDING
Apprentices in Building and Construction Asphalt Rakers Screeners Smoothers etc
Blasters except in mines
Caisson Workers Calkers
Firemen except Locomotive and Fire Department Operators of Building and Construction Equipment Pipe Layers
Rodmen and Chainmen Surveying
Truck and Tractor Drivers Welders
Other SemiSkilled Workers in Building and Construction Barrel Making
TOTAL 79
TOTAL 15
TOTAL 57
TOTAL 219
TOTAL 52
TOTAL 14
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8 SEMISKILLER WORKERS MFG Bakers Brakemen Railroad Deliverymen Dressmakers and Milliners Filers Grinders Buffers and Polishers Metal Furnacemen Heaters Smeltermen etc Guards Watchmen and Doorkeepers Handicraft Workers Textile Wood Leather Inside Workers Mines OperativesChemical and Allied Industries Cigar Cigarette and Tobacco Factories Clay Glass and Stone Industries Clothing Industries Shirt etc Suit Coat and Dress Factories Clothing Industries N E C Electric Light and Power Plants Bakeries Slaughter and Meat Packing Houses Food and Beverage Industries N E C Automobile Factories Automobile Repair Shops Blast Furnaces and Steel Rolling Car and Railroad Shops Iron Steel Machinery Indus Laundries and Dry Cleaning Estab Lumber and Furniture Industries Metal Industries except Iron Paper Printing and Allied Indus Show Factories Cotton Mills Woolen and Worsted Mills Textile Industries Miscellaneous and Not Specified Industries Painters Varnlshers Enamelers etc Factories Switchmen Flagmen and Yardmen Railroad Taxicab Drivers Bus Drivers and Chauffeurs Other SemiSkilled Workers in Manufacturing Grocerymen Butchers Miller Doorkeepers Guards Nightwatchmen Policemen TOTAL 274
9 UNSKILLED LABORERS LaborersClay Glass and Stone Industries Iron Steel Mach Vehicle Indus Lumber and Furniture Industries Other Manufacturing and Allied Indus Mines and Quarries Oil and Gas Wells Odd JobsGeneral Railroads Steam and Street Roads Streets and Sewers Stores incl Porters in Stores Helpers N E C Longshoremen and Stevedores Lumbermen Raftsmen and Woodchoppers Street Cleaners Garbage Men etc Teamsters and Draymen Other Unskilled Workers Fishermen Turpentine Workers TOTAL 605
10 DOMESTIC AND PERSONAL SERVICE Housewife Barber and Beauty Shop Workers Bootblacks Cleaners and Charwomen Cooks and Chefs except in private family Elevator Operators Janitors Caretakers Sextons Laundresses not in Laundry Porters except in stores Practical Nurses Hospital Attendants etc Servants Hotel Boarding Houses etc Servants Private Families Waiters Waitresses and Bartenders Other Domestic and Personal Service Workers Caretakers TOTAL 2963
11 FARM LABORERS AND OPERATORS Farm Foremen Managers and Overseers Farm Laborers Farmers Gardeners TOTAL 2957
12 UNEMPLOYED OR UNEMPLOYABLE OR UNKNOWN TOTAL 174
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AID TO THE BLIND
A Social Data Card for each individual accepted for Aid to the Blind is made out by the investigator at the time the investigation is made in the county and it accompanies other documents submitted to the State Office This Social Data Card is required only on cases which are formally approved for grants The information obtained from these cards must necessarily be the status of the case at the time of the original investigation and not as of the present date On the following pages is an inclusive presentation of social data in tabular form obtained from these cards and each table in itself is selfexplanatory
During this fiscal year 19381939 there were 224 individuals officially approved for Aid to the Blind Sixtyone percent of these were male and 39 female as is shown in Table 1 The average opening award was between 800 and 900 although the average monthly payment to Aid to the Blind cases has never been this low The question often arises how do blind people live and where do blind people live From this study as shown in Table 1 this information is in part available Thirteen percent of all Aid to the Blind cases approved this year live alone 10 live with spouse only 29 live with spouse and others 40 live with other relatives without spouse and 8 have other living arrangements
More negroes were approved for Aid to the Blind than white persons Fiftyfive percent of the cases approved this year were negroes as shown on Table 2 The monthly payment for which the case was initially approved is approximately 200 higher for white individuals than for negroes Table 3 shows that 56 of the blind persons approved this year have no other source of income that is they are entirely dependent upon this monthly grant or some other form of public or private assistance for sustenance Only 5 of these blind persons are gainfully employed For more detailed information refer to Table 4 and Table 5 Table 6 reveals that the average age of these individuals is approximately 52 years although the range is from 22 years to above 70 years Only five blind persons are known to be receiving instruction and this is under public auspices and at home Table 8 shows that 88 of the blind persons approved during this fiscal year have no other public or private assistance in the household received simultaneously with Aid to the Blind Table 9 gives a more thorough breakdown of type of assistance received at time of investigation and it also gives information as to whether assistance was received within two years prior to time of investigation
Marital status and sex are shown on Table 11 Twentyseven percent of these persons are single 22 are widowed 1 are divorced or legally separated 12 are separated and 38 are married There was only one foreignborn person approved this year for Aid to the Blind as can be seen by reference to Table 13 Table 14 gives urban and rural residence according to the size of the community Thirtysix percent live in urban territory and 64 live in rural territory
During this fiscal year 19381939 97 cases were closed These cases were initially approved during the fiscal years 19371938 and 19381939 but were all closed during the present year Table 15 shows the number of months aid was received and Table 16 shows why these cases were closed Fiftyseven percent of all closures were closed on account of death of recipients Table 17 shows the number of individuals of specified race and sex whose cases were closed by reason of death age at date of closing race and sex
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MONTHLY
PAYMENT1
STATISTICAL TABLE 1 AID TO THE BLIND
LIVING ARRANGEMENT TO BE EFFECTIVE WHEN FIRST PAYMENT IS RECEIVED SEX AND MONTHLY PAYMENT
Number of Individuals Accepted for Aid to the Blind with Specified Living Arrangement Effective When First Payment Is Received and Sex
Total
Includes Part 2
Total Male Female Total
Total 224 136
200 299 1
399
499
599
699
799
899
999 1099
300
400
500
600
700
800900
1000
1100 1199
1200 1299
1300 1399
1400 1499
1500 1599
1600 1699
1700 1799
1800 1899
1900 1999
2000 2099
2100 2199
2200 2299
2300 2399
2400 2499
2500 2599
2600 2699
2700 2799
2800 2899
2900 2999
3000 3099
13 24 30 28 27 15 24
4
12
9
3
14 3 2 3
In Household Group With Other Relatives Alone With Spouse Only With Spouse Other Without Spouse
Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
13
12
18
16
12
16
4
5 4 2 9 2 2
3
4 2
88
5
11
18
10
11
3
29
19
10
23
14
lIn this table and the following tables the term Monthly Pay
64
3 7 9
4 11
4 6
2
1
3
5 1
48
16
89
10
12
14
44
45
ment refers to the monthly payment for which the case is approved initially
05
STATE OF GEORGIA
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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE
STATISTICAL TABLE AID TO THE BLIND PART 2
LIVING ARRANGEMENT TO BE EFFECTIVE WHEN FIRST PAYMENT IS RECEIVED SEX AND MONTHLY PAYMENT
Number of Individuals Accepted for Aid to the Blind with Specified Living Arrangement Effective When First Payment Is Received and Sex MONTHLY In Household Group
PAYMENT1 Continued
Not with Relatives Other
Eating at Same Table
Total Male Female Total Male Female
Total 17 10 7 2 1 1
400 499 1 1
500 599 2 1 1
600 699 2 2
700 799 3 2 1
800 899
900 999 1 1
1000 1099 4 2 2 1 1
1100 1199 1 1
1200 1299
1300 1399 1 1
1400 1499
1500 1599 1 1
1600 1699
1700 1799 1 1
1800 1899
1900 1999
2000 2099 1 1
1In this table and the following tables the term Monthly Payment refers to the monthly payment for which the case is approved initially
STATE OF GEORGIA
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STATISTICAL TABLE 2 AID TO THE BLIND RACE AND MONTHLY PAYMENT
Number of Individuals of Specified Race
MONTHLY PAYMENT Accepted for Aid to the Blind
All Races White Negro
Total 224 101 123
200 299 I l i
300 399
400 499 13 6 7
500 599 24 7 17
600 699 30 9 21
700 799 28 6 22
800 899 27 13 14
900 999 15 4 h
1000 1099 24 12 12
1100 1199 4 2 2
1200 1299 12 9 3
1300 1399 9 3 6
1400 1499 3 3
1500 1599 14 11 3
1600 1699 3 2 1
1700 1799 2 1 1
1800 1899 3 i 2
1900 1999
2000 2099 4 4
2100 2199 2 2
2200 2299 1 1
2300 2399
2400 2499 1 1
2500 2599 1 1
2600 2699 I
2700 2799 1 1
2800 2899 1 1
2900 2999
3000 3099 1 1
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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE
STATISTICAL TABLE 3 AID TO THE BLIND
SOURCE OF OTHER INCOME RECEIVED BY INDIVIDUAL SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH AID TO THE BLIND
Number of Individuals
Source of Other Income Received by Individual Simultaneously Accepted for Aid with Aid to the Blind to the Blind
Total 224
None 125
Some 99
One type only 85
Net income or rent from real property 5
Income from earnings 19
Net income from sale of farm produce
Regular contributions from relatives or friends 40
Other 15
Three types 1
STATE OF GEORGIA
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4 AID TO THE BLIND AND MONTHLY PAYMENT
Number of Individuals Accepted for Aid to the Blind with Employment Status at Time Application Was Approved
STATISTICAL TABLE EMPLOYMENT STATUS
MONTHLY PAYMENT
Total
200 299
300 399
400 499
500 599
600 699
700 799
800 899
900 999
1000 1099
1100 1199
1200 1299
1300 1399
1400 1499
1500 1599
1600 1699
1700 1799
1800 1899
1900 1999
2000 2099
2100 2199
2200 2299
2300 2399
2400 2499
2500 2599
2600 2699
2700 2799
2800 2899
2900 2999
3000 3099
Total Gainfully Employed Not Gainfully Employed
224 12 212
1 1
13 1 12
24 2 22
30 2 28
28 2 26
27 27
15 1 14
24 2 22
4 4
12 12
9 9
3 3
14 1 13
3 3
2 2
3 3
4 1 3
2 2
1 1
1 1
1 1
1 1
1 1
1 1
STATISTICAL TABLE 5 AID TO THE BLIND
EMPLOYMENT STATUS WITH TYPE OP EMPLOYMENT FOR THE GAINFULLY EMPLOYED
AGE ON JUNE 30 1939 AND SEX
Number of Individuals of Specified Sex Accepted for Aid to the Blind with Employment Status at Time Application was
Age on June 30 Total Number in Specified Type of Gainful Employment
Sheltered Employ Self Employ Other EmployTotal ment ment ment
Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
1939
Approved
Not Gainfully Employed
Total Male Female
TOTAL 224 136 88 12 11
22 and under 23 yrs 3 1 2
23 and under 24 yrs 2 1 1
24 and under 25 yrs 2 1 1
25 and under 26 yrs 6 3 3
26 and under 27 yrs 1 1
27 and under 28 yrs 4 3 1
28 and under 29 yrs 4 1 3
29 and under 30 yrsi 6 4 2 2 2
30 and under 31 yrs 2 2
31 and under 32 yrs 2 1 1
32 and under 33 rs 4 4
34 and under 35 rs
35 and under 36 yrs 5 4 1
36 and under 37 rs 3 2 1
37 and under 38 rs 2 2
38 and under 39 rs 6 3 3
39 and under 40 rs 3 2 1 1 1
40 and under 41 yrs 4 2 2
41 and under 42 rs 6 4 2
42 and under 43 rs 4 3 1
43 and under 44 rs 4 1 3
44 and under 45 yrs 2 1 1 1 1
45 and under 46 rs 6 3 3
46 and under 47 rs 7 6 1
47 and under 48 rs 3 2 1
48 and under 49 rs 4 3 1 1 1
49 and under 50 rs 8 5 3 2 2
50 and under 51 rs 1 1
51 and under 52 rs 7 4 3 1
52 and under 53 rs 6 3 3
53 and under 54 rs 4 3 1
54 and under 55 rs 7 3 4
55 and under 60 yrs 28 18 10 2 2
60 and under 65 rs 29 21 8 1 1
65 and under 70 rs 22 10 12
70 yrs and over 17 11 6 1 1
6
1
1 1
1 1
212 125
87
3 1 2
2 1 1
2 1 1
6 3 3
1 1
4 3 1
4 1 3
4 2 2
2 2
2 1 1
4 4
5 4 1
3 2 1
2 2
6 3 3
2 1 1
4 2 2
6 4 2
4 3 1
4 1 3
1 1
6 3 3
7 6 1
3 2 1
3 2 1
6 3 3
1 1
6 4 2
6 3 3
4 3 1
7 3 4
26 16 10
28 20 8
22 10 12
16 10 6
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE
STATE OF GEORGIA
73
STATISTICAL TABLE 6 AID TO THE BLIND ARRANGEMENT FOR EDUCATION AND AGE ON JUNE 30 1939
Age on June 30 Number of Individuals Accepted for Aid to the Blind with
Arrangement for Education to be Effective When
1939 Total First Payment I Receiving Instruction At Home Under Public Auspices s Received Not Receiving Instruction Unknown
Total 224 5 208 11
22 and under 23 yrs 3 3
23 and under 24 yrs 2 2
24 and under 25 yrs 2 2
25 and under 26 yrs 6 6
26 and under 27 yrs 1 1
27 and under 28 yrs 4 3 1
28 and under 29 yrs 4 4
29 and under 30 yrs 6 6
30 and under 31 yrs 2 2
31 and under 32 yrs 2 2
32 and under 33 yrs 4 4
33 and under 34 yrs
34 and under 35 yrs
35 and under 36 yrs 5 4 1
36 and under 37 yrs 3 3
37 and under 38 yrs 2 2
38 and under 39 yrs 6 1 5
39 and under 40 yrs 3 3
40 and under 41 yrs 4 3 1
41 and under 42 yrs 6 6
42 and under 43 yrs 4 1 3
43 and under 44 yrs 4 4
44 and under 45 yrs 2 1 1
45 and under 46 yrs 6 6
46 and under 47 yrs 7 7
47 and under 48 yrs 3 3
48 and under 49 yrs 4 4
49 and under 50 yrs 8 1 6 1
50 and under 51 yrs 1 1
51 and under 52 yrs 7 7
52 and under 53 yrs 6 6
53 and under 54 yrs 4 4
54 and under 55 yrs 7 7
55 and under 60 yrs 28 26 2
60 and under 65 yrs 29 27 2
65 and under 70 yrs 22 1 21
70 yrs and over 17 16 1
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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE
STATISTICAL TABLE 7 AID TO THE BLIND ARRANGEMENT AND TYPE OF EDUCATION
Number of Individuals Accepted for Aid to the Blind with Specified Type of Educa
Arrangement for Education tion to be Effective When First
Payment Is Received
Total Academic Unknown None
Total 224 5 11 208
Under Public Auspices 5 5
Not Receiving Instruction 208 208
Unknown 11 11
STATISTICAL TABLE 8 AID TO THE BLIND
TYPE OF OTHER PUBLIC OR PRIVATE ASSISTANCE RECEIVED IN HOUSEHOLD SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH AID TO THE BLIND
Type of Other Public or Private Assistance1 Received Number of Individuals Accept
in Household Simultaneously with Aid to the Blind ed for Aid to the Blind
Total 224
No Other Type of Public or Private Assistance 196
One Additional Type of Public or Private Assistance 28
Aid to Dependent Children 2
Old Age Assistance 14
General Public Assistance 5
Another Grant of Aid to the Blind 1
Work Program Wages 6
including another grant of aid to the blind
STATE OF GEORGIA
75
STATISTICAL TABLE 9 AID TO THE BLIND
TYPE OF ASSISTANCE RECEIVED WITHIN 30 DAYS PRIOR TO INVESTIGATION FOR AID TO THE BLIND
Type of Assistance Received Within 30 Days Number of Individuals Accept
Prior to Investigation ed for Aid to the Blind
Total 224
No assistance at time of investigation 155
No assistance at time of investigation and none
within 2 yearsg 132
No assistance at time of investigation but assistance
in some form within 2 years 20
No assistance at time of investigation and unknown
whether any assistance received within 2 years 3
Some assistance at time of investigation 66
One type only 65
Private 3
Assistance from a voluntary agency 3
Public 62
Care in public institution 2
Works Program wages received by member
of household 7
General Public Assistance 45
Other public assistance 8
Two types of assistance 1
Unknpwn whether assistance ever received 3
STATISTICAL TABLE 10 AID TO THE BLIND RACE
Race Number of Individuals Accept
ed for Aid to the Blind
All Races 224
White Negro
101
123
STATISTICAL TABLE 11 AID TO THE BLIND MARITAL STATUS AND SEX
Number of Individuals of Specified Sex Accepted
Marital Status for Aid to the Blind
Total Male Female
Total 224 136 88
Single 60 31 29
Widowed 49 24 25
Divorced or legally i separated 3 3
Separated 26 17 9
Married 86 61 25
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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE
STATISTICAL TABLE 12 AID TO THE BLIND AGE ON JUNE 30 1939 RACE AND SEX
Number of Individuals of Specified Race and Sex Accepted Age on June 30 1939 for Aid to the Blind
All Races White Negro
Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
Total 224 136 88 101 59 42 123 77 46
22 and under 23 yrs 3 1 2 2 1 1 1 1
23 and under 24 yrs 2 1 1 2 1 1
24 and under 25 yrs 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
25 and under 26 yrs 6 3 3 3 3 3 3
26 and under 27 yrs 1 1 1 1
27 and under 28 yrs 4 3 1 3 2 1 1 1
28 and under 29 yrs 4 1 3 4 1 3
29 and under 30 yrs 6 4 2 2 2 4 2 2
30 and under 31 yrs 2 2 1 1 1 1
31 and under 32 yrs 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
32 and under 33 yrs 4 4 2 2 2 2
33 and under 34 yrs
34 and under 35 yrs
35 and under 36 yrs 5 4 1 3 3 2 1 1
36 and under 37 yrs 3 2 1 1 1 2 1 1
37 and under 38 yrs 2 m 2 2 2
38 and under 39 yrs 6 3 3 2 1 1 4 2 2
39 and under 40 yrs 3 2 1 1 1 2 1 1
40 and under 41 yrs 4 2 2 1 1 3 1 2
41 and under 42 yrs 6 4 2 1 1 5 4 1
42 and under 43 yrs 4 3 1 2 1 1 2 2
43 and under 44 yrs 4 1 3 1 1 3 1 2
44 and under 45 yrs 2 1 1 2 1 1
45 and under 46 yrs 6 3 3 2 1 1 4 2 2
46 and under 47 yrs 7 6 1 3 2 1 4 4
47 and under 48 yrs 3 2 1 3 2 1
48 and under 49 yrs 4 3 1 4 3 1
49 and under 50 yrs 8 5 3 2 2 6 5 1
50 and under 51 yrs 1 1 1 1
51 and under 52 yrs 7 4 3 4 2 2 3 2 1
52 and under 53 yrs 6 3 3 3 1 2 3 2 1
53 and under 54 yrs 4 3 1 2 1 1 2 2
54 and under 55 yrs 7 3 4 1 1 6 2 4
55 and under 60 yrs 28 18 10 16 12 4 12 6 6
60 and under 65 yrs 29 21 8 21 15 6 8 6 2
65 and under 70 yrs 22 10 12 8 2 6 14 8 6
70 and over 17 11 6 7 4 3 10 7 3
STATE OF GEORGIA
77
STATISTICAL TABLE 13 AID TO THE BLIND NATIVITY PLACE OF BIRTH AND RACE
Number of Individuals of Specified Race
Nativity and Place of Birth Accepted for Aid to the Blind
All Races White Negro
Total 101 123
Nativeborn 223 100 123
Foreignborn 1
Europe 1
Eastern 1
STATISTICAL TABLE 14 AID TO THE BLIND
URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE ACCORDING TO SIZE OF COMMUNITY
Number of Individuals Accept
Residence ed for Aid to the Blind
Total 224
Urban Territory 81
Incorporated place of 100000 or more 24
Incorporated place of 2500 to 99999 57
Rural Territory 143
Incorporated place under 2500 30
Unincorporated place adjacent to a city of 50000 or more 2
Other unincorporated place 10
Ruralfarm 101
STATISTICAL TABLE 15 AID TO THE BLIND NUMBER OF MONTHS FOR WHICH AID TO THE BLIND WAS RECEIVED
Number of Months for Which Aid to the Blind Was Received
Number of Cases Closed for Aid to the Blind
Total
Never Received Payment
2 Months
3 Months I
4 Months
6 Months
7 Months
8 Months
9 Months
10 Months
11 Months
1217 Months inclusive 1823 Months inclusive
97
5
2
4
5
4 7 1
5 2
6
38
18
78
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE
STATISTICAL TABLE 16 AID TO THE BLIND REASON FOR CLOSING
Number of Cases Closed for Aid to the Blind
97
Reason for Closing
Total
Death
Vision wholly or partially restored
Admitted to public institution
Became selfsupporting for reasons other than
restoration of sight
Relatives became able to support
Moved out of district
To another county or district within state
To another state
Not eligible for original grant
Other
STATISTICAL TABLE 17 AID TO THE BLIND RECIPIENTS WHO DIED AGE AT DATE OF CLOSING RACE AND SEX
Age at Date of Closing
Number of Individuals of Specified Race and Sex Whose Cases Were Closed by Reason of Death
All Races White Negro
Total Male Female Total Male Remale Total Male Female
Total 55 36 19 27 16 11 28 20 8 j
26 and under 27 yrs 1 1 1 1 1
30 and under 31 yrs 1 1 1 1
31 and under 32 yrs 1 1 1 1
32 and under 33 yrs 3 2 1 2 2 1 1
35 and under 36 yrs 2 2 1 1 1 1
37 and under 38 yrs 1 1 1 1
38 and under 39 yrs 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
39 and under 40 yrs 1 1 1 1
40 and under 41 yrs 1 1 1 l
43 and under 44 yrs 1 1 1 l
44 and under 45 yrs 2 2 2 2
47 and under 48 yrs 1 i 1 1
50 and under 51 yrs 1 i 1 1 1
52 and under 53 yrs 1 1 1 1
54 and under 55 yrs 1 1 1 1 I
55 and under 60 yrs 8 5 3 4 2 2 4 3 l
60 and under 65 yrs 9 7 2 5 3 2 4 4
65 and under 70 yrs 8 6 2 4 3 1 4 3 l
70 years and over 10 6 4 4 2 2 6 4 2
STATE OF GEORGIA
79
AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN
A Social Data Card is submitted to the State Office by the County Department of Public Welfare for every recipient of Aid to Dependent Children All information contained on these cards gives the social status of each case at the time of the original investigation and not as of the present date
This information has been collected and arranged in tabular form as shown on the following pages Each table is selfexplanatory and therefore there is not a narrative for each tabulation
During this fiscal year there were 977 individuals who were approved for grants of Aid to Dependent Children and 2524 children were included in these grants This is an average of 26 children per family Also during this fiscal year 725 cases were closed These 725 cases were opened during the fiscal year 19371938 and 19381939 but all were closed during the fiscal year 19381939
The approximate amount of the average opening award for these 977 cases which were approved during this fiscal year is 2000 as can be seen in Table 1 Twentyseven percent of these cases have only one child 30 have two children 18 have three children the number of children gradually increasing to families with ten or more children which include only 2 of the 977 cases
Table 2 shows that there were 84 of cases approved during this fiscal year which were receiving no other type of public or private assistance and Table 3 further shows that 60 of these cases were not receiving assistance 30 days prior to the investigation for the present grant
Table 5 brings out interesting facts about the living arrangements of these dependent children This table shows that in 21 of the cases with 23 of the children the child is living with both parents in 61 of the cases the child is living with mother In only 1 of the cases the child is living with father and in 16 of the cases the child is living with neither father nor mother This 16 includes 159 cases and only 14 parents of these children are in an institution as is shown on Table 6
Table 7 brings out one of the most important phases of this report on Aid to Dependent Children namely why these children are classed as dependent A child can be dependent and eligible for assistance under the Social Security Act only if one or both parents are 1 dead 2 continually absent from home 3 physically incapacitated or 4 mentally incapacitated Table 7 gives a complete breakdown of reasons for dependency and shows that 7 of the cases involved the mother only 783 involved father only and 21 of the cases involved both parents Table 8 parts 1 and 2 is very comprehensive in that it gives the whereabouts of child and whereabouts and marital status of parents and reason for dependency
Table 11 shows the age of the person to whom monthly payment is made the average age being in the class between 35 and 39 years It is well to remember that in a case approved for Aid to Dependent Children every child in the household may not be eligible but living in a household which receives an Aid to Dependent Children grant these ineligible children unquestionably receive some benefit Table 12 shows the total number of children under 16 years of age in household and number of children for whom aid is granted
Table 14 shows the urban and rural residence according to the size of the community in which recipients of Aid to Dependent Children live Twentyfive percent of the recipients live in urban territory and 75 of the recipients live in rural territory
Table 15 shows the age of the dependent children according to sex There is an even distribution of male and female children there being 1256 males and 1268 females The average age of these children is nine and under ten years Of these 2524 children 875 are white and 125 are negro
Tables 17 and 18 show data on closed cases
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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE
STATISTICAL TABLE 1 AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN MONTHLY PAYMENT AND NUMBER OF DEPENDENT CHILDREN IN FAMILY
Number of Cases Accepted for Aid to Dependent Children with Specified Number of Dependent Children in Family
10 or
One Two Three Four Five Six Seven Eight More Total Child Childn Childn Childn Childn Childn Childn Childn Childn
Total 977 268 296 174 122 70 35 8 2 2
200 299 1 1
300 399 1 1
400 499 10 5 4 1
500 599 46 24 8 11 2 1
600 699 34 14 16 4
700 799 17 7 6 2 1 1
800 899 32 13 9 4 4 2
900 999 26 15 6 3 1 1
1000 1099 105 40 36 11 9 6 2 1
1100 1199 16 4 7 3 1 1
1200 1299 61 22 27 10 1 1
1300 1399 23 8 7 5 2 1
1400 1499 33 12 17 2 2
1500 1599 90 19 30 16 15 7 3
1600 1699 24 9 11 2 1 1
1700 1799 23 5 10 3 3 2
1800 1899 90 68 10 6 5 1
1900 1999 11 7 4
2000 2099 54 11 24 12 3 3 1
2100 2199 16 8 4 1 2 1
2200 2299 26 15 5 2 4
2300 2399 15 6 1 3 5
2400 2499 12 4 4 2 2
2500 2599 37 7 14 5 6 2 2 1
2600 2699 8 2 3 1 1 1
2700 2799 4 2 1 1
2800 2899 9 3 1 1 4
2900 2999 14 4 4 3 2 1
3000 3099 48 23 7 9 3 6
3100 3199 5 r 2 3
3200 3299 5 1 4
3300 3399 3 1 1 1
3400 3499 5 2 2 1
STATE OF GEORGIA
81
STATISTICAL TABLE 1 AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN Continued
10 or
One Two Three Four Five Six Seven Eight More Total Child Childn Childn Childn Childn Childn Childn ChildnChildn
3500 3599 3 1 1 1
3600 3699 6 1 2 2 1
3700 3799 3 1 1 1
3800 3899 1 1
3900 3999 3 2 1
4000 4099 6 2 1 1 2
4100 4199 2 1 1
4200 4299 15 9 4 2
4300 4399 1 1
4400 4499 2 1 1
4500 4599 2 1 1
4600 4699 1 1
4700 4799 1 1
4800 4899 3 1 2
4900 4999 1 1
5000 and over 23 11 6 4 1 1
No assistance paid
STATISTICAL TABLE 2 AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN
TYPE OF OTHER PUBLIC OR PRIVATE ASSISTANCE RECEIVED IN HOUSEHOLD SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN
Type of Other Public or Private Assistance Received in Number of Cases Accepted for Household Simultaneously with Aid to Dependent Children Aid to Dependent Children
Total 977
No other type of Public or Private Assistance 822
One additional type of Public or Private Assistance 150
Aid to the Blind 3
Old Age Assistance 56
General Public Assistance 24
Works Program wages 43
Other Public Assistance 19
Assistance from a voluntary private agency 5
Two additional types of public or private assistance 3
Old Age Assistance and Works Program wages 2
Old Age Assistance and other Public Assistance 1
Unknown 2
82
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE
STATISTICAL TABLE 3 AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN
TYPE OF ASSISTANCE RECEIVED WITHIN 30 DAYS PRIOR TO INVESTIGATION FOR AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN
Type of Assistance Received Within 30 Days Prior Number of Cases Accepted for to Investigation Aid to Dependent Children
Total 977
None 598
No Assistance at Time of Investigation and None
Within 2 Years 447
No Assistance at Time of Investigation but Assistance
in Some Form Received Within 2 Years 138
No Assistance at Time of Investigation and Unknown
Whether any Assistance Received Within 2 Years 13
Some 372
One Type Only 362
Private 11
Care in Voluntary Institution 1
Assistance from a Voluntary Agency 10
Public 351
Care in Public Institution 0
Works Program Wages 56
General Public Assistance 199
Other Public Assistance 96
Two Types of Assistance 10
Unknown Whether Assistance Ever Received 7
STATISTICAL TABLE 4 AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN
TYPE OF INSTITUTION IN WHICH PARENT IS LIVING FOR CHILDREN LIVING WITH ONE PARENT WHILE OTHER IS IN AN INSTITUTION
Number of Cases Accepted for Aid to De
Institution in Which Parent Is Living As Patient or on Commitment pendent Children in Living with One Other is in Which Children Are Parent While the an Institution
Father in Institution Mother in Institution
Families Children Families Children
Total 49 139 1 5
In Hospital or Sanatorium 21 57 1 5
Hospital or Sanatorium for Tuberculosis 4 10 1 5
Hospital or Sanatorium for Mentally Diseased 12 31
Home or Institution for Mentally Defective 1 2
Other Hospital or Sanatorium 4 14
In Correction Institution 27 80
State Penal or Correctional Institution 6 31
Local Penal or Correctional Institution 17 34
Federal Penal or Correctional Institution 4 15
Other Institution 1 2
STATE OF GEORGIA
83
STATISTICAL TABLE 5 AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN
WHEREABOUTS OF CHILD AND WHEREABOUTS OF PARENTS OR MARITAL STATUS
Whereabouts of Child and Whereabouts or Marital Number of Cases Accepted for
Status of Parents Aid to Dependent Children
Families Children
977 2524

Child living with parents 205 584
184 550
With mother and stepfather 20 33
With father and stepmother 1 1
Child living with mother
Mother unmarried
Father dead
Father deserting
Father divorced
Father legally separated
Father separated without court decree
Father in institution
Father elsewhere
601 1571
6 9
460 1222
41 91
21 40
2 4
18 43
41 124
12 38
Child living with father 12 35
Mother dead H 30
Mother in institution 1 5
Child living elsewhere 159 334
With relatives within second degree1 100 210
With more distant relatives2 59 124
iRelatives within second degree are brothers and sisters or grandparents including stepparents stepbrothers or stepsisters where neither of childs own parents is in the home
84
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE
STATISTICAL TABLE 6 AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN
TYPE OF INSTITUTION IN WHICH PARENT OR PARENTS ARE LIVING FOR CHILDREN WHO ARE LIVING WITH NEITHER PARENT
Institution in Which Parent Is Number of Cases Accepted for Aid to Dependent Living as Patient or on Children in Which One or Both Parents Are in
Commitment an Institution and Children Are Living
with Neither Parent
Total Parents One Parent Only in Institution
Father Mother
Families Children Families Children Families Children
Total 14 30 8 15 6 15
In hospital or sanatorium Hospital or sanatorium for 11 26 5 11 6 15
tuberculosis Hospital or sanatorium for men 1 3 1 3
tally diseased g 17 3 5 5 12
Other hospital or sanatorium 2 6 1 3 1 3
In correctional institution 3 4 3 4
State penal or correctional institution 2 2 2 2
Local penal or correctional institution 1 2 1 2
STATISTICAL TABLE 7 AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN REASONS FOR DEPENDENCY
Number of Cases Accepted for
Deprived of Support or Care by Reason of Aid to Dependent Children
Families Children
Total977 252
Mother g 29
Dead 6 14
Physically incapacitated 2 5
Father 760 2056
Dead 461 1214
Continued absence from home 105 254
Physically incapacitated 176 537
Mentally incapacitated lg 51
Both parents 209 449
Dead 76 168
Continued absence from home 1 4
Physically incapacitated 27 62
Mentally incapacitated 2 2
One dead one absent 47 91
One dead one physically incapacitated 32 74
One dead one mentally incapacitated 11 25
One absent one physically incapacitated 12 22
One absent one mentally incapacitated 1 1
STATE OF GEORGIA
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STATISTICAL TABLE 8 PART 1 AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN
WHEREABOUTS OF CHILD AND WHEREABOUTS OR MARITAL STATUS OF PARENTS AND REASON FOR DEPENDENCY
Whereabouts of Child and Whereabouts or Marital Status of Parentsi
Number of Children Deprived of Support of Parent or Parents for Specified Reason2
MOTHER
FATHER
Child living with mother
Mother unmarried
Father dead
Father deserting
Father divorced
Father legally separated Father separated without court decree
Father in institution Father elsewhere
1571 XX 2 1179 237
9 XX 7
1222 XX 1174 1
91 XX 84
40 XX 5 34
4 XX 4
43 XX 27
124 XX 59
38 XX 2 21
44
7
28
9
TOTAL TOTAL Includ ing Part 2 Dead Physically Incapaci tated Dead Continued Absence from Home Physically Incapaci tated Mentally Incapaci tated
2524 14 5 1214 254 537 51
Child living with parents 584 XX 3 xxxxx XXX 490 7
With both parents 550 XX 3 xxxxx XXX 485 7
With mother and stepfather 33 XX 20 8 5
With father and stepmother 1
44
3
34
6
Child living with father Mother dead Mother in institution 35 30 5 14 14 uL xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx XXX XXX XXX 2 2
Child living elsewhere 334 15 9 1
With relatives within 2nd 210 10 9
With more distant relatives 124 5 1
lWith the exception of With mother and stepfather and With father and stepmother tills classification refers to natural parents only
2Parent referred to in this classification is the parent with whom child is living or last lived
whether natural step or adoptive parent sRelatives within second degree are brothers and sisters or grandparents
4lncludes stepparents stepbrothers or stepsisters where neither of childs own parents is in the home
86
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE
STATISTICAL TABLE 8 AID TO DEPENDENT riTTTTTVREN PART 2 WHEREABOUTS OF CHILD AND WHEREABOUTS OR MARITAL STATUS OF PARENTS AND REASON FOR DEPENDENCY
Whereabouts of Child and BOTH PARENTS
Whereabouts or Marital Number of Children Deprived of Support of Parent or
Status of Parentsi Parents for Specified Reason2
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TOTAL 168 4 62 2 91 74
Child living with parents XXX XX 55
With both parents XXX XX 55
With father and stepmother XXX XX XX 1
25
22
xx
XXX
XX
XX
Child living with mother XXX XX
Mother unmarried XXX XX
Father dead XXX XX
Father deserting XXX XX
Father divorced XXX XX
Father separated without court decree XXX XX
Father in institution XXX XX
42
42
14
2
2
0 P Pi
S2
XX
XX
Child living with father Mother dead Mother in institution XXX XXX XX XX XX 5 5 10 10 6 6
Child living elsewhere 168 4 2 94 20 20
With relatives within 2nd
degree3 108 1 2 62 3 15 2
With more distant relatives 60 3 32 17 5
parents only w uttSDUitauoii reiers to natural
2ptUeferre t0iinthis classification is the parent with whom child is living or last lived whether natural step or adoptive parent
Relatives within second degree are brothers and sisters or grandparents
IiMUTicUng stepparents stepbrothers or stepsisters where neither of childs own parents is in tn nome
STATISTICAL TABLE 9 AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN
RELATIONSHIP TO DEPENDENT CHILD OF PERSON TO WHOM MONTHLY PAYMENT WAS APPROVED
Relationship to Dependent Child of Person to Whom Payment Was Approved Number of Cases Accepted for Aid to Dependent Children
Total 977
Father
Mother
Grandfather IS
Grandmother 55 19
Brother
Sister 14
Adoptive or stepfather Adoptive or stepmother 4 0
Half adoptive or stepbrother or brotherinlaw 3
Half adoptive or stepsister or sisterinlaw Uncle 4 16
Aunt 33
Other eligible relatives 2
Other 1
STATISTICAL TABLE 10 AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN
WHEREABOUTS OF CHILD AND WHEREABOUTS OR MARITAL STATUS OF PARENTS AND RELATIONSHIP TO DEPENDENT CHILD OF PERSON TO WHOM MONTHLY PAYMENT WAS APPROVED
Whereabouts of Child and Where Number of Children for Whom Aid to Dependent Children was Approved to be Paid to
abouts or Marital Status Specified Relative
of Parents
Total Father Mother Grand father Grand mother Brother j Sister Adoptive or Stepfather Half Adoptive or Stepbrother o BrotherinLaw Half Adoptive or Stepsister or SisterinLaw Uncle Aunt Other Eligible Relative Other
Total 2524 172 2009 36 115 23 28 7 8 6 29 85 3 3
Child living with parents 584 137 442 5
With both parents 550 136 414
With mother and stepfather 33 28 5
With father and stepmother 1 1 3
Child living with mother 1571 1567 2 1 1
Mother unmarried 9 9 i
Father dead 1222 1218 2 i
Father deserting 91 91
Father divorced 40 40
Father legally separated 4 4
Father separated without court decree 43 43
Father in institution 124 124
Father elsewhere 38 38
Child living with father 35 35
Mother dead 30 30
Mother in institution 5 5
Child living elsewhere 334 34 115 23 27 2 8 6 29 84 3 3
With relatives within second degree 210 34 115 23 27 6 4 29 1
With more distant relatives 124 2 2 2 83 3 3
88 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE
STATISTICAL TABLE 11 AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN AGE OF PERSON TO WHOM MONTHLY PAYMENT WAS APPROVED
Age of Person to Whom Monthly Number of Cases Accepted for
Payment was i Approved Aid to Dependent Children
Families Children
Total 2524
Under 21 years 21
21 24 years
25 29 years
30 34 years
35 39 years jjl
40 44 years JO J
45 49 years JOl
50 54 years
55 59 years
60 64 years oo
65 and under 70 years 41
70 years and over 37
STATISTICAL TABLE 12 AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN
TOTAL CHILDREN UNDER 16 YEARS OF AGE IN HOUSEHOLD AND NUMBER OF CHILDREN FOR WHOM AID IS GRANTED
Number of Related Children Under 16 in Household in Which Dependent Children Are Living
Total
One child
Two children
Three children
Four children
Five children
Six children
Seven children
Eight children
Nine children
Ten or more children
Number of Cases Accepted for Aid to Dependent Children with Specified Number of Dependent Children
Ten
Two Three Four Five Six Seven Eight Nine or More
One Chil Chil Chil Chil Chil Chil Chil Chil Chil
Total Child dren dren dren dren dren dren dren dren dren
977 268 296 174 122 70 35 8 2 0 2
194 194
255 33 222
194 21 33 140
153 10 18 22 103
99 6 12 7 16 58
54 3 6 3 2 9 31
16 3 1 1 1 2 8
6 1 1 1 1 2
2 1 1
4 1 1 2
STATE OF GEORGIA
CO
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STATISTICAL TABLE 13 AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN NUMBER OF PERSONS IN HOUSEHOLD AND NUMBER OF CHILDREN FOR WHOM AID IS GRANTED
Number of Persons in Household
Total
Two persons
Three persons
Four persons
Five persons
Six persons
Seven persons
Eight persons
Nine persons
Ten or more persons
Number of Cases Accepted for Aid to Dependent Children with Specified Number of Dependent Children
Total One Child Two Chil dren Three Chil dren Four Chil dren Five Chil dren Six Chil dren Seven Chil dren Eight Chil dren Nine Chil dren Ten or More Children
9 77 268 296 174 122 70 35 8 2 0 2
56 56
137 67 70
177 54 79 44
184 33 57 53 41
173 25 39 37 47 25
111 14 22 17 20 25 13
66 11 13 11 7 8 14 2
36 3 6 6 5 6 5 5
37 5 10 6 2 6 3 1 2 2
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE
91
STATE OF GEORGIA
STATISTICAL TABLE 14 AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE ACCORDING TO SIZE OF COMMUNITY
Number of Persons to Whom Aid was Granted with
Residence Respect to Depend
ent Children
Total
977
Urban Territory 242
Incorporated place of 100000 or more 41
Incorporated place of 2500 to 99999 201
Rural Territory 735
Incorporated place under 2500 149
Unincorporated place adjacent to a city of 50000
or more 21
Other unincorporated place 59
RuralFarm 506
STATISTICAL TABLE 15 AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN
AGE OF DEPENDENT CHILDREN ON JUNE 30 1939 AND SEX
Age on June 30 1939 in completed years Number of Children of Specified Sex Accepted for Aid to Dependent Children
Total Male Female
Total 2524 1256 1268
28 14 14
94 46 48
95 48 47
112 58 54
145 73 72
140 58 82
176 84 92
158 88 70
182 94 88
168 100 68
194 99 95
11 and under 12 years 212 199 103 104 109 95
202 91 111
214 106 108
155 67 88
47 21 26
3 2 1

No assistance received
92
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE
STATISTICAL TABLE 16 AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN RACE OF DEPENDENT CHILDREN
Number of Children Accepted for
Race of Dependent Children Aid to Dependent Children
All Races 2 524
White 2216
NeSro 308
STATISTICAL TABLE 17 AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN NUMBER OF MONTHS FOR WHICH AID WAS RECEIVED
Number of Months for Which Aid to Dependent Children was Received
Total
Never received payment
1 Month
2 Months
3 Months
4 Months
5 Months
6 Months
7 Months
8 Months
9 Months
10 Months
11 Months
1217 Months inclusive
1823 Months inclusive
2 years or more
Number of Cases Closed for Aid to Dependent Children
725

7
13
17
21
26
38 19 44 44 47
39 271 118
4
STATISTICAL TABLE 18 AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN REASON FOR CLOSING
Number of Cases Closed for Aid
Specified Reason for Closing to Dependent Children
Total 725
Child reached maximum age 106
Death of dependent child g
Dependent child or children admitted to institution n
Transferred to another form of assistance 55
Relatives became able to support 220
Moved out of District 104
To another County or District within State 72
To another State 32
Not eligible for original grant 15
Change of payee 50
0ther 156
Two or more reasons 0
Unknown 0
STATE OF GEORGIA
93
STATE OF GEORGIA
STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE
NARRATIVE STATEMENT REGARDING GENERAL RELIEF EXTENDED DURING THE FISCAL YEAR FROM JULY 1 1938 TO JUNE 30 1939
GENERAL RELIEF
During the fiscal year ending June 30 1939 General Relief expenditures from local funds totalled 50869216
Of the 159 counties in the State 148 expended General Relief funds Fulton County expended 27707858 or more than onehalf of the total The next seven high counties were as follows
Chatham Muscogee Bibb Richmond Clarke DeKalb Floyd
3637794
2317022
1878764
1785615
1240141
701705
649270
Dodge County was next with 480500 but was closely followed by Bartow Glynn and Whitfield with 475966 435244 and 415610 respectively Twentynine more counties spent over 100000 for General Relief purposes during the oneyear period and exclusive of the eleven counties which paid out no General Relief nine had General Relief expenditures of less than 10000 each
While the cumulative total of all cases for the twelve months was 82222 the monthly average number of cases for the period was 6923 Average monthly obligations per case were 617 and average monthly obligations per person were 241 Pickens County with 2000 per case was the highest in average monthly obligations per case Exclusive of the eleven counties which had no General Relief expenditures the lowest monthly average obligation per case in any county was 120 in Wilkinson County
Comparative statements of cases persons amount of obligations average per case and average per person for the months of July 1937 July 1938 and June 1939 follow
Number of Number of Amount of Average Average
Cases Persons Obligations Per Case Per Person
July 1937 12144 29206 7051064 581 241
July 1938 7146 18694 4381578 613 234
June 1939 5939 14241 3272701 551 230
94
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE
STATE OF GEORGIA
STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE STATISTICAL TABLE 1 GENERAL RELIEF
Tabulation of General Relief Cases from July 1 1938 to June 30 1939 inclusive by Months Cases Persons Amount of Obligations Average per Case and Average per Person
Year Number of Number of Amount of Average Average
1938 Cases Persons Obligations Per Case Per Person
July 716 18694 4381578 613 234
August 7059 18861 4434019 628 235
September 6959 18255 4356511 626 239
October 6832 17328 4491943 657 259
November 6941 17803 4365427 629 245
December 7331 18932 4811774 656 254
Year
1939
January 7328 18843 4633526 632 246
February 7081 18335 4340454 613 237
March 6893 17756 4213958 611 237
April 6440 16089 3953839 614 246
May 6273 15641 3613486 576 231
June 5939 14241 3272701 551 230
Total 82222 210778 50869216 617 241
STATE OF GEORGIA
95
STATISTICAL TABLE 2 GENERAL RELIEF STATE OF GEORGIA
STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE
Tabulation of General Relief Cases from July 1 1938 to June 30 1939 inclusive by Cases Persons Amount of Obligations Average for Twelve Months Period and Average per Case and Person
Totals Num Amount Avg Avg Average ber Number of Number Number Amount of Cases Persons Obligations Cases Persons Obligations Avg Avg Per Per Case Person
82222 210778 50869216 6923 17730 4270440 617 241
Appling 70 169 28072 23 56 9357 401 166
Atkinson 66 102 45105 6 9 3759 627 418
Bacon 239 392 93600 20 33 7800 390 236
Baker 88 193 10400 7 16 867 124 54
Baldwin 501 1134 102632 42 95 8553 204 90
Banks 96 158 60200 8 13 5017 627 386
Barrow 162 309 73345 14 26 6112 437 235
Bartow 318 908 475966 29 83 43270 1492 522
Ben Hill 69 156 22800 6 13 1900 317 146
Berrien 205 403 62250 17 34 5188 305 153
Bibb 3478 10113 1878764 290 843 156564 540 186
Bleckley 49 54 14392 4 5 1199 300 240
Brantley 169 358 1 69300 14 30 5775 413 193
Brooks 18 91 22870 6 30 7623 1271 254
Bryan 168 333 61250 14 28 5104 365 182
Bulloch 367 622 113500 31 52 9458 305 182
Burke 144 412 119756 12 34 9980 832 294
Butts 82 129 34700 7 11 2891 413 263
Calhoun 132 273 42500 11 22 3541 321 161
Camden 391 841 130168 33 70 10847 329 155
Candler 72 158 34072 6 13 2839 473 218
Carroll 58 86 26400 5 7 2200 440 314
Catoosa 28 32 29800 2 3 2483 1242 828
Charlton 219 566 99890 18 47 8324 462 177
Chatham 5390 13003 3637794 449 1084 303150 675 280
Chattahoochee 71 71 29600 6 6 2467 411 411
Chattooga i 383 1432 214580 32 119 17882 559 150
Cherokee 163 393 228425 14 33 19035 1360 577
Clarke 1474 4386 1240141 123 366 103345 840 282
Clay 75 141 10263 11 20 1423 129 71
Clayton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clinch 163 339 76200 14 28 6350 454 226
Cobb 160 668 50015 13 56 4168 321 74
Coffee 617 2426 380455 51 202 31705 622 157
Colquitt 198 684 105307 17 57 8776 516 154
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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE
STATISTICAL TABLE 2 GENERAL RELIEF Continued
Num ber Cases Number Persons Amount of Obligations Avg Avg Number Number Cases Persons Average Amount of Obligations Avg Per Case Avg Per Person
Columbia 84 84 38600 7 7 3217 417 417
Cook 59 234 29297 5 19 2441 488 128
Coweta 86 254 40602 7 21 3384 483 161
Crawford 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Crisp 164 284 71797 14 24 5983 427 249
Dade 114 307 59900 10 26 4992 499 192
Dawson 71 108 32500 6 9 2708 451 301
Decatur 374 793 163695 31 66 13641 440 207
DeKalb 860 2588 701705 72 216 58475 812 271
Dodge 574 1231 480500 48 103 40042 834 389
Dooly 128 262 71810 11 22 5984 544 272
Dougherty 399 745 183254 33 62 15271 463 246
Douglas 121 349 40035 10 29 3336 334 115
Early 349 883 107035 29 74 8920 308 121
Echols 79 241 40200 7 22 3655 522 166
Effingham 34 42 13313 3 4 1109 370 277
Elbert 74 84 22255 6 7 1855 309 265
Emanuel 300 816 103753 25 68 8646 346 127
Evans 2 4 300 2 4 300 150 75
Fannin 142 169 35050 12 14 2921 243 209
Fayette 7 30 1873 2 7 468 234 67
Floyd 3361 12598 649270 280 i P 1050 54106 193 52
Forsyth 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Franklin 105 179 68505 9 15 5709 634 381
Fulton 35862 90722 27707858 2989 7560 2308988 772 305
Gilmer 49 98 11167 4 8 931 233 116
Glascock 83 159 23500 7 13 1958 280 151
Glynn 761 1571 435244 63 131 36270 576 277
Gordon 136 436 54079 11 36 4507 409 125
Grady 61 172 31505 5 14 2625 525 188
Greene 48 84 7200 4 7 600 150 86
Gwinnett 259 582 139101 22 49 11592 527 237
Habersham 365 816 171234 30 68 14270 476 210
Hall 132 246 46800 11 21 3900 355 186
Hancock 114 223 35750 10 19 2979 298 157
Haralson 124 401 45025 10 33 3752 375 114
Harris 66 99 24135 8 12 3017 377 251
Hart 39 172 18755 4 19 2084 521 110
Heard 27 75 14660 2 6 1222 611 204
Henry 121 355 45885 10 30 3824 382 127
Houston 25 76 16961 2 7 1542 771 220
Irwin 104 184 41400 9 15 3450 383 230
Jackson 73 112 30850 6 9 2571 429 286
Jasper 131 359 51171 11 30 4264 388 142
Jeff Davis 109 177 67365 9 15 5614 624 374
STATE Or GEORGIA
97
STATISTICAL TABLE 2 GENERAL RELIEF Continued
Num ber Cases Number Persons Amount of Obligations Avg Number Cases Avg Number Persons Average Amount of Obligations Avg Per Case Avg Per Person
Jefferson 129 253 109500 11 21 9125 830 435
Jenkins 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jones 66 86 38350 13 17 7670 590 451
Lamar 223 473 71770 19 39 5981 315 153
Lanier 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Laurens 3 3 850 1 1 283 283 283
Lee 138 226 36925 12 19 3077 256 162
Liberty 270 837 87400 34 105 10925 321 104
Lincoln 17 21 11100 2 2 1233 617 617
Long 72 127 39300 6 11 3275 546 298
Lowndes 375 1204 113429 31 100 9452 304 95
Lumpkin 283 675 123900 24 56 10325 430 184
Macon 41 122 17355 3 10 1446 482 145
Madison 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Marion 85 131 20280 7 11 1690 241 154
McDuffie 62 62 20736 7 7 2304 329 329
McIntosh 166 401 39800 14 33 3317 237 101
Meriwether 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Miller 34 136 20827 3 12 1893 631 158
Mitchell 94 216 33286 8 18 2774 347 154
Monroe 157 451 53018 13 38 4418 340 116
Montgomery 105 419 30600 9 35 2550 283 73
Morgan 3 484 70775 30 40 5898 197 147
Murray 52 52 18100 4 4 1508 377 377
Muscogee 3073 9106 2317022 256 759 193085 754 254
Newton 161 546 81536 13 46 6795 523 148
Oconee 25 30 7450 5 6 1490 298 248
Oglethorpe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Paulding 115 259 44600 10 22 3717 372 169
Peach 234 600 72101 20 50 6008 300 120
Pickens 12 12 24000 1 1 2000 2000 2000
Pierce 430 802 128550 36 67 10713 298 160
Pike 101 230 20350 8 19 1696 212 89
Polk 424 1418 110015 35 118 9168 262 78
Pulaski 571 900 144400 48 75 12033 251 160
Putnam 455 851 60415 38 71 5035 133 71
Quitman 53 75 18205 4 6 1517 379 253
Rabun 435 821 288260 36 68 24022 667 353
Randolph 73 146 39274 6 12 3273 546 273
Richmond 2378 5423 1785615 198 452 148801 752 329
Rockdale 88 198 36181 7 17 3015 431 177
Schley 117 534 29495 10 45 2458 246 55
Screven 331 474 91850 28 40 7654 273 191
Seminole 124 364 25990 10 30 2166 217 72
98
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE
STATISTICAL TABLE 2 GENERAL RELIEF Continued
Num Amount Avg Avg Average Avg Avg
ber Number Cases Persons of Obligations Number Number Cases Persons Amount of Obligations Per Case Per Person
Spalding 735 2434 294166 61 203 24514 402 121
Stephens 226 562 75585 19 47 6299 332 134
Stewart 1021 1791 232650 85 149 19388 228 130
Sumter 398 621 88150 33 52 7346 223 141
Talbot 86 180 20200 7 15 1683 240 112
Taliaferro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tattnall 117 217 71000 10 18 5917 592 329
Taylor 48 116 12585 4 10 1049 262 105
Telfair 119 267 36296 10 22 3025 303 138
Terrell 62 143 17114 5 12 1426 285 119
Thomas 350 1686 146807 29 140 12234 422 87
Tift 114 326 63079 10 27 5257 526 195
Toombs 88 116 42365 8 11 3851 481 350
Towns 45 51 20900 4 4 1742 436 436
Treutlen 38 151 9885 3 13 824 275 63
T roup 35 74 13064 3 6 1089 363 174
Turner 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Twiggs 69 104 23200 6 9 1933 322 215
Union 144 144 51600 12 12 4300 358 358
Upson 711 1849 248938 59 154 20745 352 135
Walker 105 302 36800 9 25 3067 341 123
Walton 410 656 137513 34 55 11459 337 208
Ware 999 2593 343358 83 216 28613 345 132
Warren 9 13 3045 2 3 609 305 203
Washington 95 95 28880 10 10 2888 289 289
Wayne 353 1109 237525 29 92 19794 683 215
Webster 42 42 15442 4 4 1287 322 322
Wheeler 129 229 80100 11 19 6675 607 351
White 47 94 11800 4 8 983 246 123
Whitfield 1039 3240 415610 87 270 34634 398 128
Wilcox 205 394 40350 17 33 3363 198 102
Wilkes 2 6 915 1 3 458 458 153
Wilkinson 2 2 240 1 1 120 120 120
Worth 383 1064 168038 32 89 14003 438 157
STATE OF GEORGIA
99
CHILD WELFARE
The Statistical Division handles only one program under the Child Welfare Division namely Child Welfare Services Statistical information for the other programs will be found in the Child Welfare Divisions report
The succeeding pages embody the Child Welfare social data received in the Statistical Division during the year July 1 1938June 30 1939
During the fiscal year July 1 1938June 30 1939 three thousand and fiftyone children applied for Child Welfare services These applications received the following dispositions
TABLE 1
Accepted for service 2 249
Referred to another agency after investigation 254
Referred to another agency without investigation 32
Other disposition 89
Advisory service 298
Pending June 30 1939 129
Of the 2249 children accepted for Child Welfare services 2002 or 89 were white and 247 or 11 were negro
Table 2 shows the sources from which the cases accepted for service were referred
TABLE 2
SOURCE OF CHILD WELFARE APPLICATIONS WHICH WERE ACCEPTED
FOR SERVICES
Source of Application
White Negro Total
Total 2002 247 2249
1 County Department of Public Welfare 975 78 1053
2 State Department of Public Welfare 131 17 148
3 Other agency 124 18 142
4 Judge 34 16 50
5 Officer of the law 68 16 84
6 County or town official 57 6 63
7 County Health Department 30 13 43
8 School 4 99
9 Physician 11 3 14
10 Clergyman 29 2 31
11 Parents 111 25 136
12 Other relatives 105 14 119
13 Neighbors 73 10 83
14 Civic organizations 47 5 52
15 Other individual 112 20 132
There are many reasons why children are accepted for services Table 3 shows these reasons or problems and the number of white or negro children confronted with each problem
100
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE
TABLE 3
From the above table it will be noted that one problem that of poverty or bad home is responsible for 365 of the cases accepted for services Two problems foster care and poverty or bad home are responsible for 535 or more than half of the cases
Table 4 analyzes the educational status of these 2249 children
PROBLEM TYPES REPRESENTED AMONG CHILDREN CHILD WELFARE SERVICES ACCEPTED FOR
White Negro Total
Total 2002 247 2249
Foster care 348 35 383
Poverty or bad home 740 80 820
Neglect or cruelty 178 15 193
Illegal birth 115 5 120
Conduct problem in school 40 0 40 I
Conduct problem in home or community 157 28 185
Mental defect 106 12 118
Need for mental hygiene 27 0 27
Crippled V 20 5 25
10 8 18
Deaf 13 3 16
Other physical handicap 141 15 156
Almshouse k 1 0 1
Training school 24 14 oo CO
Private institution 25 0 25 1
County institution 10 0 10
Child placing agency 6 1 7
Delinquency 26 16 42 1
Neglect 3 0 3
Jail 12 10 22
STATE OF GEORGIA
101
TABLE 4
EDUCATIONAL STATUS OF CHILDREN ACCEPTED FOR CHILD WELFARE
SERVICES
White Negro Total
Total 2002 247 2249
Grade
1j2 511 82 593
204 26 230
4 168 22 190
5 141 4 145
6 107 12 119
7 67 1 68
High School
1 2 55 3 58
34 39 2 41
College
121 2 0 2
34 2 0 2
None 656 83 739
N A 50 12 62
This table shows 739 or 329 of the total number of children accepted for Child Welfare Services have no education This large number is due in part to children who have not reached school age however many children included are of school age but never attended Thirteen hundred and thirtytwo children or 592 of the total have either had no education or have not completed the second grade
During the year 612 childrens cases were closed Table 5 gives the reasons for closing these cases
102
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE
TABLE 5
REASONS FOR CLOSING
White Negro Total
Total 495 117 612
1 Responsibility assumed by County Depart
ment of Public Welfare 73 40 113
2 Responsibility assumed by institution or other agency 76 13 89
3 Responsibility assumed by own family 163 31 194
4 Responsibility assumed by relatives 27 11 38
5 Adoption completed 3 0 3
6 Moved from territory but not transferred 73 4 77
7 Transferred 35 2 37
8 Other 45 16 61
It is interesting to note that 50 of the children whose cases were closed were able to be returned to their parents or to local agencies after being given special Child Welfare Consultant service for a period less than a year
With the discharging of 72 children from care or supervision in June a total of 612 childrens cases had been closed during the fiscal year leaving 1637 under supervision on June 30 The location and number of children in each location is analyzed in Table 6
TABLE 6
LOCATION OF CHILDREN UNDER SUPERVISION JUNE 30 1939
White Negro Total
Total 1507 130 1637
Own home 929 64 993
Home of relatives 278 32 310
Foster homes 178 17 195
Boarding 42 1 43
Free 1U 14 125
Adoption 9 23 0 23
Wage 2 2 4
Institutions 122 17 139
Thirteen hundred and three or 796 of the children now under supervision are in their own homes or in the homes of relatives The remainder of the children are in the other locations shown on Table 6
STATE OF GEORGIA
103
CRIPPLED CHILDREN
The Statistical Division compiles information only on the crippled children examined and treated under the Crippled Childrens Program Records of diagnoses number of clinics held number of hospital days etc are kept in the Crippled Childrens Division1
During the fiscal year July 1 1938June 30 1939 nineteen hundred fiftyeight children were examined by physicians for the Crippled Childrens Division Of this number 1491 were approved for registration and treatment 400 were approved for registration only and 67 were not approved for registration
Seven hundred and seventysix children received treatment andor appliances during the year Seventyone of these children received appliances only 451 received treatment only and 254 received both appliances and treatment The 451 children who received treatment and the 254 who received both appliances and treatment were admitted to hospitals The 71 children who received appliances only were not admitted to hospitals because an appliance would correct the crippling condition
The following tables and charts give a numerical and percentage analysis of the applications and cases approved for registration and treatment during the year
APPLICATIONS AND CASES APPROVED FOR TREATMENT July 1 1938 June 30 1939
Applications Number Percentage
Approved for registration and treatment 1491 761
Approved for registration only 400 204
Not approved for registration 67 35
Total number examined 1958 1000
CASES APPROVED FOR TREATMENT
Number
I Treated 775
Appliances only 71
Appliances and treatment 254
Treatment only 451
II Approved but not yet treated 71S
III Total approved for treatment 1 491
Percentage
520 48
170
302
480 1000
1Crippled Children Statistical Forms were designed to maintain statistical records beginning July 1938 Since the program began operations in April 1938 it was necessary to bring forward all cases which were treated in the period April through June and include them as July cases
The above figures refer to all persons who have applied for Crippled Childrens Service since the inception of the program in April 1938
CRIPPLED CHILDREN SERVICES
APPLICATIONS AND CASES APPROVED FOR TREATMENT JULY 1 1938 TO JUNE 30 1939
APPLICATIONS
CASES
APPLIANCES

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PART III
CRIPPLED CHILDREN DIVISION
Dr Martin T Myers Director
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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE
CRIPPLED CHILDREN DIVISION
Services to crippled children were made possible by a part of the Federal Social Security Act half of the expense being borne by the Federal Government The General Assembly of 1937 provided for old age assistance aid to the needy blind and aid to dpendent children both by enabling legislation and by appropriations but for crippled childrens service by enabling legislation only
When the General Assembly met in special session 193738 the appropriation act setting aside money for the Department of Public Welfare was so amended that these funds could be used for crippled childrens services Accordingly the operation of this service was started on April 1 1938
The service is not one of financial aid to crippled children and has as its sole purpose the treatment of their ailments in order to restore them to normal or nearnormal conditions Benefits consist of funds disbursed in behalf of crippled children for diagnosis medical and surgical treatment care in hospitals and convalescent homes and appliances Funds are not expended for assistance payments
The types of crippling conditions that are accepted for care under the State plan include all those conditions generally termed as orthopedic such as infantile paralysis spastic paralysis clubfeet osteomyeletis bone tuberculosis arthritis bone tumors trauma dislocated hip wry neck or all bone joint or muscular conditions that are causing or may lead to a crippling condition also certain defective eye conditions Plastic work such as harelip cleft palate and contracture from burns is also cared for
A given number of children are hospitalized each month in various hospitals throughout the State to be treated under qualified orthopedic surgeons Hospitalization is in recognized hospitals in cities wherein the surgeons are located After treatment in the hospital the child may be either permitted to return home or transported to a convalescent home for further treatments and convalescent care at the request of the surgeon The furnishing of appliances such as braces artificial limbs etc is included as a part of the service
The Crippled Childrens Division maintains a field nursing corps whose duties it is to visit each treated case that has either been hospitalized and returned home at the completion of its treatment or sent home for a period of rest prior to further hospitalization and treatment During the fiscal year these nurses have made 3618 visits to crippled children during which time they administered to the particular child and also assisted the local County Welfare Director in matters pertaining to crippled children and have worked in cooperation with the local County Nurses to improve conditions within the homes of the crippled children and also assist in other problems relating to the health of the community
The Crippled Childrens Division also maintains a Medical Social Service Staff whose duties it is to interpret and explain the facilities of the Crippled Childrens Division not only to the Welfare Director but to the parents and other interested individuals who may have an occasion to inquire as to the nature of the work done by this Division During the past year there have been 496 admissions to the Medical Social Service records and each day this part of the Crippled Childrens Program demonstrates the necessity of a clear presentation of this particular work
During the past year thirteen clinics were held throughout the State at which approximately five hundred children were examined At the present time there are 1864 crippled children listed on the register and as children are examined at clinics or are referred by licensed physicians their cases are considered for registration and future treatment These clinics are held periodically throughout the State during the fiscal year so that all sections

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of the State may have equal opportunity of examinations by competent orthopedic surgeons to determine whether or not children can be benefited by treatment An average of two clinics monthly will be held during the fiscal year
The total expenditures for benefits under this service for the past fiscal year amounted to 16266325 as against 2229201 expended for the fiscal year ended June 30 1938
Report of cases treated during the fiscal year July 1 1938 to June 30 1939 is as follows
Total number of cases treated new and radmissions 701
Total number of new cases treated 562
Total number of hospital days for all cases14642
Total number of days in convalescent homes 10712
Total number of appliances furnished to children 571
No reduction is planned in crippled childrens services for the fiscal year 193940 and the plan is to arrange for hospitalization of approximately forty new cases each month and treat between five hundred and six hundred new cases throughout the year
The following table shows by counties of the State the number of cases treated the number of hospital and convalescent days and the number of appliances furnished
CRIPPLED CHILDREN TABLE REPORT OF CASES TREATED BY COUNTIES JULY 1 1938 THROUGH JUNE 30 1939
m 0 COUNTY Number Treated Cases Number Hospital Days Number Convalescent Home Days Number Appliances Furnished
Total 701 14642 10712 571
iM Appling 3 38 116 1
Atkinson 2 35 0 0
i Bacon 3 28 73 0
Baker 1 8 86 1
Baldwin 2 11 0 0
Banks 2 75 182 4
Barrow 5 120 30 5
Bartow 6 104 100 1
Ben Hill 2 38 32 0
Berrien 4 210 129 4
Bibb 14 171 0 9
Bleckley 2 29 6 3
Brantley 3 12 92 3
1 Brooks 1 52 72 0
Bryan 3 7 24 1
Bulloch 9 98 170 7
Burke 9 141 170 3
Butts 5 79 122 0
i Calhoun 2 77 21 3
Camden 1 2 4 0
9 Candler 3 63 68 2
Carroll 8 344 244 14

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CRIPPLED CHILDREN TABLE Continued
Number Number Number Number
Treated Hospital Convalescent Appliances
COUNTY Cases Days Home Days Furnished
Catoosa 38 94 13
Charlton 3 13 5 0
Chatham 3 17 17 3
Chattahoochee 2 11 28 3
Chattooga 5 21 20 4
Cherokee 3 89 8 5
Clarke 10 52 6
Clay 0 0 0
Clayton 44 15 0
Clinch 43 333 1
Cobb 202 239 6
Coffee 95 158 4
Colquitt 216 53 2
Columbia r 6 105 98 5
Cook 337 100 2
Coweta 5 107 56 6
Crawford 62 0 1
Crisp 76 0 1
Dade 6 0 1
Dawson 28 44 3
Decatur 157 126 3
DeKalb 235 4 2
Dodge 97 3 0
Dooly 17 20 2
Dougherty 375 42 9
Douglas 13 0 2
Early 15 104 2
Echols 151 0 0
Effingham 59 41 3
Elbert 103 33 7
Emanuel 94 158 2
Evans 54 3 0
Fannin 163 96 2
Fayette 33 0 0
Floyd 161 145 4
Forsyth 203 160 9
Franklin 125 17 1
Fulton 259 92 26
Gilmer 71 192 5
Glascock 41 181 6
Glynn 382 76 r 2
Gordon 40 0 3
Grady 200 263 5
Greene 133 17 2
Gwinnett 148 168 8
Habersham 40 2 5
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CRIPPLED CHILDREN TABLE Continued
Number Number Number Number
Treated Hospital Convalescent Appliances
COUNTY Cases Days Home Days Furnished
Hall 9
Hancock 5
Haralson 4
Harris 1
Hart 9
Heard 2
Henry 4
Houston 5
Irwin 4
Jackson 7
Jasper 4
Jeff Davis 2
Jefferson 1
Jenkins 4
Johnson 6
Jones 6
Lamar 1
Lanier 1
Laurens 7
Lee 1
Liberty 4
Lincoln 5
Long 2
Lowndes 9
Lumpkin 3
Macon 3
Madison 2
Marion 1
McDuffie 5
McIntosh i 6
Meriwether 5
Miller 7
Mitchell 5
Monroe 5
Montgomery 5
Morgan A 5
Murray 1
Muscogee 2
Newton 1
Oconee 2
Oglethorpe 4
Paulding 2
Peach 4
Pickens 8
Pierce 4
Pike 3
193 199 5
118 27 4
84 243 9
IS 0 1
95 166 12
58 19 2
124 118 5
75 2 3
105 0 7
82 62 3
66 0 0
59 85 2
16 1 1
54 95 11
51 28 8
97 0 2
155 0 1
35 14 0
69 0 2
23 0 0
23 157 0
15 14 7
39 53 0
115 5 13
129 134 1
73 26 2
68 46 5
12 9 0
29 33 3
147 82 0
72 10 2
139 417 10
49 87 6
172 106 11
161 137 4
80 208 7
10 0 0
21 0 1
22 0 0
27 0 1
14 0 5
25 18 5
203 0 1
134 5 3
60 193 1
68 0 2
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CRIPPLED CHILDREN TABLE Continued
COUNTY Number Treated Cases Number Hospital Days Number Convalescent Home Days Number Appliances Furnished
Polk 7 196 14 10
Pulaski 3 148 0 0
Putnam 3 140 0 2
Quitman 1 0 5 0
Rabun 8 252 80 13
Randolph 3 8 2 3
Richmond 15 97 137 12
Rockdale 3 131 21 5
Schley 2 137 45 0
Screven 7 102 57 3
Seminole 1 14 11 0
Spalding 7 102 0 4
Stephens 4 42 2 4
Stewart 3 59 235 2
Sumter 8 201 52 7
Talbot 4 139 519 3
Taliaferro 4 263 147 3
Tattnall 8 84 137 3
Taylor 2 108 1 0
Telfair 5 77 188 7
Terrell 3 100 12 4
Thomas 8 216 38 7
Tift 4 107 37 2
Toombs 8 200 64 5
Towns 2 27 33 2
Treutlen 6 167 158 9
Troup 1 0 0 1
Turner 2 30 0 1
Twiggs 2 51 0 0
Union 2 21 128 1
Upson 5 295 78 8
Walker 7 141 53 6
Walton 1 4 0 1
Ware 5 38 152 2
Waren 5 23 10 1
Washington 5 38 74 4
Wayne 7 91 203 3
Webster 1 30 4 0
Wheeler 1 14 0 0
White 4 4 0 6
Whitfield 6 33 48 8
Wilcox 7 421 88 4
Wilkes 6 108 76 6
Wilkinson 3 13 0 2
Worth 3 58 0 2
PART IV
SURPLUS COMMODITY DISTRIBUTION DIVISION
Frank C Shirley Director
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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE
SURPLUS COMMODITY DISTRIBUTION DIVISION
The fiscal year 19381939 brought to the Surplus Commodity Division the greatest tonnage of surplus commodities of any single year since the inception of the program in September 1933
With the commodities came numerous major problems
The Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation continued uninterruptedly in its primary function of aiding United States farmers by buying agriculture surpluses to bolster commercial prices that had fallen below production costs The Surplus Commodity Division received shipments of these surpluses from the FSCC delivered at carlot destination points at no cost to State or local governments Amounts of shipments received in the State increased monthly from July to December 1938 decreased somewhat from January to June 1939
Table I below shows total amounts and values of all items distributed during the year
TABLE I
SURPLUS COMMODITY DISTRIBUTION DIVISION QUANTITIES AND VALUES OF SURPLUS COMMODITIES DISTRIBUTED IN GEORGIA JULY 1 1938 THROUGH JUNE 30 1939 Commodity Quantity Value
Lbs
Foodstuffs
Apples Dried 41371 413710
Apples Fresh 3381638 10144914
Beans Blackeye 67953 679530
Beans Dried 1485687 11844386
Beans Fresh Snap 176136 1056816
Beans Lima 171456 1714560
Beans Small White 346584 3465840
Beets Fresh 245387 1717709
Butter Creamery 2750232 86338482
Cabbage Fresh 3118763 6810907
Cereal Wheat 1206722 24817049
Cheese Cream 153460 2608832
Fish Salt 55530 1110600
Flour Graham 2339834 11699176
Flour Wheat 18482523 98842464
Grapefruit Fresh 3505522 4389674
Grapefruit Juice 535383 2676919
Meal Corn 3125395 6147548
Milk Dry Skim 1271114 13229428
Milk Evaporated 1041348 7181709
Oranges Fresh 1076573 1614861
Peaches Dried 117085 1463564
Peas Canned 434970 4349705
Potatoes Irish 4427744 13283232
Prunes Dried 1552372 11642799
Raisins Dried 976674 9766740
Rice 414103 2484618
Mise Foods 830090 3663342
Total Foods 53331654 345159114
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TABLE I Continued
Commodity Quantity
Processed Goods Each
Clothing 2093760
Household and Misc 90580
Total Processed Goods
Value
157032000
6691540
2184340 163723540
GRAND TOTAL 508882654
Monthly Average Number of Cases Eligible 73713
Monthly Average Number of Cases Served 66461
Monthly Average Percent of Caseload Served 902
Noteworthy also are amounts and values of items delivered to State Institutions during the year It is important to point out that Washington specifications usually require that institutions be omitted from distribution of most commodities so that only a few items from time to time may be given to them
TABLE II
SURPLUS COMMODITY DISTRIBUTION DIVISION
QUANTITIES AND VALUES OF SURPLUS COMMODITIES DISTRIBUTED TO CERTIFIED STATE INSTITUTIONS JULY 1 1938 THROUGH JUNE 30 1939
Commodity Quantity Value
Lbs
Foodstuffs
Apples 265470 796410
Beans Snap 640 3840
Butter Creamery 88123 2812250
Cabbage Fresh 17282 34564
Grapefruit Fresh 124700 166900
Oranges Fresh 24553 36830
Mise Foods 442 1768
Total Foods 521210 3852562
Processed Goods Each
Clothing 6702 502650
Household and Misc 409 32720
Total Processed Goods 7111 535370
GRAND TOTAL 4387932
Amounts of allocations granted the State by Washington are varied to meet the needs of varying recipient caseloads When the Statewide caseload increases allocations are likewise increased so that individual family allowances need not be decreased in order to cover the entire caseload
Individual family allowances are specified by Washington and are varied according to number of members in the family
Statewide caseloads certified by County Welfare Departments increased sharply during the year reaching a high of 70 greater than the caseload at the beginning of the year as disclosed by the following table
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Month
TABLE III
Certified Caseload
July 1938
August
September
October
November
December
January 1939
February
March
April
May
June
55913
57829
62241
65413
71492
75862
78565
80828
83269
84549
85584
83007
The month representing most nearly the monthly caseload average for the year was December Table IV below lists December caseload by counties and the value of foods and clothing distributed in each county during the entire year
TABLE IV
AVERAGE MONTHLY CASELOAD DISTRIBUTION AND VALUE OF TOTAL YEARS IN COUNTIES
County Average Caseload YEARS DISTRIBUTION Clothing Foods and Other VALUES Total
Appling 327 1410166 492365 1902531
Atkinson 386 1510818 821640 2332458
Bacon 261 967716 615820 1583536
Baker 211 1028010 94275 1122285
Baldwin 445 5114791 649370 5764161
Banks 239 1138325 628250 1766575
Barrow 449 1598124 997435 2595559
Bartow y 746 3003627 776495 3780122
Ben Hill 190 851612 653095 1504707
Berrien 200 853355 716165 1569520
Bibb 3293 17830543 7669465 25500008
Bleckley 252 991896 793435 1785331
148 590350 590350
Brooks 259 1373637 220025 1593662
Bryan 144 715065 411885 1126950
Bulloch 256 963783 577365 1541148
Burke 855 3157641 626950 3784591
Butts 296 1269163 479560 1748723
Calhoun 178 726898 219940 946838
Camden 193 928209 7800 936009
Candler 371 1659121 565720 2224841
Carroll 556 2413761 940220 3353981
Catoosa 178 751547 220600 972147
Charlton 111 740800 561780 1302580
Chatham 3008 20585283 6259695 26844978
Chattahoochee 5S8478 7065 595543
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TABLE IV Continued
County Average Caseload YEARS DISTRIBUTION VALUES Clothing Foods and Other Total
Chattooga 570 2680726 545370 3226096
Cherokee 1111 4369257 1211620 5580877
Clarke 454 1541755 631980 2173735
Clay 229 892390 355435 1247825
Clayton 305 1541725 555685 2097410
Clinch 361 1141573 481540 1623113
Cobb 742 3673662 2592035 6265697
11 Coffee 828 3141610 1452540 4594150
Colquitt 332 1666966 588285 2255251
Columbia 471 2269959 350420 2620379
Cook 179 780354 320315 1100669
fl Coweta 629 2917166 973790 3890956
Crawford 322 1187357 313155 1500512
Crisp 308 1285373 478180 1763553
Dade 247 1006691 386110 1392801
Dawson 267 1495489 517620 2013109
Decatur 299 1433100 1079765 2512865
DeKalb 2115 10500677 4944310 15444987
fl Dodge 474 1891605 1022880 2914485
Dooly 275 1309488 671610 1981098
Dougherty 532 1924787 842185 2766972
Douglas 294 1233015 539435 1772450
Early 264 1021382 521750 1543132
59 255207 255207
Effingham 323 1194689 431940 1626629
Elbert 527 2225005 444110 2669115
Emanuel 445 1845615 731515 2577130
11 Evans 145 728797 491760 1220557
Fannin 483 2446779 843920 3290699
Fayette 295 1264298 475320 1739618
Floyd 704 3588406 807190 4395596
f Forsyth 153 835758 879995 1715753
Franklin 566 2577675 1478885 4056560
Fulton 11082 46669356 45580340 92249696
Gilmer 211 727280 514135 1241415
Glascock 242 1374026 209565 1583591
Glynn 322 1573568 723905 2297473
Gordon 335 1349242 740340 2089582
Grady 389 1827983 446510 2274493
Greene 501 2013489 507380 2520869
Gwinnett 590 2910729 760555 3671284
Habersham 571 3101429 737515 3838944
y Hall 476 2371237 681425 3052662
Hancock 351 1469592 127410 1597002
Haralson 394 2121534 825210 2946744
jl Harris 310 1552746 668390 2221136
Hart 250 1417694 579835 1997529
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TABLE IV Continued
YEARS DISTRIBUTION VALUES
Average
County Caseload
Heard 168
Henry
Houston 315
Irwin
J ackson 216
Jasper
Jeff Davis 232
Jefferson 178
Jenkins
Johnson 425
Jones
Lamar
Lanier 437
Laurens
Lee
Liberty
Lincoln 277
Long
Lowndes 384
Lumpkin 129
McDuffie
McIntosh 168
Macon
Madison 424
Marion
Meriwether 393
Miller 282
Mitchell 477
Monroe 548
Montgomery 363
Morgan 282
Murray
Muscogee 1598
Newton 270
Oconee
Oglethorpe 214
Paulding 453
Peach
Pickens 317
Pierce 568
Pike
Polk
Pulaski 335
Putnam 169
Quitman 152
Rabun
Randolph 391
Clothing
Foods and Other Total
701489 35450 736939
1153448 228150 1381598
1195302 68415 1263717
774499 774499
1004612 1276820 2281432
917466 389310 1306776
1006095 735060 1741155
1118891 284485 1403376
1282129 305675 1587804
1406422 746910 2153332
1219532 445180 1664712
1549740 846515 2396255
1553641 486795 2040436
1631401 966945 2598346
445042 359770 804812
1379824 538805 1918629
1306458 708855 2015313
616988 373015 990003
1888920 1629900 3518820
425900 380270 806170
2311740 278705 2590445
773301 230640 1003941
1665219 516575 2181794
2038089 869440 2907529
868915 493915 1362830
1911724 404715 2316439
1426642 387965 1814607
1807595 323290 2130885
2617593 535480 3153073
1134137 809940 1944077
773491 941575 1715066
792409 381600 1174009
9542589 5958980 15501569
1056265 301545 1357810
805878 234240 1040118
817479 301020 1118499
1820409 516230 2336639
1915078 785910 2700988
1540639 818655 2359294
2084816 2084816
1432160 504550 1936710
2363743 1494690 3858433
1370516 1076255 2446771
790495 213870 1004365
694646 35030 729676
1727686 582285 2309971
1538735 316245 1854980
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TABLE IV Continued
YEARS DISTRIBUTION VALUES Average Clothing
County Caseload Foods and Other Total
Richmond 1438
Rockdale 203
Schley 147
Screven 194
Seminole 222
Spalding 582
Stephens 273
Stewart 300
Sumter 335
Talbot 192
Taliaferro 251
Tattnall 326
Taylor 236
Telfair 213
Terrell 367
Thomas 520
Tift 243
Toombs 599
Towns 129
Treutlen 268
Troup 1815
Turner 183
Twiggs 246
Union 175
Upson 36
Walker 232
Walton 369
Ware 850
Warren 340
Washington 250
Wayne 422
Webster 110
Wheeler J 260
White 237
Whitfield 323
Wilcox 210
Wilkes 244
Wilkinson 272
Worth 387
Statewide Total 75862
7394550 6330805 13725355
738619 378105 1116724
618690 28800 647490
897432 190840 1088272
889903 889903
1904974 618290 2523264
1416210 748770 2164980
1266627 370775 1637402
173916 6 441065 2180231
1056736 77820 1134556
1048600 418420 1467020
1613187 562835 2176022
1170632 607845 1778477
875529 646455 1521984
1505408 818625 2324033
2097950 1316955 3414905
950074 276725 1226799
2271962 1229815 3501777
682198 682198
1071598 384440 1456038
8144102 2626245 10770347
1022165 346480 1368645
1205890 330740 1536630
736610 332865 1069475
1556625 567810 2124435
1027554 563310 1590864
1705613 542470 2248083
4537051 1864685 6401736
1071631 355365 1426996
1194975 227690 1422665
1985401 89925 2075326
436179 169920 606099
1075450 949440 2024890
986240 373120 1359360
1334286 426675 1760961
787202 532630 1319832
1171530 746060 1917590
1039948 26475 1066423
1619869 15000 1634869
345159114 163723540 508882654
The Federal government furnishes the commodities transportation to carlot destination points and WPA labor the County governments furnish warehouse space cash payments to cover other than labor costs and other incidental facilities the State government supplies supervisory personnel supervisory travel and is responsible for results obtained Also the State government furnishes all transportation equipment for intrastate hauling of commodities from carlot destinations to counties
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TABLE V
AVERAGE COSTS PER MONTH
A Federal Costs
XI Commodities Received 420000
2 Freight 18000
3 WPA Labor 23000
Percent to total cost
Total Federal Cost 461000 976
B County Costs
1 Cash Payments for Other than Labor Items 2300
2 Warehouse Rentals 2500
3 Other Facilities 1200
Total County Costs 6000 12
This covered costs of such items as truck fuel truck repairs tires meals and lodging for truck drivers printed forms stationery cards office supplies envelopes repackaging supplies such as twine gummed tape bags etc
C State Costs
1 Supervisory Salaries 2000
2 Supervisory Travel 900
3 Truck Purchases and Incidentals 2500
Total State Cost 5400 12
This includes 24 trucks purchased during the year at a total cost of 2174385 GRAND TOTAL MONTHLY PROJECT COST 472400 100
Increase in the caseload and increase in the amount of commodities to be handled made it imperative that additional field supervisory personnel be added At the beginning of the fiscal year ten District Supervisors of Statistics and Commodities devoted only part time to commodity distribution business In August these men became full time District Commodity Supervisors
The Director and his organization have had the responsibility of acting as agent for the State of Georgia in relationships with the Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation and of maintaining a system of commodity distribution for the receiving storing distribution and accounting for all surplus commodities in a way acceptable to the FSCC
In addition the organization has been responsible for maintaining satisfactory working relationships with State and county officials outlining conditions under which commodities may be utilized conducting detailed and frequent investigations in the field for the purpose of inspecting and directing operation of local distribution activities and making such changes and improvements in procedures as have been necessary to obtain a degree of efficiency acceptable to Federal State and local officials as well as to the general public
Daily conferences and business relationships have been transacted with officials of the FSCC Farm Security Administration State Departments County Commissioners County Welfare Departments WPA commercial grocers railroads womens clubs school lunch sponsors labor unions newspapers vendors and others
At the beginning of the fiscal year 16 WPA owned trucks were used by the Commodity Division and these were not adequate to transport all available commodities This fact
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together with WPAs gradual withdrawal of all 16 WPA trucks from Commodity Distribution necessitated the purchase of a total of 24 new trucks bought at three different times by the State for exclusive use by this Division at a total cost of 2174385 All 24 trucks were in full time operation at the end of the year
On July 1 1938 there were approximately 240 persons supplied by WPA throughout the State earning a monthly total of approximately 15000 These persons included Coynty Commodity Supervisors truck drivers stenographers bookkeepers packers laborers and all clerical and manual workers except Supervisory personnel supplied by the State During the year the number of these employees increased to more than 500 and by the end of the year had decreased slightly to make a monthly average for the year of 445 WPA persons earning 23000 per month Reason for the increase was the sharp rise in amounts of commodities received and in caseload to be served
Six counties constructed new warehouses for exclusive use of the Commodity Division and over 100 other county warehouses were substantially improved by transfer to more suitable quarters installation of counters shelves and other furniture and alterations to existing quarters
A system was established for informing the general public periodically of the work accomplished by the Division Each month the State Commodity Office prepares a mimeographed article for publication in all newspapers in the State Blank spaces are left at appropriate places in the article for insertion of latest commodity distribution data of local interest to the county in which the article is to be published A copy of the completed article is supplied to all newspaper editors monthly for publication Results have been more than gratifying
A major problem occurred in June 1939 when WPA withdrew the franked mail privilege for the purpose of notifying recipients of surplus commodity delivery dates At that time the caseload was approximately 85000 families which would require 850 worth of 1 cent postal cards if only 1 set was mailed during the month Sometimes it becomes necessary to notify recipients of two or more deliveries per month depending on number of shipments of perishables received which must be distributed immediately on arrival Two emergency deliveries would involve a total monthly postage cost for notification cards of 1700 and so on
In view of the critical shortage of State funds available to the Division due to absence of adequate legislative appropriation it was impossible for the State to assume the cost of postage for recipient notification and at the end of the year most counties had agreed to supply such postage as needed for their respective caseloads One county withdrew from the program because funds for postage were not available among other local financial reasons
Also at the end of the year one of th greatest problems ever to confront the Division was looming large and will develop completely before August 31 1939 If is the provision in recent Congressional legislation requiring at least a 30 day suspension of all those WPA project employees who have been employed for 18 or more consecutive months
A great many County Commodity Supervisors and other key WPA personnel in State District and County offices have been with the Division more than 18 months and must be released prior to August 31 Other inexperienced WPA personnel may be available for assignment to the vacancies but distribution reports records and procedures required by Washington are so highly technical and voluminous that at least two months is required for any new employee to learn essentials of his job Employees who must be released have been obtained only after much searching of personnel rosters and have developed to their present efficiency only after long diligent effort Their loss will unavoidably be a major problm to overcome Some counties are requesting that they be allowed to employ these
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personnel on County payrolls either for the 30 day cutoff period or permanently and in such cases this Division is cooperating
Clothing and household items distributed by the Commodity Division are produced by WPA sewing and production projects in cooperation with local governments County Welfare Departments issue orders for the distribution of these items and the Commodity Division has performed the distribution to recipients in accordance with those orders in addition to accounting for receipts and disbursements of all items
Emergency services were supplied during the year in numerous counties where strikes and shut downs threw employees out of work In practically all instances surplus foods have been made available in such emergencies within two to six hours after receipt of notice of the emergency One notable instance of quick service rendered was in connection with the Dalton textile strike in June when the Dalton Whitfield County Welfare Department notified the State Commodity Office of the emergency by telephone and commodities were delivered in Dalton 3 hours later so that when labor union officials inquired if surpluses could be supplied they were told that commodities were already on hand in Dalton
During the year letters were received from hundreds of grocers approving surplus commodity distribution They pointed out that it used to be necessary for them to exten4 credit to poor people who could not pay their bills but with the distribution of surplus commodities this no longer was necessary In addition grocers testified that surplus distribution did not injure their business because only people unable to buy received surpluses so that there was no shrinkage in the normal volume of sales
At the close of the fiscal year a physical inventory in all counties indicated the following items on hand for immediate distribution
TABLE VI
SURPLUS COMMODITY DISTRIBUTION DIVISION STATEWIDE SEMIANNUAL PHYSICAL INVENTORY JUNE 24 1939
Foodstuffs
Beans Dried Lbs 549376
Butter 25492
Cereal Wheat 694846
Flour Graham 96986
Flour Wheat 138339
Grapefruit Juice Canned 329280
Meal Corn 149510
Milk Dry Skim 194969
Milk Evaporated 43
Peas Canned 12
Prunes Dried 4
Raw Materials
Cotton Raw Lbs 240462
Ticking Mattress Yds 57843
Containers
Bags Bean Ea 7401
Bags Beet 49
Bags Cabbage v 510
Bags Wheat Ciereal 12025
ContainersContinued
Bags Flour 400
Bags Grapefruit 6315
Bags Corn Meal 6896
Bags Glassine Milk 145626
Bags Pea 300
Bags Potato 1491
Bags Rice 19
Barrels Apple 10
Barrels Dry Skim Milk 4032
Barrels Potato 12
Baskets Apple 11704
Boxes Wooden Apple 592
Boxes Wooden Orange 372
Boxes Wooden Peach 40
Boxes Wooden Prune 491
Cartons Paper Butter 949
Cartons Paper Glassine
Milk Bags 117
Cartons Paper Grapefruit
Juice 11935
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Containers Continued
Cartons Paper Evaporated
Milk
Cartons Paper Raisin
Crates Apple
Crates Celery
Crates Egg
Crates Tomato
Drums Shortening
Hampers Tubs Butter
Childs Clothing Aprons Bathrobes Blouses Coats Dresses Overalls Pants Shirts Skirts
Sleeping Garments Slips Suits
Underwear
Infants Clothing Accessories Diapers Garments Layettes
Mens and Young Mens Clothing
Bathrobes Ea
Coats 1852
Overalls 880
Shirts 19001
Sleeping Garments 3312
Trousers 12151
Underwear 10722
Womens and Misses Clothing
Aprons Ea 157
Bathrobes 15
Blouses 292
Coats 193
Dresses 27991
Skirts 464
Sleeping Garments 8098
Slips 15302
Suits 57
Underwear 9664
Miscellaneous Clothing
Accessories Ea 312
Shoes and SlippersPr 90
Shoes Army Pr 32
Shrouds Ea 45
Uniforms 20
Household Furnishings Comforters and Quilts
Bed Ea 65
Comforters and Quilts
Crib 41
Crib Bedding 156
Furniture Misc 135
Household Equipment Misc 638
Mattresses Crib 2
Mattresses Double 465
Mattresses Single 38
Pillows 87
Pillow Cases 2418
Sheets 2076
Towels Huck 12
Miscellaneous
Bags Misc Ea 100
Handkerchief Cases 1
Nursery Sets 11
Salvaged Scraps Lbs 689
Supplies Hospital Ea 12
Toys 3698
TABLE VIContinued
2806
1157
930
45
19
75
23
593
4231
Ea 6
461
32
569
17983
5517
4958
15112
18
9852
9165
931
12007
Ea 625
7119
35597
83
1
Recapitulation
Amount Value
Foodstuffs 21788582 lbs 22521558
Cotton 240462 lbs 2404620
Ticking 57843 yds 506133
Containers 75539 each 377695
Glassine Milk Bags 145626 each 15592
Processed Goods 241330 each 18000440
Total Value 43826038
CHILD WELFARE DIVISIOH
COUNTY WELFARE DBPARTHEKTS
HOTEt Dotted lines indioate advisory service Solid lines indioate supervisory service Additional oounty demonstration units are to be added Dist 5 served by State Office
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CHILD WELFARE DIVISION
During the year ending June 30 1939 the Child Welfare Division has conscientiously endeavored to carry out the following duties
1 Administer the Child Welfare Services Program which is financed by Social Security funds and supervised by the Federal Childrens Bureau The Division receives almost 47000 each year for child welfare services in rural areas and areas of special need
2 Licensing and giving advisory services to childrens institutions
3 Advisory services to juvenile courts
4 Social service to children in jails and county almshouses
5 Administer a child placing foster home program
6 Assisting State eleemosynary institutions and the State Prison in making provisions for parolees
7 Registration and population analysis of statistics relating to child placing and institutional care
8 Special studies of child welfare problems
It should be remembered that aid to dependent children in their own homes or in homes of relatives is administered by the Public Assistance Division whereas the Child Welfare Division provides services for dependent delinquent and neglected children The Child Welfare Division does however givd its services to aid to dependent children cases when requested
During the year various members of the Child Welfare Division staff contributed toward the programs of the Georgia Conference on Social Work which met in Albany in April and the Georgia Probation Officers Conference which met at St Simons Island in June Several staff members of the Division served on various committees of the Atlanta Social Planning Council Workers are always available for talks before church school and civic groups over the State
CHILD WELFARE NEEDS IN GEORGIA
The following are the outstanding Child Welfare needs in Georgia which particularly concern the State Department of Public Welfare
1 Revision of adoption and child placing laws
2 More adequate funds with which to provide boarding home care for dependent and neglected children
3 Additional state funds for the maintenance of State eleemosynary institutions for children The new Training School for Negro Girls has never been opened for operation because of insufficient state funds
4 Selection of all juvenile probation officers through competitive examinations This is being done by several juvenile courts
5 The juvenile court age should be raised from under sixteen years to under eighteen years of age
6 Some adequate provision should be made for the large number of feebleminded children for whom custodial care is necessary and Negro children
7 The desertion and nonsupport laws and bastardy laws should be strengthened
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8 Needs of Institutions for dependent children
a Gradual modification of policy to meet needs brought about by changing conditions
b More flexible intake and discharge policy in regard to age limit to prevent separation of siblings
c Employment of qualified social workers in many of the Institutions especially the large ones
CHILD WELFARE SERVICES
The Child Welfare Service program is a program designed for the establishing extending and strengthening especially in predominantly rural areas public welfare services for the protection and care of homeless dependent and neglected children and children in danger of becoming delinquent
The Social Security Act makes available to Georgia each year 4687653 for this purpose The State furnishes office space equipment and supplies and pays onefourth of the salaries of the district consultants of child welfare Counties in which there are child welfare demonstrations furnish office expenses part of the administrative cost and a special fund for relief needs of the children being helped by the demonstration program
The following plan for the fiscal year 1939 was developed jointly by the Childrens Bureau and the State Department of Public Welfare Under the Director of the Child Welfare Division a Supervisor of Child Welfare Services gives general supervision to this program
For the purpose of making the service as widely available as possible the plan was to place a district consultant of child welfare in each of the twelve welfare districts of the State but due to difficulty in finding qualified personnel no more than eleven consultants were ever employed at one time All counties except Fulton which supplies its own services were covered by consultant service
Particular care was given to selecting personnel with graduate training in the child welfare field and with demonstrated ability in this work
The object of the consultant service was to help the Directors of the County Departments of Public Welfare work out the serious child welfare problems which come to their attention Such problems might involve the cruel treatment or exploitation of children the subjection of children to immoral and vicious influences the need for special care and guidance for orphans physically and mentally handicapped children delinquent children and children showing serious behavior problems A statistical study of the types of problems will be found in Table 3 report of the Statistical Division
These problems were met in a variety of ways as indicated in Table 6 Report of the Statistical Division which gives location of children under supervision on June 30 1939 Always the objective was to keep the child with his own family if the family was or could he made fit for his rearing the entire family group as well as the individual child being strengthened wherever possible Where it was necessary for the childs welfare to remove him from his home he was placed in the best substitute for his own home that could be obtained under the circumstancesa private home where board was paid a free home without adoption an adoption home in the case of older girls and boys a home where they could work for their own maintenance or an institution according to the individual needs of the child The delicate and important matter of childplacing will be further described by the Supervisor of Child Placing
When the problem had been adjusted so that the time of the consultant could be released for other cases the Director of the County Department of Public Welfare assumed
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all further responsibility or if the adjustment was complete enough responsibility was assumed by the family institution or whomever had custody of the child See Table 5 report of Statistical Division for details
The objective of the consultant was always to help the local community through the Director of the County Department of Public Welfare meet its own problems Due to pressure of other work however the Directors more often than not relied upon the consultants for much of the actual casework Thus when advisory service to the Director was sufficient this alone was given when the problem could be better met through another agency the referral was made and when casework by the consultant herself was needed the case was accepted for service See Table 1 report of Statistical Division for details
Some counties recognizing the need of more intensive service than could be given on a consultant basis requested a county child welfare worker and met the requirements of a special fund for relief needs in the child welfare group and part of the administrative cost of the demonstration program In 193839 the value of a child welfare worker giving intensive service in one county or two adjoining counties was demonstrated in
Bulloch and Emanuel Counties Coweta and Spalding Counties Dougherty County Habersham County Monroe County Sumter County Walton County Whitfield County
In the demonstration counties a much larger number of cases per county could be accepted and much more thorough service given than where consultant service alone was available A more thorough handling of the cases often resulted in keeping together a family which might otherwise have been broken up and in adjusting behavior and other difficulties which could not be adjusted except by the long and intensive effort of a child welfare worker Steady growth in community interest in the welfare of children has been noted in these counties
The Supervisor of Child Placing gave special direction to the childplacing activities of the field staff district consultants of child welfare and county child welfare workers The supervision of all phases of the field work was divided between her and the Supervisor of Child Welfare Services
Inestimable help was given to the field staff by the State Psychologist Her function was to give intelligence tests to children throughout the state upon the request of the field staff and based on these tests to advise regarding the possible accomplishments of the children tested This information was of great value in making school adjustments fitting children into foster homes and institutions and interpreting and treating some of the behavior problems 545 of these tests were given during the year The psychologist also made personality studies of children with serious behavior problems and based on the results advised the field workers and occasionally the parents teachers or others intimately in touch with the child regarding treatment of the difficulty 50 of these studies were made during the year It was found that much of the time of all child welfare workers was required in the difficult and sometimes hopeless task of helping children of subnormal mentality many of whom had developed behavior problems or become delinquent An institution large enough and with adequate program for their care and training would greatly relieve the child welfare problem of the State
Attached to the Child Welfare Service program for seven months there was also a Consultant on State Institutions and Juvenile Delinquency This consultant worked out
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in cooperation with the state institutions for children a plan for giving intake and discharge service to the institutions through the County Departments of Public Welfare the district consultants of the Child Welfare Service program being called upon for assistance when needed Several of the juvenile courts were also visited frequently and help given in coordinating their work with that of the County and State Departments of Public
Welfare Plans were made for a total of 128 paroles as follows
Placed in own homes or homes of near relatives under supervision 119
Placed in free homes under supervision 5
Placed in wage homes under supervision 2
Work obtained 2
In all the lives of 2922 children were touched by this program in 193839 Advisory
referral or other noncasework service was given on 673 and casework service on 2249 612 cases were closed and 1637 remain open for further service during the coming year
Undoubtedly all of these children were rendered to some degree happier as individuals and given a better chance to develop as constructive members of society Many were doubtless saved from lives of misery mental and physical incapacity and crime
See following report on Child Placing and tables found in Report of the Statistical Division for further information regarding the Child Welfare Service program
FOSTER HOME CARE
Foster home care includes care of children in boarding free adoptive and work homes Such placements are made only when conditions are such that a child cannot adjust in his own home and community or in the case of an infant when it is definitely determined that for the best interests of the child it should have the benefits of a normal home atmosphere which it is impossible for the natural parent or parents to provide
There is no statewide licensed Child Placing Agency in Georgia There are three licensed Child Placing Agencies in Atlanta one of whichthe Childrens Service Bureau of the Hebrew Orphans Home covers work in five states but places only Jewish children In addition there is one licensed Child Placing Agency located in Augusta It has therefore been necessary in order to protect children for adoption and to administer or supervise the care of dependent neglected and delinquent children in foster family homes for the Child Welfare Consultants and County Child Welfare Workers to cooperate actively with the County Departments of Public Welfare the Juvenile Courts as well as Courts of Ordinary and Superior Courts in assisting with the care of children in desperate need of foster home care
The report of children given care in foster homes from July 1938 through June 30 1939 is given in the Report of the Statistics Division This includes children receiving foster home care throughout the State in areas not covered by licensed Child Placing Agencies It has been difficult to make progress because there are no funds available for boarding infants previous to adoption and older children who have personality problems requiring change of environment through care in foster family homes that is with the exception of funds which can be supplied by the responsible county Because of the inability of many of the counties to provide such funds it has been impossible to carry out suitable plans for countless children throughout the State
During the year the Child Welfare Consultants and County Child Welfare Workers have made 93 foster home investigations involving interviews with prospective foster parents and personal consultations with references including the family doctor the minister and others to determine the financial physical mental and moral fitness of those
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applying for children Final approval or disapproval of foster homes are made by the Supervisor of Child Placingas is the case throughout the United States there are more fine people wishing to take children into their homes than there are children available and free for placement
Interstate placement of children has been carefully adhered to and bonds have been furnished when children have been brought into Georgia from other states for adoption The same principle has been applied when children have been placed in other states from Georgia In all such cases the actual cases involved have been placed through licensed Child Placing Agencies There have been only six such placements during the year
There has been fine cooperation with the State Department from the agencies licensed to do Child Placing The work of the Tuttle Newton Home the Childrens Service Bureau of the Hebrew Orphans Home and the Child Welfare Association of Fulton and DeKalb Counties have been reviewed and approved for relicensing
A committee of the Social Planning Council of Atlanta has been working on the revision of the Georgia Adoption Laws for the past year Miss Florence van Sickler Executive Secretary of the Child Welfare Association of Fulton and DeKalb Counties is the Chairman of the above committee The Supervisor of Child Placing serves on this committee
The outstanding needs in Georgia in relation to foster home care for children are
1 The revision of Adoption and Child Placing Laws
2 Financial provision for boarding home care
CHILDRENS INSTITUTIONS
At the beginning of the fiscal year the work of Childrens Institutions was placed entirely under the Child Welfare Division and one consultant assigned to this phase of the work A separate division called The Adult Service Division was organized to take over almshouses jails adult institutions etc
All Childrens Institutions were inspected for licensing In each institution with the exception of three that have drastically curtailed their program many improvements have been made In Savannah St Mary Home has moved to a new plant on Victory Drive The most modern equipment and buildings have been provided for the Catholic girls in this Institution The Kings Daughters Nursery Home also in Savannah had made many improvements in the plan of operation in physical equipment and social planning of its program Ethel Harpst Home in Cedartown has a modern new administrative building boys dormitory and a new home was also built for the Superintendent on the campus
One Institution was closed through court order The State Department of Public Welfare as a plaintiff won this case in the Superior Court in Gordon County It was carried to the Supreme Court by the defendants and a favorable decision was rendered to the State Department of Public Welfare This was the first such case and was considered a test case for the strength of the State Department of Public Welfare in its ability to supervise institutions under the Reorganization Act of 1937
The Childrens Institutions are divided into local public and private institutions in Georgia There are no State Institutions for dependent children None of the local public institutions are for dependent children The private institutions on the other hand are all for dependent children There are some court commitments to the latter but these are all cases of neglect and no delinquent children are accepted In addition to the seven local public institutions for delinquent children there is a detention home operated by the Fulton County Juvenile Court This is located in Atlanta
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The Childrens Home of Chatham County provides for dependent and neglected children as well as delinquent children
Of the private institutions eleven are under religious auspices five qre under fraternal auspices sixteen receive contributions from various sources
The Appleton Church Home in Macon Georgia has modified its program so that it can care for adolescent girls The need for such service is very great
The first year after the Reorganization Act the emphasis of the Institutions was on improvement in physical plants and in equipment and number of staff members to meet the requirements of the State Department of Public Welfare This part of the institutional program was well under way the beginning of 1938 and during this last fiscal year the staff and board members of the institutions have been studying their own program and policies in relationship to the needs of Georgia children
Very helpful in presenting a picture to the Institutions have been the services of the Consultants of the Child Welfare Division and the Directors of the local Departments of Public Welfare They have worked closely with ministers and interested individuals in studying the situations of the children before admission and in making an effort to plan for those children who are ready for dismissal In many instances foster home care and care with relatives has been a solution to the problems of the children who otherwise would have been placed in an institution
Whitehead Foundation funds were given to six childrens institutions namely
Carrie Steele Pitts Orphan Home Hillside Cottages
Atlanta Childs Home Southern Christian Home
Methodist Childrens Home Georgia Baptist Orphans Home
These are all located in the Atlanta area
Bequests were received through wills by
St Josephs Home for Boys St Marys Home Georgia Industrial Home
The money received from these sources has been spent most wisely Most of it has been used for very necessary improvements in the physical plants
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CHILD WELFARE TABLE
MOVEMENT OF POPULATIONCHILDRENS INSTITUTIONS July 1 1938June 30 1939
Name of Institution
Local Public for Care of Delinquents
Bibb Juvenile Home
Chatham County Industrial Farm School
Chatham County Protective Home
Childrens Home of Chatham County
State Eleemosynary Institutions
Georgia Academy for the Blind Georgia School for the Deaf
Local Private
No Children Under Care July 1 1938
Ann Elizabeth Shepherd HomeJ 27
Anson Dodge Memorial Home
Appleton Church Home 29
Atlanta Childs Home 77
Bethesda Home for Boys
Number Number No Children
Children Children Under Care Total
Admitted Dismissed June 30 1939 Served
47 56 38 94
83 79 98 177
18 12 31 43
185 187 33 220
No Report No Report No Report
148 130 156 122
154 66 69 151
335 15 48 302
27 3 1 29
14 0 3 11
29 5 4 30
77 42 41 78
80 4 12 72
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CHILD WELFARE TABLE Continued
MOVEMENT OF POPULATIONCHILDRENS INSTITUTIONS
Name of Institution
Episcopal Orphanage
Ethel Harpst Home
Georgia Baptist Orphans Home
Georgia Industrial Home
Gould Cottage
Hepzibah Orphanage
Hillside Cottages
Kings Daughters Nursery Home Kings Daughters Home for Children Masonic Home of Georgia
Open Door Home
Robt T Daniel Memorial Home
St Josephs Home for Boys
St Marys Home
Sarah Devenure Murphy Home Savannah Female Orphans Home
Shiloh Orphanage
Southern Christian Home
Southern Industrial Orphans Horn
Toccoa Orphans Home
Tuttle Newton Home
Happiness Cottage
No Children Under Care Number Children Number Children No Children Under Care Total
July 11938 Admitted Dismissed June 301939 Served
54 34 25 63 88
18 0 0 18 18
117 12 22 107 129
252 45 22 275 297
46 16 8 54 62
37 23 26 34 60
54 6 20 40 60
75 44 41 78 119
17 14 17 14 31
30 0 0 30 30
90 9 11 88 99
No Report
124 74 51 147 198
114 18 14 118 132
25 25 26 24 50
8 0 0 8 8
No Report No Report
18 7 1 24 25
35 2 2 35 37
25 12 5 32 37
45 8 11 42 53
161 25 14 172 186
49 0 22 27 49
22 11 8 25 33
12 0 0 12 12
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JUVENILE COURTS
The following reports received from four Juvenile Courts are indicative of the cases served throughout the State in the fourteen regular Juvenile Courts
Table 1Floyd County Juvenile CourtJudge Thomas Willingham
Delinquent Dependent and Neglected
Total Served 139 225
Age Group 9 through 17 Not requested
Sex Boys 121 Girls 18 Boys 129 Girls 96
Race White 94 Negro 45
Table 2Glynn County Juvenile CourtJudge Charles L Gowen
Delinquent Dependent and Neglected
Total Served 15 0
Age Group 9 through 15
Sex Boys 15 Girls 0
ace White 5 Negro 10
Table 3Bibb County Juvenile CourtJudge P O Holliday
Delinquent Dependent and Neglected
Total Served 233 40
Age Group through 17 One year and over
Sex Boys 216 Girls 57
Race White 93 Negro 180
The Juvenile Court of Chatham CountyHonorable Raiford Falligant Judge N BThis report is for a six months period from January 1 to June 30 1939
Delinquent Dependent and Neglected
Total Served 535 283
Age Group Under 7 to under 16 Information not requested
Sex Boys 436 Girls 99 Boys 139 Girls 144
ace White 355 Negro 176 Information not requested
Four not specified
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DIVISION OF INSTITUTIONS
The eleemosynary institutions under the Departments direction number seven with the eighth eleemosynary unit the State Tuberculosis Sanitorium at Alto having passed to control of the State Department of Public Health in July 1937
The oldest of the Institutions is the Milledgeville State Hospital which began operation in 1842 as the State Lunatic Asylum The youngest is the Georgia Training School for Mental Defectives established in 1921 to care for the feebleminded children of the State
Other units are The Georgia Academy for the Blind at Macon in operation since 1852 The School for the Deaf at Cave Spring started in 1848 the Training School for Boys opened in 1905 to give special treatment to juvenile delinquents the Training School for Girls in Atlanta opened in 1913 to give similar services for delinquent girls and the Confederate Soldiers Home in Atlanta
Reports on the individual institutions are included in this section
INSTITUTION BUILDING PROGRAM
Through the Acts of the Georgia Legislature of 1937 101088894 W and A Rental Discount funds and 31382578 Chain Store tax funds or a total of 132471472 has been received by the State Department of Public Welfare for the eleemosynary institutions building program The state funds so appropriated have been used to match PWA and WPA federal funds in carrying out the building program To date the number of projects started at the various state institutions involve a cost of 200011900 State and Federal funds
In addition to the above the department has approved 61538100 in construction and repairs at the institutions and this additional work is in various stages of progress Attention is called to the fact that all funds that have been used on the building program have been appropriated by the General Assembly of the State and the Department has not diverted any money from the Public Assistance fund to carry forward construction
In the following table is presented a detailed statement of the building program giving buildings nature of work and funds to be expended at the several institutions
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INSTITUTIONS BUILDING PROGRAM TABLE 1 MILLEDGEVILLE STATE HOSPITAL MILLEDGEVILLE GA
BUILDING PROGRAM AS OF JUNE 30 1939
P W A
Funds Approved for Construction Now Under Way
State 15950000
Federal 13050000
Total
Jones Building
29000000
Work
Started Completed
9238 65
W P A
Funds Approved for Construction Now Under Way
State 21269857
Federal 19242943
Total
Cold Storage Plant Receiving Building Warehouse
40512800
Work
Started Completed
11 738 80
93038 30
100
Additional W P A Work Approved but not yet Under Construction including
Probably
Completed
91539
Probably
Completed
10139
2140
14810000
Electrical Work Service to S H A Waterworks Improvements and Additions Sewer Lines
950000 11700000 2160000
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SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF CAVE SPRING GA
BUILDING PROGRAM AS OF JUNE 30 1939 P W A
Funds Approved for Construction Now Under Way
State 22110000
Federal 18090000
Total
40200000
Work
Started
Primary Building 122838
Girls Dormitory 123038
GymnasiumAwaiting Approval of Amendatory Application

Completed
50
30
Probably
Completed
10139
11139
W P A
W P A Work Approved but Not yet Under Construction r19919200 including
Water and Sanitary Sewers 2439200
Outside Electrical Work 980000
Remodeling Boiler Plant and Steam Distribution 3620000
Remodeling Administration Building 2700000
Remodeling Boys Dormitory into School 1630000
Remodeling School into Boys Dormitory 2020000
Remodeling Kitchen and Dining Room 1310000
Kitchen Equipment 360000
Repairs to Perry Farm and New School Building 4860000
TRAINING SCHOOL FOR GIRLS ATLANTA GA
BUILDING PROGRAM AS OF JUNE 30 1939 W P A
Funds Approved for Construction Now Under Way
State 5838600
Federal 9940500
Total15779100
Work Probably
Started Completed Completed
Receiving Building 103138 75 9139
Felton Sage Building 12038 90 8139
Harriett Hawks Building 32939 95 8139
Water and Sewage 32739 20 10139
Additional W P A Work Approved but Not Now Under Construction 100000
including
Electrical Repairs 100000
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TRAINING SCHOOL FOR BOYS MILLEDGEVILLE GA
BUILDING PROGRAM AS OF JUNE 30 1939 P W A
Funds Approved for Construction Now Under Way
State 33000000
Federal 27000000
Total60000000
Work Probably
Started Completed Completed
Six Dormitories 9238 50 11 139
School and Auditorium 9238 40 12 339
Dining Hall 9238 20 121539
Receiving Cottage 9238 25 121539
Boiler Plant 9238 15 121539
Negro Building 9238 10 121539
W P A
Funds Approved for Construction Now Under Way
State 1446400
Federal 1773600
Total 3220000
Work Probably
Started Completed Completed
Water Works and Sewage 32039 10 1140
Additional W P A Work Approved but Not yet Under Construction14644300
including
Electrical Work 1250000
Remodeling Administration Building 3174300
Remodeling Negro Building 3020000
Five New Personnel Cottages 2000000
Remodeling White Womens Prison Building 5200000
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ACADEMY FOR THE BLIND MACON GA
BUILDING PROGRAM AS OF JUNE 30 1939 W P A
Funds Approved for Construction Now Under Way
State 1573000
Federal 927000
Total 2500000
Work Probably
Started Completed Completed
Negro Unit 101038 90 8139
Additional W P A Work Approved by State but Not Yet Under Construction
8095600 including
Remodel White Unit
Kitchen Remodel t 512000
Laundry Remodel 249000
Boiler Room Remodel 142000
Kitchen Equipment 600000
Gymnasium to Library 456000
General Repairs 811000
Swimming Pool 800000
Heating 1290000
Plumbing 1089000
Stairs and Toilet 2146600
TRAINING SCHOOL FOR MENTAL DEFECTIVES GRACEWOOD GA
W P A
Funds Approved for Construction Now Under Way
State 2900000
Federal 5900000
Total
8800000
Hospital Building
Work Probably
Started Completed Completed
10138 60 123139
Additional W P A Work Approved But Not Under Construction Water Works Improvements
3969000
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MILLEDGEVILLE STATE HOSPITAL ANNUAL REPORT
By John W Oden M D Superintendent
The attached reports will give some idea as to the work accomplished in the different departments of the institution In the Clinical Directors report which is among the number attached will be found much statistical data that will be of interest As shown in the tabulation below there were 7243 patients in the institution on July 1 1938 and 989 were out on furlough According to law all of these 989 patients could have been returned to the institution any time before the expiration of their furlough
On books first day of year
W M W F C M C F Total
In Hospital 2104 2572 1146 1421 7243
On Furlough 321 391 119 158 989
Total 2425 2963 1265 1579 8232
Admitted during the year 384 387 197 208 1176
Total on books during year 2809 3350 1462 1787 9408
Discharged during the year
As recovered 62 46 27 86 221
As improved 150 205 61 52 468
As unimproved 29 47 21 6 103
As without psychosis 20 11 1 1 33
Total discharged 261 309 110 145 825
Died during the year 154 114 83 80 431
Total died and discharged 415 423 193 225 1256
On books last day of month
In Hospital 2005 2457 1115 1356 6933
On Furlough 389 470 154 206 1219
Total 2394 2927 1269 1562 8152
Average daily population 7188
Applications received 1431
Net decrease 310
During one of the election years 1818 patients were admitted into the institution during the past fiscal year we received 1176 Instead of having a material increase in population as has been the case in former years we have actually reduced our population by 310 patients If we can obtain the same wholehearted cooperation in the future as we have received during the past year I am firmly of the opinion that there is no real reason why we should have a material increase in patient population
It is our plan to have the medical staff make reports from time to time of the harmless and inoffensive patients in their service and then according to law remand them to the counties from which they were committed The institution has been used as a dumping ground for patients that could not be cared for satisfactorily in the counties without the authorities going to some extra expense I feel very strongly that the counties should
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assume their part of the responsibility and not request admission for patients of the type mentioned above but if by bringing some pressure from outside sources patients of this kind are committed then they should be immediately returned to their respective counties as soon as the ward physician has had an opportunity to establish their true status
The mentally ill people should certainly not be handled as criminals This institution as well as every other State Institution should have some arrangement whereby patients could be admitted voluntarily to be examined and treated over a specified period and if a cure can be effected allow them to be returned to their homes just the same as a person suffering from some physical illness At the present time it is necessary for a patient to be committed to this institution through the Court of Ordinary and if the patients mental condition is unusually bad the only recourse left is to have the patient placed in jail until the commitment has been completed and the hospital is in position to receive him
Mental diseases are very treatable at the present time and as the years go by we are going to know more about the treatment of the mentally sick consequently the State of Georgia should lead the neighboring states in this particular matter and abolish the present commitment proceedings and treat insane individuals just the same as a person suffering from pneumonia or appendicitis
I hope the next legislature will see fit to give the institution sufficient funds to operate on a high plane False economy has been practised in the years past and it has been shown in the death rate The cases that left the hospital as restored and improved was greatly reduced during the economy period If we hope to cope with the mental situation in the State we should have sufficient funds to establish clinics in every congressional district of the State We should have connected with these clinics a personnel sufficiently large to make them worthwhile By doing this we would not only relieve the State Hospital of a great many cases that could be treated in their homes or the communities but the expense of their commitment and their transfer would be obviated
The Clinical Directors report will show that we have furloughed more patients from the institution as restored and improved than were admitted into the hospital during the past year This has been due to several factors first we are rapidly learning more about the treatment of mental disorders second at the direction of the Board we have remanded several hundred harmless and inoffensive patients to the different counties and as stated to you at the beginning of this report if we do not have some outside interference it is our present intention to continue this program
Under the present Board and Administration an extensive building program has been started Our plans and ambitions are that these buildings may be completed and ready for use before the next annual report is made
An addition to the Jones Building which will house approximately 250 patients will be completed before the first of January 1940 The cold storage and meat curing plant will be completed and ready for use by October 1 The Male Receiving Building formerly the Convalescent Building for men is being repaired and made fireproof An estimate as to when this work will be completed can not be obtained at this time due to the fact that the WPA forces have been materially reduced Housing Buildings 1 2 3 4 and 5 are being erected as rapidly as is humanly possible and if weather conditions do not interfere these should be ready for occupancy not later than July 1940 This is the only building program of any consequence the institution has ever had When all of this work is completed the patients will be properly housed in fire resistant buildings This has been the dream of all of us doing hospital work and has been made possible through the untiring energy of our Governor and the Board controlling the institution
The present Board and Administration has given the superintendent authority to materially increase both the medical and nursing personnel As stated previously this is
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true economy as our death rate has materially decreased and we will show a definite increase in the number of patients furloughed as restored and improved
During the past fiscal year we have lost three members of our medical staff however we have been fortunate enough to replace these I am ambitious to have enough physicians where they each would not be required to have supervision and care over more than 250 mentally sick people The American Psychiatric Association requires one physician to approximately 150 patients It is my further ambition to see a graduate registered nurse in charge of every ward at the institution and a sufficient number of attendants under the direction and supervision of this graduate registered nurse to give constant care and supervision to the patients in their charge This institution is especially blessed in being able to obtain generally speaking a high type of personnel The fathers and grandfathers of many of our employees have been born within the shadows of this institution and these noble characters have assisted materially in making this institution what it is today Were it not for the type of personnel that we are able to employ in the vicinity of the hospital we could not hope to carry on the work as efficiently as we have carried it on I think the records will show as many as four generations from one family have been employed at the institution I speak of this situation with pride as at no time has there been any evidence of a strike among the employees of the institution nor has any employee ever refused to my knowledge to respond to calls either night or day This situation is very different to what we find in many other states where there is a large element of foreign population
Operations carried on by the farm garden dairy canning plant and abattoir have been very profitable Were it not for these extra projects the institution could not have operated on 53 per day per patient as shown in the following report
MAINTENANCE EXPENDITURES Amount Per Capita Per Diem
Personal Service 55733698 77537 212
Heat Light Power and Water 2703810 3762 010
Food Supplies 38664203 53790 147
Fuel Supplies 7787823 10834 030
Wearing Apparel and Sewing Supplies 5867008 8162 022
Shop Supplies and Building Materials 2719460 3783 010
Equipment Purchases 5279724 7345 020
Medical Hospital and Dental 2119297 2949 010
Livestock Poultry 14312167 19911 054
All Others 4854292 6753 018
Total 140041482 194826 533
MEDICAL REPORT MILLEDGEVILLE STATE HOSPITAL
Eleven hundred and seventysix 1176 patients were received Of these nine hundred and seven 907 were first admissions and two hundred and sixtynine 269 were readmissions to this hospital or from some other mental hospital Of the patients admitted eleven hundred and fortyone 1141 were examined both mentally and physically and presented to the staff for diagnostic consideration Twentyfive 25 patients died nine 9 were furloughed and one eloped before presentation During the year eight thousand five hundred and fifty 8550 patients were treated These figures were arrived at by taking the resident population July 1 1938 adding to this the total number of patients
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admitted during the fiscal year and the number of patients returned from furlough who were furloughed during the previous year
No in hospital July 1 1938 7243
No admitted during fiscal year 1176
No returned from furlough 131
Total 8550
Four hundred and thirtyone 431 patients died during the year Bronchopneumonia was the leading cause of death with sixtyfive 65 Pulmonary tuberculosis ranked second with fiftythree 53 and arteriosclerosis ranked third with fortynine 49 The death rate for the year was 50 of all patients treated The average death rate for the previous five year period was 51 A total of one thousand three hundred and ninetyfive 1395 patients were furloughed and thirtythree 33 were discharged as not insane making a total of one thousand four hundred and twentyeight 1428 patients released from the institution during the year Of these patients furloughed three hundred and sixtytwo 362 were restored or 312 of insane admissions for fiscal year and eight hundred and seven 807 were improved or 704 of insane admissions for fiscal year The average recovery rate for the past three years as compared with the number of insane admissions was 264 The average improved rate for the past three years as compared to the number of insane admissions was 607 Bearing these figures in mind you can readily see that the restored and improved rate for the past fiscal year is most encouraging
We had no typhoid fever and no small pox in the institution during the year We are systematically keeping our patient population immunized against these diseases
Seventeen 17 patients were admitted by order of the court The criminal charge together with the diagnosis is given below
1 Assault with intent to murder Psychosis with mental deficiency
1 Assault with intent to murder Traumatic psychosis
1 Assault with intent to murder Manic depressive
1 Assault with intent to murder Dementia praecox
1 Assault with intent to rape Mental deficiencynot insane
1 Burglary Psychosis with epilepsy
1 Burglary Psychopathic personalitynot insane
1 Defacing public property Dementia paralytica
1 Felony Psychosis with mental deficiency
1 Larceny of automobile Psychopathic personalitynot insane
1 Larceny of automobile Dementia praecox
1 Malicious mischief Dementia praecox
1 Misdemeanor wife beating Unclassified
1 Murder Manic depressive
1 Murder Dementia praecox
1 Murder Unclassified
1 Stabbing another Psychosis with epilepsy
We have continued the policy of segregating our tubercular cases in so far as our facilities will permit There has been great strides in the treatment of tubercular patients and we look forward to having better facilities for treating these cases The spread of this disease is a problem under most favorable conditions and when you consider that we are dealing with insane patients it makes this problem more serious
We have continued the policy of intensely treating all syphilitic patients and practically all cases of dementia paralytica Two hundred and seventeen 217 cases of
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dementia paralytica were treated with malaria inoculations Tertian malaria with few exceptions was used in the white cases whereas quartan malaria was used in the colored cases We had no particular trouble getting takes with quartan malaria with the negroes whereas the tertian type was not at all satisfactory in this respect With the group treated 317 with malaria we received thirty 30 remissions one hundred and twentythree 123 improved and sixtyfour 64 unimproved We feel very much encouraged with results of this treatment and we are now treating all cases admitted to the institution when the physical condition warrants us to do so In addition some of this group received intravenous and intramuscular administration of the following drugs neoarsphenamine salicylate of mercury salicylate of bismuth tryparsamide sulpharsphenamine and tribismol We find that malarial therapy renders the blood and spinal fluid negative quicker and with more constancy than any type of therapy that we can use in the treatment of dementia paralytica Three hundred and eleven 311 cases were treated with metrazol This group consisted of dementia praecox cases and manic depressive cases almost entirely Of this group thirtyeight 38 were restored one hundred and eight 108 were improved and one hundred and sixtyfive 165 were unimproved Ninetytwo 92 cases were treated with insulin This group also consisted almost entirely of dementia praecox and manic depressive cases Of this group twelve 12 were restored twentyeight 28 were improved and fiftytwo 52 were unimproved A group of twentysix 26 cases were treated with both insulin and metrazol Three 3 of this group were restored eleven 11 were improved and twelve 12 were unimproved It is to be borne in mind that the cases we receive at the hospital are as a rule of longer duration than cases seen in private practice and for this reason our results are possibly not as good as they would be if we could get these cases earlier
Routine laboratory examinations were carried out on blood feces and urine on all new cases The following test were routinely made hemoglobin estimate urinalysis blood Wassermann feces for parasites or ova When indicated other tests were made as follows complete spinal fluid examination sputum examination qualitative and quantitative test on blood for bromides or other chemicals quantitative estimates on N P nitrogen blood sugar etc
The occupational department continues to function under the direction of Mrs Mary C Parker For a more detailed report of this department we refer you to the report appended
We have continued the services of a voice teacher A chorus has been trained which has been the mainstay in various plays that are put on at intervals for the entertainment of the patients The program for entertainment and diversion for patients has been continued Chapel services as well as Sunday School classes are held weekly All patients whose condition will warrant and who desire to do so have an opportunity to attend dances base ball games etc
Three commissaries are also operated for the welfare of the patients Profit from this source is used for supplies for the various occupational therapy projects and for diversior and entertainment for the patients as well as to buy Christmas gifts for those who do not receive gifts from home
Classes from the different colleges and universities of the state have visited the institution during the year for clinical instruction in abnormal psychology and allied subjects These visitations are well worth the effort put forth by the institution as we feel that they disseminate knowledge of utmost importance concerning mental cases and the early detection of mental symptoms
We appreciate the great building program that has been instituted at our institution
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through the untiring efforts of those in authority and we look forward to having more commodious and modern facilities for our insane
Various statistical data and tables form a major part of this report and the reader is referred to them for this information
Successful administration of the medical department depends on cooperation and due acknowledgment is here made for such cooperation
TABLE NO I STATE HOSPITAL
DIAGNOSTIC GROUPING OF ALL PATIENTS IN HOSPITAL JULY 1 1939
Psychosis White Colored
M F M F Total
Traumatic IS 1 2 0 21 30
Senile 19 35 6 23 83 119
With cerebral arteriosclerosis 93 41 56 44 234 337
With syphilitic meningoencephalitis 145 49 67 56 317 458
With other forms of syphilis of the central nervous system 4 1 2 9 16 23
Associated with organic changes of the nervous system 60 44 24 11 139 200
Due to new growth brain tumor 0 0 0 0 0
Due to alcohol 10 0 0 0 10 14
Due to drugs 4 1 0 0 5 08
With other infectious disease 0 0 1 0 1 01
Due to other metabolic etc disease 4 9 5 7 25 36
Involutional melancholia 1 0 0 0 1 01
With other disturbance of circulation 0 0 0 0 0
Manic depressive 281 671 214 374 1540 221
Dementia praecox 854 1006 392 658 2910 4198
Paranoid 8 20 0 2 30 43
With convulsive disorder epilepsy 168 206 136 70 580 837
Psychoneurosis 9 31 0 0 40 57
With psychopathic personality 12 22 6 4 44 63
With mental deficiency 288 310 189 94 881 1270
Unclassified 23 9 15 4 51 74
Not insane 2 0 0 0 2 02
Alcohol addictnot insane 0 0 0 0 0
Drug addictnot insane 0 1 0 0 1 01
Mental deficiencynot insane1 0 0 0 0 0
Psychopathic personalitynot insane 1 0 0 0 1 01

Total 2004 2457 1115 1356 632 9994
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TABLE NO II STATE HOSPITAL
DIAGNOSTIC GROUPING OF ALL PATIENTS ADMITTED DURING FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30 1939
Psychosis White Colored
M F M F Total
Traumatic 4 0 2 0 6 51
Senile 11 6 3 6 26 221
With cerebral arteriosclerosis 38 13 16 18 85 723
With syphilitic meningoencephalitis 35 15 35 24 109 928
With other forms of syphilis of the central nervous system 0 0 0 0 0
Associated with organic changes of the nervous system 10 11 7 3 31 263
Due to new growth brain tumor 1 0 0 0 1 09
Due to alcohol 7 0 1 0 8 68
Due to drugs 2 4 0 0 6 51
With other infectious disease 0 0 1 0 1 09
Due to other metabolic etc disease 4 8 7 7 26 221
Involutional melancholia 1 0 0 0 1 09
With other disturbance of circulation 1 0 0 0 1 09
Manic depressive 148 187 62 108 505 4294
Dementia praecox 43 59 22 25 149 1268
Paranoid 0 0 0 0 0
With convulsive disorder epilepsy 19 20 15 7 61 510
Psychoneurosis 1 13 0 2 16 137
With psychopathic personality 0 2 0 0 2 17
With mental deficiency 26 23 17 7 73 620
Unclassified 15 16 8 0 39 331
Not insane 6 1 0 0 7 59
Alcohol addictnot insane 7 3 1 0 11 93
Drug addictnot insane 0 2 0 0 2 17
Mental deficiencynot insane 1 3 0 1 5 42
Psychopathic personalitynot insane 4 1 0 0 5 42
Total
384 387
197 208 1176
9992
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TABLE NO Ill STATE HOSPITAL
DIAGNOSTIC GROUPINGFIRST ADMISSIONS DURING FISCAL YEAR
ENDING JUNE 30 1939
Psychosis White Colored
M F M F Total
Traumatic 3 0 2 0 5
Senile 11 5 3 6 25
With cerebral arteriosclerosis 33 11 16 18 78
With syphilitic meningoencephalitis With other forms of syphilis of the central 30 11 35 23 99
nervous system Associated with organic changes of the 0 0 0 0 0
nervous system 10 9 6 3 28
Due to new growth brain tumor 1 0 0 0 1
Due to alcohol 7 0 1 0 8
Due to drugs 2 4 0 0 6
With other infectious disease 0 0 1 0 1
Due to other metabolic etc disease 4 6 7 7 24
Involutional melancholia 1 0 0 0 1
With other disturbance of circulation 1 0 0 0 1
Manic depressive 83 114 49 82 328
Dementia praecox 30 44 16 21 111
Paranoid 0 0 0 0 0
With convulsive disorder epilepsy 17 16 14 7 54
Psychoneurosis 1 11 0 0 12
With psychopathic personality 0 1 0 0 1
With mental deficiency 21 22 15 7 65
Unclassified 13 16 7 0 36
Not insane 3 1 0 0 4
Alcohol addictnot insane 7 2 1 0 10
Drug addictnot insane 0 1 0 0 1
Mental deficiencynot insane 1 3 0 1 5
Psychopathic personalitynot insane 3 0 0 0 3
Total
282 277 173
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TABLE NO IV
STATE HOSPITAL
DIAGNOSTIC GROUPING OF READMISSIONS DURING FISCAL YEAR
ENDING JUNE 30 1939
I Psychosis White Colored
M F M F Total
Traumatic 1 0 0 0 1
Senile 0 1 0 0 1
With cerebral arteriosclerosis 5 2 0 0 7
With syphilitic meningoencephalitis 5 4 0 1 10
With other forms of syphilis of the central
1 nervous system 0 0 0 0 0
Associated with organic changes of the
i nervous system 0 2 1 0 3
Due to new growth brain tumor 0 0 0 0 0
Due to alcohol 0 0 0 0 0
f Due to drugs 0 0 0 0 0
With other infectious disease 0 0 0 0 0
Due to other metabolic etc disease 0 2 0 0 2
Involutional melancholia 0 0 0 0 0
With other disturbance of circulation 0 0 0 0 0
Manic depressive 65 73 13 26 177
Dementia praecox 13 15 6 4 38
1 Paranoid 0 0 0 0 0
With convulsive disorder epilepsy 2 4 1 0 7
Psychoneurosis 0 2 0 2 4
With psychopathic personality 0 1 0 0 1
With mental deficiency 5 1 2 0 8
Unclassified 2 0 1 0 3
Not insane 3 0 0 0 3
Alcohol addictnot insane 0 1 0 0 1
Drug addictnot insane 0 1 0 0 1
Mental deficiencynot insane 0 0 0 0 0
Psychopathic personalitynot insane 1 1 0 0 2
Total 102 110 24 33 269
TABLE NO V STATE HOSPITAL FURLOUGHS White
Colored
Male Female Male Female
Psychosis R I u s R I U s R I U s R I U S Total
Traumatic 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
Senile 0 2 2 0 0 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 11
With cerebral arteriosclerosis 2 12 7 0 2 4 5 0 1 10 1 0 0 3 0 0 47
With syphilitic meningoencephalitis With other forms of syphilis of the central 0 16 1 0 0 11 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 13 0 0 52
nervous system Associated with organic changes of the 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
nervous system 0 6 6 0 0 4 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 24
With other disturbance of circulation 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Involutional melancholia 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Due to alcohol 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
Due to drugs 2 1 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
Due to other metabolic etc diseases 2 3 0 0 5 5 0 0 2 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 23
Manic depressive 106 62 8 0 70 177 27 0 16 58 1 0 67 83 3 o 678
Dementia praecox 16 46 25 0 5 58 21 0 2 18 9 0 5 22 2 0 229
With convulsive disorder epilepsy 0 5 13 0 0 12 9 0 0 3 3 0 0 2 3 0 50
Psychoneurosis 7 4 0 0 2 15 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 34
With psychopathic personality 2 3 2 0 1 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 16
With mental deficiency 13 28 31 0 9 41 12 0 0 13 2 0 0 10 3 0 162
Unclassified 4 6 2 0 3 6 5 0 0 5 7 0 0 0 0 0 38
Not insane 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
Alcohol addictnot insane 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 11
Drug addictnot insane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Mental deficiencynot insane 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6
Psychopathic personalitynot insane 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
Total 162 201 99 482 20 103 342 92 548 11 22 126 172 23 1 75 138 226 12 1 1428
RRestored IImproved UUnimproved SNot insane
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TABLE NO VI STATE HOSPITAL DISCHARGES White
Colored
Psychosis Male Female Male Femal e
R I U S R I U S R I U S R I U s Total
Traumatic 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Senile 0 i 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 10
With cerebral arteriosclerosis 0 7 8 0 0 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 5 0 0 29
With syphilitic meningoencephalitis 0 14 0 0 0 6 1 0 0 4 4 0 0 5 0 0 34
Associated with organic changes of the
nervous system 0 2 3 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
Due to alcohol 4 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13
Due to drugs 2 1 0 0 5 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15
Due to other metabolic etc diseases 4 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 17
Manic depressive 42 55 2 0 36 129 12 0 19 35 4 0 75 17 2 0 428
Dementia praecox 0 27 5 0 0 27 10 0 0 5 2 0 6 13 2 0 97
With convulsive disorder epilepsy 0 4 5 0 0 4 5 0 0 5 4 0 0 3 0 0 30
Psychoneurosis 0 3 0 0 0 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 13
With psychopathic personality 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
With mental deficiency 3 17 3 0 3 8 10 0 0 5 2 0 0 5 1 0 57
Unclassified 4 9 3 0 0 1 1 0 4 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 30
Not insane 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
Alcohol addictnot insane 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 11
Drug addictnot insane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Mental deficiencynot insane 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6
Psychopathic personalitynot insane 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
Total 62 150 29 20 46 205 47 11 27 61 21 1 86 52 6 1 825
261 309 110 145
RRestored IImproved UUnimproved SNot insane
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TABLE NO VII
STATE HOSPITAL
DEATHS
White Colored
M F M F Total
Acute dilatation of cardiac 8 2 2 1 13
Acute pulmonary edema 1 0 0 0 1
Arteriosclerosis 12 18 10 49
Asphyxiation aspiration of round worms 0 0 0 1 1
Carcinoma abdominal 0 1 0 0 1
Carcinoma breast 0 1 0 1 2
Carcinoma bladder 1 0 0 0 1
Carcinoma cervix 0 1 0 0 1
Carcinoma face and jaw 1 0 0 0 1
Carcinoma pancreas 0 0 0 1 1
Carcinoma stomach 0 1 0 0 1
Carcinoma uterus 0 0 0 2 2
Cardiovascular disease 0 0 5 0 5
Cerebral hemorrhage 23 7 6 3 39
Cirrhosis of liver 0 0 1 0 1
Convulsions arteriosclerosis 1 0 0 0 1
Convulsions cause undetermined 0 0 0 1 1
Coronary occlusion 4 3 0 0 7
Diabetes mellitus 2 0 0 0 2
Diarrhoea and enteritis 0 2 0 1 3
Dysentery chronic 1 1 1 0 3
Embolus fracture of femur 1 0 0 0 1
Encephalitis 1 0 0 0 1
Endocarditis chronic 0 1 0 0 1
Epilepsy 6 1 4 3 14
Epithelioma face 1 0 0 0 1 1
Erysipelas 1 0 0 0 1

Exhaustion from acute mental disease 8 2 2 5 17
Gastric hemorrhage 1 0 0 0 1
Gastroenteritis chronic 0 1 0 0 1
General paralysis of the insane 5 4 18 8 35
Huntingtons chorea 0 1 0 0 1
Influenza 0 1 0 0 1
Internal hemorrhage following gunshot wound 0 1 0 0 1
Intestinal obstruction 0 1 0 0 1
Lung abscess 0 0 2 0 2
Malaria therapeutic 1 0 0 0 1
Mechanical obstruction with gangrene 0 1 0 0 1
Myocarditis chronic 7 9 5 6 27
Nephritis chronic 7 0 3 0 10
Operative shock hysterectomy 0 1 0 0 1
Organic brain disease 0 1 0 1 2
Organic heart disease 4 0 0 1 5
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TABLE NO VII Continued DEATHS
White Colored
M F M F Total
Papillary adenocarcinoma ovary 1 0 0 1
Pellagra 0 0 1 1
Peritonitis tubercular 0 0 0 1
Pneumonia aspiration 2 0 0 0 2
Pneumonia broncho 35 19 8 3 65
Pneumonia lobar 7 3 6 22
Post operative hemorrhage 0 1 0 0 1
Pulmonary collapse post operative 0 1 0 0 1
Pulmonary tuberculosis 19 4 20 53
Senility 2 0 3 5
Status epilepticus 1 0 0 1
Suicide 3rd degree burn 0 1 0 0 1
Suicide strangulation 1 0 0 4
Tubercular pneumonia 1 0 0 1
Tuberculosis of the lymphatic system 0 0 1 0 1
Undetermined 4 0 1 6
Uremia 0 0 0 3
Total 114 83 80 431
TABLE NO VIII STATE HOSPITAL
SURGERY
Abrasions dressed daily U
Abscesses incised and drained 74
Amputation of breast 1
Amputation of cervix 1
Amputation of finger 1
Amputation of leg 1
Amputation of mid thigh right 1
Antisyphilitic treatments 3951
Appendectomies 24
Bilateral ligation and cutting of both saphenous veins 1
Biopsy neoplasm in inguinal region 1
Bladder irrigations 2
Blistered heels treated daily 2
Blood transfusions 3
Bone curettage 1
Burns treated daily 6
Carbuncles incised and drained 8
Carcinoma lip removal of 1
Cholcystotomies 3
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TABLE NO VIII Continued
SURGERY
Contusion of eyes irrigated and dressed daily 4
Circumcisions 3
Cyst neck removal of 2
Cystoscopic examination and retragrade pylogram 17
Cystoscopic examination and dilatation of right ureter 1
Dilation and curettage cauterization of cervix 1
Dilatation of rectal stricture and excision of fistula 1
Dorsal slit 1
Dislocated shoulder reduction of 2
Ears irrigated 5
Euthratomy removal of wire from bladder 1
Excision of fistula 1
Excision of epithelioma lip 4
Excision of lipoma thoracic region 1
Excision of right lobe toxic adenima of thyroid 1
Extraction of teeth to prevent biting others 1
Fracture ankle treatment of 1
Fracture arm treatment of 4
Fracture clavicle treatment of 1
Fracture elbow treatment of 2
Fracture femur treatment of 10
Fracture fibula treatment of 6
Fracture hip treatment of 3
Fracture humerus treatment of
Fracture leg treatment of 3
Fracture metatarsal treatment of 3
Fracture pubic bone treatment of 1
Fracture radius treatment of 5
Fracture thumb treatment of
Fracture tibia treatment of 2
Fracture ulna treatment of 8
Fracture vertebrae treatment of 1
Furuncle leg incised and drained I
Gastrojejunostomy
Glucose and saline intravenously given 69
Hemorrhoidectomies
Herniorrhaphy
Herniotomies
Hydroceles aspirated
Hysterectomies
Incision around glans penis old abscess opened 1
Indwelling catheter and bladder irrigation 1
Infected areas dressed daily 225
Infections treated with baking light 31
Inoculated with malaria 122
Intestinal obstruction operated for 1
Insulin treatments patients 121
Intravenous pylogram 2
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TABLE NO VIII Continued
SURGERY
Lacerations cleansed and dressed daily 15
Laparotomy intestinal obstruction volvulus 1
Laparotomy removal of ovarian cyst 1
Mastectomy and dissection of axillary glands 2
Metrazol treatments patients 260
Orchidectomy 1
Otitis media irrigated daily 1
Ovarian cyst removal of 2
Paracentesis abdominis 5
Perineorrhaphies 3
Pinch skin graft 4
Prostatic massage 3
Prostatic massage and bladder irrigation 4
Prepuse incised and dressed 1 1
Proctopexy 1
Rectal prolapse operated for 2
Removal of exostosis from foot 1
Removal of nasal polyp 1
Repair of ventral hernia 4
Resection of posterior lip of cervix 1
Resection of traumatized intestine 1
Resection of descending colon colostomy 1
Removal of right testicle 1
Retention of urine catherized 1
Rib resection 1
Salpingectomies 1
Sinus irrigations 6
Splenectomy closure perforations 1
Splinter removed from foot 1
Sprained foot taped 1
Strictures dilated 4
Strictures dilated and bladder irrigations 8
Toe nail removed 1
Tonsillectomies 35
Tumor foot removal of 1
Ulcers dressed daily 49
Wounds requiring sutures 133
Xray exposures 1989
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TABLE NO IX
STATE HOSPITAL
ADMISSIONS FROM VARIOUS COUNTIES DURING ENDING JUNE 30 1939 FISCAL YEAR
White Colored
M F M F Total
Appling 2 1 0 0 3
Atkinson 2 1 2 0 5
Bacon 0 1 0 1 2
Baker 0 0 1 0 1
Baldwin 6 7 4 3 20
Banks 5 2 0 0 7
Barrow 2 2 0 1 5
Bartow 3 7 1 0 11
Ben Hill 2 1 0 1 4
Berrien 4 2 1 0 7
Bibb 9 13 8 9 39
Bleckley 2 1 1 3 7
Brantley 2 1 1 0 4
Brooks 2 5 1 1 9
Bryan 2 0 1 0 3
Bulloch 0 3 3 1 7
Burke 1 0 4 2 7
Butts 1 1 0 0 2
Calhoun 1 0 2 1 4
Camden 0 0 0 2 2
Candler 1 1 0 0 2
Carroll 6 8 1 1 16
Catoosa 0 5 1 0 6
Charlton 1 0 0 0 1
Chatham 19 16 22 15 72
Chattahoochee 0 1 0 0 1
Chattooga 4 4 0 1 9
Cherokee 4 5 0 0 9
Clarke 2 2 2 3 9
Clay 0 1 1 0 2
Clayton 1 0 0 0 1
Clinch 2 0 0 1 3
Cobb 6 4 2 0 12
Coffee 1 4 5 1 11
Colquitt 4 1 2 0 7
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TABLE NO IX Continued
ADMISSIONS FROM VARIOUS COUNTIES DURING FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30 1939
White Colored
M F M F Total
Columbia 0 1 1 2
Cook 2 0 1 3
Coweta 2 8 3 17
Crawford 2 1 1 4
Crisp 4 1 0 5
Dade 0 0 0 1
Dawson 0 0 0 2
Decatur 1 0 1 3
DeKalb 8 7 1 3 19
Dodge 1 4 0 2 7
Dooly 3 1 1 9
Dougherty 3 1 4 4 12
Douglas 2 1 0 1 4
Early 1 2 0 2 5
Effingham 2 0 0 1 3
Elbert 3 0 3 8
Emanuel 2 2 2 2 8
Evans 2 0 0 0 2
Fannin 5 1 0 0 6
Fayette 3 0 0 0 3
Floyd 10 1 3 23
Forsyth 1 0 0 2
Franklin 3 2 0 0 5
Fulton 39 51 16 25 131
Gilmer 2 1 0 0 3
Glascock 1 0 0 0 1
Glynn 2 1 0 1 4
Gordon 3 4 0 0 7
Grady 3 1 2 1 7
Greene 3 2 1 1 7
Gwinnett 6 11 2 0 19
Habersham 5 4 0 0 9
Hall 4 3 2 1 10
Hancock 0 1 1 2 4
Haralson 6 5 0 0 11
Harris 1 1 1 1 4
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TABLE NO IX Continued
ADMISSIONS FROM VARIOUS COUNTIES DURING ENDING JUNE 30 1939 FISCAL YEAR
White Colored
M F M F Total
Hart 2 4 1 0 7
Heard 0 1 1 2 4
Henry 2 2 0 2 6
Houston 0 0 0 2 2
Irwin 1 2 0 1 4
Jackson 0 5 0 1 6
Jasper 0 4 0 5
Jefferson 1 1 0 0 2
Jenkins 2 1 2 1 6
Johnson 0 0 1 1 2
Jones 1 1 3 0 5
Lamar 2 1 2 1 6
Lanier 1 0 0 0 1
Laurens 5 0 1 2 8
Lee 0 0 0 1 1
Liberty 0 1 0 1 2
Lincoln 2 0 0 1 3
Long 1 0 0 0 1
Lowndes 2 3 2 2 9
Lumpkin 0 1 0 0 1
McDuffie 1 1 3 1 6
McIntosh 0 0 1 1 2
Macon 0 2 2 1 5
Madison 3 1 0 1 S
Meriwether 1 2 1 0 4
Miller 0 1 0 1 2
Mitchell 1 1 5 2 9
Monroe 0 0 1 0 1
Montgomery 2 0 0 1 3
Morgan S 2 2 1 10
Murray 2 2 0 0 4
Muscogee 7 12 7 8 34
Newton 3 4 2 1 10
Oconee 1 0 0 0 1
Oglethorpe 1 2 0 0 3
Paulding 2 2 0 1 5
Peach 1 3 4 2 10
Pickens 0 2 0 0 2
Pierce 3 1 2 0 6
Pike 1 1 0 1 3
Polk 5 4 1 1 11
Pulaski 3 2 1 0 6
Putnam 1 0 2 1 4
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TABLE NO IX Continued
ADMISSIONS FROM VARIOUS COUNTIES DURING FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30 1939
White Colored
M F M F Total
Rabun 0 0 0 2
Randolph 1 2 6 10
Richmond 3 2 7 19
Rockdale 3 1 1 7
Screven 0 1 3 4
Seminole 4 1 0 6
Spalding 8 3 5 23
Stephens 1 0 0 2
Stewart 1 0 4 5
Sumter 0 2 5 8
Talbot 1 1 1 S
Taliaferro 1 1 0 3
Tattnall 1 0 0 2
Taylor 0 0 2 3
Telfair 3 1 1 8
Terrell 3 0 1 6
Thomas 5 3 3 15
Tift 9 0 0 13
Todmbs 1 0 2 5
Treutlen 1 0 1 2
Troup 5 0 3 13
Turner 1 0 1 4
Twiggs 1 2 3 6
Union 3 0 0 3
Upson 5 0 0 6
Walker 4 0 0 8
Walton 2 2 0 10
Ware 1 1 0 4
Warren 1 1 3 5
Washington 1 4 1 9
Wayne 1 2 0 6
Webster 1 1 1 3
Wheeler 0 1 0 3
Whitfield 5 0 0 13
Wilcox 6 0 2 11
Wilkes 0 2 1 4
Wilkinson 1 1 0 8
Worth 2 0 1 5
Total 387 197 208 1176
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TABLE NO X STATE HOSPITAL
NATIVITY OF ALL PATIENTS ADMITTED DURING FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30 1939
White Colored
M F M F Total
Alabama 17 13 5 5 40
Arkansas 1 0 0 0 1
Azores 1 0 0 0 1
Canada 1 0 0 0 1
Colorado 0 1 0 0 1
Cuba 0 0 1 0 1
Egypt 0 0 1 0 1
Florida 1 1 1 5 8
Georgia 336 345 174 191 1046
Indiana 1 0 0 0 1
Massachusetts 1 0 0 0 1
Michigan 0 1 0 0 1
Mississippi 1 0 1 0 2
Minnesota 0 1 0 0 1
Norway 1 0 0 0 1
North Carolina 4 3 1 1 9
Not given 1 0 1 0 2
Oklahoma 0 0 0 1 1
Ohio 1 1 0 0 2
Pennsylvania 1 0 0 0 1
Russia 1 0 0 0 1
South Carolina 4 9 9 4 26
Tennessee 7 10 0 0 17
Texas 1 1 1 0 3
Utah 0 1 0 0 1
Virginia 2 0 1 0 3
Washington D C 0 0 1 0 1
West Indies 1 0 0 0 1
West Virginia 0 0 0 1 1
Total 384 387 197 208 1176
STATE OF GEORGIA
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TABLE NO XI STATE HOSPITAL
CLASSIFIED OCCUPATION OF PATIENTS ADMITTED DURING FISCAL YEAR
ENDING JUNE 30 1939
White Colored
M F M F Total
Agriculture Forestry and Animal Industry
Farmers 117 3 53 4 177
Farm laborers 0 0 7 8 15
Saw mill laborers 0 0 2 0 2
Turpentine laborers 0 0 3 0 3
Professional
Dentist 1 0 0 0 1
Lawyer 1 0 0 0 1
Ministers 3 0 1 0 4
Nurses 0 2 0 0 2
Teachers 1 2 0 1 4
Manufacturing and Mechanical Pursuits
Blacksmith 2 0 0 0 2
Brick yard laborer 0 0 1 0 1
Carpenters 8 0 3 0 11
Concrete worker 0 0 1 0 1
Cotton gin operator 1 0 0 0 1
Electrician 1 0 0 0 1
Laborers 10 0 25 6 41
Machinist 1 0 0 0 1
Marble worker 1 0 0 0 1
Mechanic 2 0 0 0 2
Painter 4 0 0 0 4
Textile workers 7 8 0 0 15
Domestic and Personal Service
Barber 3 0 0 0 3
Butler 1 0 2 0 3
Caddie 0 0 1 0 1
Cafe operator 0 0 0 1 1
Clerks 6 3 0 0 9
Cooks 0 0 0 9 9
Dry cleaner 1 0 0 0 1
Grocery clerk 1 0 0 0 1
Housekeepers 0 164 0 56 220
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TABLE NO XI Continued
CLASSIFIED OCCUPATION OF PATIENTS ADMITTED DURING FISCAL YEAR
ENDING JUNE 30 1939
White Colored
M F M F Total
Janitor 0 0 1 0 1
Maids 0 0 0 9 9
Night watchman 3 0 0 0 3
Porter 0 0 2 0 2
Post office clerk 1 1 0 0 2
Presser cleaning club 0 0 1 0 1
Seamstress 0 1 0 0 1
Telephone operator 0 1 0 0 1
Waiter jg 0 0 1 0 1
Washerwomen 0 0 0 7 7
Minerals
Filling station operator 2 0 0 0 2
Trade and Transportation
Banker 1 0 0 0 1
Jeweler 1 0 0 0 1
R R Agent 1 0 0 0 1
R R Foreman 1 0 0 0 1
R R Traffic agent 1 0 0 0 1
Printer 1 0 0 0 1
Taxi driver 1 0 0 0 1
Truck driver 0 0 1 0 1
Merchants 7 1 0 0 8
Salesmen 3 0 0 0 3
Stenographers 0 1 0 0 1
Miscellaneous
Convict guard 1 0 0 0 1
Messenger boys 2 0 0 0 2
None 176 199 92 105 572
Not given 0 0 1 0 1
Retired 1 0 0 0 1
Students 4 1 0 1 6
Upholsterers 2 0 0 0 2
W P A workers 3 0 0 0 3
Total 38 387 198 207 1176
STATE OF GEORGIA
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TABLE NO XII STATE HOSPITAL
AGES OF FIRST ADMISSIONS DURING FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30 1939 CLASSIFIED WITH REFERENCE TO PRINCIPAL PSYCHOSIS WHITE MALE POPULATION
Psychosis Un der 20 20 to 30 30 to 40 40 to 50 50 to 60 60 to 70 Ove i 70 Not Given To tal
Traumatic 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3
Senile 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 0 11
With cerebral arteriosclerosis 0 0 0 1 5 17 10 0 33
With syphilitic meningoencephalitis 0 1 12 10 7 0 0 0 30
With other forms of syphilis of the central nervous system 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Associated with organic changes of the nervous system 0 4 2 3 1 0 0 0 10
Due to new growth brain tumor 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Due to alcohol 0 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 7
Due to drugs 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
With other infectious disease 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Due to other metabolic etc disease 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 4
Involutional melancholia 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
With other diseases of circulation 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Manic depressive 7 21 17 11 17 9 1 0 83
Dementia praecox 1 17 9 1 1 1 0 0 30
Paranoid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
With convulsive disorder epilepsy 4 6 4 1 2 0 0 0 17
Psychoneurosis 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
With psychopathic personality 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
With mental deficiency 5 9 4 1 2 0 0 0 21
Unclassified 1 2 3 1 3 2 1 0 13
Not insane 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
Alcohol addictnot insane 1 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 7
Drug addictnot insane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mental deficiencynot insane 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Psychopathic personalitynot insane 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3
Total 22 65 65 36 40 31 23 0 282
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TABLE NO XIIA STATE HOSPITAL
AGES OF FIRST ADMISSIONS DURING FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30 1939 CLASSIFIED WITH REFERENCE TO PRINCIPAL PSYCHOSIS WHITE FEMALE POPULATION
Psychosis Un der 20 20 to 30 30 to 40 40 to 50 50 to 60 60 to Over Not 70 70 Given To tal
Traumatic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Senile 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 5
With cerebral arteriosclerosis 0 0 0 0 4 5 2 0 11
With syphilitic meningoencephalitis 0 1 7 2 1 0 0 0 11
With other forms of syphilis of the central nervous system 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Associated with organic changes of the nervous system 0 3 2 4 0 0 0 0 9
Due to new growth brain tumor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Due to alcohol 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Due to drugs 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 4
With other infectious disease 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Due to other metabolic etc disease 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 6
Involutional melancholia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
With other disturbance of circulation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Manic depressive 2 33 31 25 19 2 2 0 114
Dementia praecox 2 17 9 11 4 0 11 0 54
Paranoid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
With convulsive disorder epilepsy 6 4 3 0 1 2 0 0 16
Psychoneurosis 2 1 1 4 1 2 0 0 11
With psychopathic personality 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
With mental deficiency 4 6 6 4 1 1 0 0 22
Unclassified 2 3 6 3 1 1 0 0 16
Not insane 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Alcohol addictnot insane 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Drug addictnot insane 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Mental deficiencynot insane 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 3
Psychopathic personalitynot insane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 19 73 70 59 33 16 17 0 287
STATE OF GEORGIA
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TABLE NO XIIB STATE HOSPITAL
AGES OF FIRST ADMISSIONS DURING FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30 1939 CLASSIFIED WITH REFERENCE TO PRINCIPAL PSYCHOSIS
COLORED MALE POPULATION
Psychosis Un der 20 20 to 30 30 to 40 40 to 50 50 to 60 60 to Over 70 70 l Not Given To tal
Traumatic 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
Senile 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3
With cerebral arteriosclerosis 0 0 0 2 3 8 3 0 16
With syphilitic meningoencephalitis 1 2 10 9 9 4 0 0 35
With other forms of syphilis of the central
nervous system 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Associated with organic changes of the
nervous system 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 6
Due to new growth brain tumor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Due to alcohol 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Due to drugs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
With other infectious disease 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Due to other metabolic etc disease 0 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 7
Involutional melancholia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
With other diseases of circulation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Manic depressive s 18 14 4 5 3 0 0 49
Dementia praecox 2 6 3 4 0 0 1 0 16
Paranoid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
With convulsive disorder epilepsy 4 8 1 0 1 0 0 0 14
Psychoneurosis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
With psychopathic personalitv 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
With mental deficiency 8 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 15
Unclassified 0 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 7
Not insane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Alcohol addictnot insane 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Drug addictnot insane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mental deficiencynot insane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Psychopathic personalitynot insane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 21 42 37 25 25 19 4 0 173
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TABLE NO XIIC STATE HOSPITAL
AGES OF FIRST ADMISSIONS DURING FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30 1939 CLASSIFIED WITH REFERENCE TO PRINCIPAL PSYCHOSIS COLORED FEMALE POPULATION
Un 20 30 40 SO 60
der to to to to to Over Not To
Psychosis 20 30 40 50 60 70 70 Given tal
Traumatic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Senile 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 6
With cerebral arteriosclerosis 0 0 0 3 6 5 4 0 18
With syphilitic meningoencephalitis 0 5 7 7 4 0 0 0 23
With other forms of syphilis of the central nervous system 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Associated with organic changes of the nervous system 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Due to new growth brain tumor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Due to alcohol 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Due to drugs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
With other infectious disease 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Due to other metabolic etc disease 0 0 2 4 1 0 0 0 7
Involutional melancholia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
With other diseases of circulation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Manic depressive 8 33 20 15 5 1 0 0 82
Dementia praecox 2 3 7 7 2 0 0 0 21
Paranoid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
With convulsive disorder epilepsy 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
Psychoneurosis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
With psychopathic personality 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
With mental deficiency 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 7
Unclassified 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Not insane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Alcohol addictnot insane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Drug addictnot insane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mental deficiencynot insane 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Psychopathic personalitynot insane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 18 49 38 38 20 6 5 1 175
STATE OF GEORGIA
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TABLE NO XIII STATE HOSPITAL
DEGREE OF EDUCATION OF FIRST ADMISSIONS DURING FISCAL YEAR
ENDING JUNE 30 1939
CLASSIFIED WITH REFERENCE TO PRINCIPAL PSYCHOSIS WHITE MALE POPULATION
Psrchosis
Traumatic
Senile
With cerebral arteriosclerosis
With syphilitic meningoencephalitis
With other forms of syphilis of the central
nervous system
Associated with organic changes of the
nervous system
Due to new growth brain tumor
Due to alcohol
Due to drugs
With other infectious disease
Due to other metabolic etc disease
Involutional melancholia
With other diseases of circulation
Manic depressive
Dementia praecox
Paranoid
With convulsive disorder epilepsy
Psychoneurosis
With psychopathic personality
With mental deficiency
Unclassified
Not insane
Alcohol addictnot insane
Drug addictnot insane
Mental deficiencynot insane
Psychopathic personalitynot insane
o
None Reads Onl Reads and Writes Common School High Schoi College Not Given Total
0 0 0 2 1 0 0 3
2 1 2 5 0 1 0 h
0 0 9 18 4 2 0 33
2 0 6 17 2 3 0 30
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 4 3 2 1 0 10
0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
0 0 1 4 2 0 0 7
0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 0 2 0 0 1 0 4
0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
1 0 15 48 14 5 0 83
1 0 6 11 10 2 0 30
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 0 8 7 0 0 0 17
0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 0 6 3 0 0 0 21
1 0 4 6 2 0 0 13
0 0 0 1 2 0 0 3
0 0 0 6 0 1 0 7
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
0 0 1 1 1 0 0 3
22 2 66 133 42 17 0 282
Total
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TABLE NO XIIIA STATE HOSPITAL
DEGREE OF EDUCATION OF FIRST ADMISSIONS DURING FISCAL YEAR
ENDING JUNE 30 1939
CLASSIFIED WITH REFERENCE TO PRINCIPAL PSYCHOSIS WHITE FEMALE POPULATION
Psychosis None Reads Only Reads and Writes Common School High School College Not Given Total
Traumatic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Senile 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 5
With cerebral arteriosclerosis 0 1 4 5 0 1 0 11
With syphilitic meningoencephalitis 0 0 0 7 4 0 0 11
With other forms of syphilis of the central nervous system 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Associated with organic changes of the nervous system 1 0 2 4 2 0 0 9
Due to new growth brain tumor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Due to alcohol 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Due to drugs 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 4
With other infectious disease 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Due to other metabolic etc disease 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 6
Involutional melancholia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
With other disturbance of circulation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Manic depressive 2 0 17 64 24 7 0 114
Dementia praecox 2 0 4 23 12 3 0 44
Paranoid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
With convulsive disorder epilepsy 1 1 5 9 0 0 0 16
Psychoneurosis 0 0 0 7 4 0 0 11
With psychopathic personality 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
With mental deficiency 10 1 7 4 0 0 0 22
Unclassified 1 1 2 8 4 0 0 16
Not insane 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Alcohol addictnot insane 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2
Drug addictnot insane 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Mental deficiencynot insane 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Psychopathic personalitynot insane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 20 4 44 143 54 12 0 277
STATE OF GEORGIA
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TABLE NO XIIIB STATE HOSPITAL
DEGREE OF EDUCATION OF FIRST ADMISSIONS DURING FISCAL YEAR
ENDING JUNE 30 1939
CLASSIFIED WITH REFERENCE TO PRINCIPAL PSYCHOSIS COLORED MALE POPULATION

o
Psychosis c a O S a a a 03 c o So gJi c o CO a W 0 W v u 0 13
P4 O Oce s o U o z o b
Traumatic 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2
Senile 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 3
With cerebral arteriosclerosis 10 0 2 3 1 0 0 16
With syphilitic meningoencephalitis 12 0 IS 7 0 0 1 35
With other forms of syphilis of the central
nervous system 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Associated with organic changes of the
nervous system 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 6
Due to new growth brain tumor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Due to alcohol 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Due to drugs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
With other infectious disease 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Due to other metabolic etc disease 1 0 5 1 0 0 0 7
Involutional melancholia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
With other diseases of circulation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Manic depressive 9 0 31 8 0 1 0 49
Dementia praecox 4 0 9 2 0 1 0 16
Paranoid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
With convulsive disorder epilepsy 5 1 5 3 0 0 0 14
Psychoneurosis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
With psychopathic personality 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
With mental deficiency 12 0 3 0 0 0 0 15
Unclassified 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 7
Not insane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Alcohol addictnot insane 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 l
Drug addictnot insane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mental deficiencynot insane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Psychopathic personalitynot insane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 61 1 78 27 2 3 1 173
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TABLE NO XIIIC STATE HOSPITAL
DEGREE OF EDUCATION OF FIRST ADMISSIONS DURING FISCAL YEAR
ENDING JUNE 30 1939
CLASSIFIED WITH REFERENCE TO PRINCIPAL PSYCHOSIS COLORED FEMALE POPULATION
Psychosis None Reads Only Reads and Writes Common School High Schoo College Not Given Total
Traumatic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Senile 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 6
With cerebral arteriosclerosis 11 0 6 1 0 0 0 18
With syphilitic meningoencephalitis 6 0 11 5 0 1 0 23
With other forms of syphilis of the central nervous system 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Associated with organic changes of the nervous system 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 3
Due to new growth brain tumor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Due to alcohol 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Due to drugs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
With other infectious disease 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Due to other metabolic etc disease 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 7
Involutional melancholia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
With other diseases of circulation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Manic depressive 16 1 31 24 9 1 0 82
Dementia praecox 7 0 8 3 1 2 0 21
Paranoid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
With convulsive disorder epilepsy 3 0 2 2 0 0 0 7
Psychoneurosis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
With psychopathic personality 0 0 0 O 0 0 0 0
With mental deficiency 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 7
Unclassified 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Not insane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Alcohol addictnot insane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Drug addictnot insane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mental deficiencynot insane 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Psychopathic personalitynot insane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Total 56 1 69 35 10 4 0 175
STATE OF GEORGIA
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TABLE NO XIV STATE HOSPITAL
ENVIRONMENT OF FIRST ADMISSIONS DURING FISCAL YEAR ENDING
JUNE 30 1939
CLASSIFIED WITH REFERENCE TO PRINCIPAL PSYCHOSIS WHITE POPULATION
Male Female
Psychosis Urban Rural o Z Total Urban Rural o Z Total
Traumatic 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 0
Senile 3 8 0 11 3 2 0 5
With cerebral arteriosclerosis 17 16 0 33 4 7 0 11
With syphilitic meningoencephalitis 19 11 0 30 7 4 0 11
With other forms of syphilis of the central nervous system 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Associated with organic changes of the nervous system 6 4 0 10 4 5 0 9
Due to new growth brain tumor 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Due to alcohol 4 3 0 7 0 0 0 0
Due to drugs 0 2 0 2 4 0 0 4
With other infectious disease 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Due to other metabolic etc disease 2 2 0 4 3 3 0 6
Involutional melancholia 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
With other disturbance of circulation 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Manic depressive 41 42 0 83 48 66 0 114
Dementia praecox 14 16 0 30 26 18 0 44
Paranoid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
With convulsive disorder epilepsy 8 9 0 17 7 9 0 16
Psychoneurosis 0 1 0 1 8 3 0 11
With psychopathic personality 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
With mental deficiency 6 15 0 21 9 13 0 22
Unclassified 6 7 0 13 9 7 0 16
Not insane 2 1 0 3 0 1 0 1
Alcohol addictnot insane 2 5 0 7 2 0 0 2
Drug addictnot insane 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Mental deficiencynot insane 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 3
Psychopathic personalitynot insane 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 0
Total 135 147 0 282 135 142 0 277
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TABLE NO XIVA STATE HOSPITAL
ENVIRONMENT OF FIRST ADMISSIONS DURING FISCAL YEAR ENDING
JUNE 30 1939
CLASSIFIED WITH REFERENCE TO PRINCIPAL PSYCHOSIS COLORED POPULATION
Male Female
Psychosis Urban Rural o 4 o z Total Urban Rural I o Z Total
Traumatic 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Senile 1 2 0 3 3 3 0 6
With cerebral arteriosclerosis 10 6 0 16 8 10 0 18
With syphilitic meningoencephalitis 23 11 1 35 15 8 0 23
With other forms of syphilis of the central nervous system 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Associated with organic changes of the nervous system 2 4 0 6 2 1 0 3
Due to new growth brain tumor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Due to alcohol 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Due to drugs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
With other infectious disease 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Due to other metabolic etc disease 3 4 0 7 3 4 0 7
Involutional melancholia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
With other diseases of circulation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Manic depressive 20 29 0 49 43 39 0 82
Dementia praecox 6 10 0 16 13 8 0 21
Paranoid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
With convulsive disorder epilepsy 9 5 0 14 2 5 0 7
Psychoneurosis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
With psychopathic personality 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
With mental deficiency 4 11 0 15 3 4 0 7
Unclassified 4 3 0 7 0 0 0 0
Not insane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Alcohol addictnot insane 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Drug addictnot insane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mental deficiencynot insane 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Psychopathic personalitynot insane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Total
86 86
1 173
93 82 0 175
STATE OF GEORGIA
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TABLE NO XV STATE HOSPITAL
ECONOMIC CONDITION OF FIRST ADMISSIONS DURING FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30 1939
CLASSIFIED WITH REFERENCE TO PRINCIPAL PSYCHOSIS WHITE POPULATION
Male
Female
O HH a o u u S a m CL Q 0 o z Total S o U 5b St CS s c L a D a O o Z Total
Traumatic 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
Senile 1 4 6 0 11 0 0 5 0 5
With cerebral arteriosclerosis 1 4 28 0 33 0 4 7 0 11
With syphilitic meningoencephalitis 0 2 28 0 30 0 1 10 0 11
With other forms of syphilis of the central nervous system 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Associated with organic changes of the nervous system 0 1 9 0 10 0 0 9 0 9
Due to new growth brain tumor 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Due to alcohol 0 0 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0
Due to drugs 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 4 0 4
With other infectious disease 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Due to other metabolic etc disease 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 6 0 6
Involutional melancholia 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
With other disturbance of circulation 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Manic depressive 6 6 71 0 83 4 6 104 0 114
Dementia praecox 0 1 29 0 30 1 2 41 0 44
Paranoid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
With convulsive disorder epilepsy 1 1 15 0 17 0 0 16 0 16
Psychoneurosis 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 11 0 11
With psychopathic personality 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
With mental deficiency 0 0 21 0 21 0 0 22 0 22
Unclassified 0 0 13 0 13 0 1 15 0 16
Not insane 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 1 0 1
Alcohol addictnot insane 3 2 2 0 7 0 0 2 0 2
Drug addictnot insane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Mental deficiencynot insane 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 3
Psychopathic personalitynot insane 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
Total 12 21 249 0 282 5 14 258 0 277
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TABLE NO XVA STATE HOSPITAL
ECONOMIC CONDITION OF FIRST ADMISSIONS DURING FISCAL YEAR
ENDING JUNE 30 1939
CLASSIFIED WITH REFERENCE TO PRINCIPAL PSYCHOSIS COLORED POPULATION
Male Female
L D
Psychosis Comfortabl Marginal Dependent Not Given Total Comfortabl Marginal Dependent Not Given 1 Total
Traumatic 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
Senile 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 6 0 6
With cerebral arteriosclerosis 0 1 15 0 16 0 1 17 0 18
With syphilitic meningoencephalitis 1 2 32 0 35 0 0 23 0 23
With other forms of syphilis of the central nervous system 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Associated with organic changes of the nervous system 0 0 6 0 6 0 0 3 0 3
Due to new growth brain tumor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Due to alcohol 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Due to drugs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
With other infectious disease 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Due to other metabolic etc disease 0 0 7 0 7 0 0 7 0 7
Involutional melancholia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
With other diseases of circulation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Manic depressive 0 2 47 0 49 1 5 76 0 82
Dementia praecox 0 0 16 0 16 0 1 20 0 21
Paranoid 0 j 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
With convulsive disorder epilepsy 0 1 13 0 14 0 0 7 0 7
Psychoneurosis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
With psychopathic personality 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
With mental deficiency 0 0 15 0 15 0 0 7 0 7
Unclassified 0 0 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0
Not insane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Alcohol addictnot insane 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Drug addictnot insane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mental deficiencynot insane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Psychopathic personalitynot insane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 1 7 165 Q 173 1 7 167 0 175
STATE OF GEORGIA
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TABLE NO XVI STATE HOSPITAL
CIVIL CONDITION OF FIRST ADMISSIONS DURING FISCAL YEAR ENDING
JUNE 30 1939
CLASSIFIED WITH REFERENCE TO PRINCIPAL PSYCHQSIS WHITE MALE POPULATION
Psychosis Single Married Widowed Divorced Separated Not Given Total
Traumatic 2 1 0 0 0 0 3
Senile 0 S 5 0 1 0 11
With cerebral arteriosclerosis 6 21 6 0 0 0 33
With syphilitic meningoencephalitis 5 16 2 1 6 0 30
With other forms of syphilis of the central nervous system 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Associated with organic changes of the nervous system 7 1 0 2 0 0 10
Due to new growth brain tumor 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Due to alcohol 4 3 0 0 0 0 7
Due to drugs 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
With other infectious disease 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Due to other metabolic etc disease 1 3 0 0 0 0 4
Involutional melancholia 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
With other disturbance of circulation 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Manic depressive 33 43 4 1 2 0 83
Dementia praecox 22 6 0 1 1 0 30
Paranoid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
With convulsive disorder epilepsy 14 2 1 0 0 0 17
Psychoneurosis 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
With psychopathic personality 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
With mental deficiency 16 3 0 1 1 0 21
Unclassified 2 9 2 0 0 0 13
Not insane 0 0 1 0 2 0 3
Alcohol addictnot insane 3 3 1 0 0 0 7
Drug addictnot insane 0 0 0 Q 0 0 0
Mental deficiencynot insane 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Psychopathic personalitynot insane 2 1 0 0 0 0 3
Total 118 123 22 6 13 0 282
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TABLE NO XVIA STATE HOSPITAL
CIVIL CONDITION OF FIRST ADMISSIONS DURING FISCAL YEAR ENDING
JUNE 30 1939
CLASSIFIED WITH REFERENCE TO PRINCIPAL PSYCHOSIS WHITE FEMALE POPULATION
Psychosis Single Married Widowed Divorced Separated Not Given Total
Traumatic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Senile 0 1 4 0 0 0 5
With cerebral arteriosclerosis 2 3 5 0 1 0 11
With syphilitic meningoencephalitis 0 6 3 0 2 0 11
With other forms of syphilis of the central nervous system 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Associated with organic changes of the nervous system 5 3 0 0 1 0 9
Due to new growth brain tumor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Due to alcohol 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Due to drugs 0 3 1 0 0 0 4
With other infectious disease 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Due to other metabolic etc disease 0 6 0 0 0 0 6
Involutional melancholia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
With other disturbance of circulation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Manic depressive 17 74 12 4 7 0 114
Dementia praecox 21 14 3 1 5 0 44
Paranoid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
With convulsive disorder epilepsy 8 5 2 1 0 0 16
Psychoneurosis 3 7 1 0 0 0 11
With psychopathic personality 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
With mental deficiency 15 1 3 1 2 0 22
Unclassified 6 7 0 0 3 0 16
Not insane 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Alcohol addictnot insane 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
Drug addictnot insane 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Mental deficiencynot insane 2 0 0 0 1 0 3
Psychopathic personalitynot insane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Total 81 133 34 7 22 0 277
STATE OF GEORGIA
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TABLE NO XVIB STATE HOSPITAL
CIVIL CONDITION OF FIRST ADMISSIONS DURING FISCAL YEAR ENDING
JUNE 30 1939
CLASSIFIED WITH REFERENCE TO PRINCIPAL PSYCHOSIS COLORED MALE POPULATION
Psychosis Single Married Widowed Divorced Separated Not Given Total
Traumatic 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
Senile 0 2 1 0 0 0 3
With cerebral arteriosclerosis 2 7 4 0 3 0 16
With syphilitic meningoencephalitis 4 14 6 9 0 35
With other forms of syphilis of the central nervous system 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Associated with organic changes of the nervous system 3 2 0 0 0 1 6
Due to new growth brain tumor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Due to alcohol 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Due to drugs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
With other infectious disease 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Due to other metabolic etc disease 4 2 1 0 0 0 7
Involutional melancholia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
With other diseases of circulation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Manic depressive 14 21 4 1 9 0 49
Dementia praecox 11 1 1 0 3 0 16
Paranoid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
With convulsive disorder epilepsy 11 0 1 0 2 0 14
Psychoneurosis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
With psychopathic personality 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
With mental deficiency 12 1 1 0 1 0 15
Unclassified 4 1 1 0 1 0 7
Not insane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Alcohol addictnot insane 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1
Drug addictnot insane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mental deficiencynot insane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Psychopathic personalitynot insane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total
66 53 20
3 30 1
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TABLE NO XVIC STATE HOSPITAL
CIVIL CONDITION OF FIRST ADMISSIONS DURING FISCAL YEAR ENDING
JUNE 30 1939
CLASSIFIED WITH REFERENCE TO PRINCIPAL PSYCHOSIS COLORED FEMALE POPULATION
Psychosis
Traumatic
Senile
With cerebral arteriosclerosis
With syphilitic meningoencephalitis
With other forms of syphilis of the central
nervous system
Associated with organic changes of the
nervous system
Due to new growth brain tumor
Due to alcohol
Due to drugs
With other infectious disease
Due to other metabolic etc disease
Involutional melancholia
With other diseases of circulation
Manic depressive
Dementia praecox
Paranoid
With convulsive disorder epilepsy
Psychoneurosis
With psychopathic personality
With mental deficiency
Unclassified
Not insane
Alcohol addictnot insane
Drug addictnot insane
Mental deficiencynot insane
Psychopathic personalitynot insane
Single Married Widowed Divorced Separated Not Given Total
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 2 3 0 0 1 6
3 5 9 0 1 0 18
4 6 5 1 7 0 23
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 0 0 0 1 0 3
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 2 1 0 2 0 7
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 36 8 0 9 0 82
9 2 4 2 4 0 21
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 1 0 1 0 0 7
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 1 1 0 1 0 7
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 0 0 0 0 0 1
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total
59 55 31
4 25
1
175
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TABLE NO XVII STATE HOSPITAL
AGES OF PATIENTS AT TIME OF DEATH DURING FISCAL YEAR ENDING
JUNE 30 1939
CLASSIFIED WITH REFERENCE TO PRINCIPAL PSYCHOSIS WHITE MALE POPULATION
Psychosis Under 2 20 to 30 30 to 40 40 to 50 50 to 60 60 to 70 Over 70 O o Z Total
Traumatic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Senile 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 11 0 13
With cerebral arteriosclerosis 0 0 0 2 4 16 15 0 37
With syphilitic meningoencephalitis 0 0 4 3 6 2 1 0 16
With other forms of syphilis of the central nervous system 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Associated with organic changes of the nervous system 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 4
Due to new growth brain tumor 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Due to alcohol 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Due to drugs 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
With other disturbance of circulation 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2
Due to other metabolic etc disease 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 3
Involutional melancholia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Manic depressive 0 1 2 2 6 4 1 0 16
Dementia praecox 0 0 4 3 6 7 5 2 27
Paranoid 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 3
With convulsive disorder epilepsy 2 3 2 1 0 1 1 1 11
Psychoneurosis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
With psychopathic personality 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
With mental deficiency 2 1 2 1 1 2 6 1 16
Unclassified 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 4
Total 4 6 16 16 26 39 43 4 154
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TABLE NO XVIIA STATE HOSPITAL
AGES OF PATIENTS AT TIME OF DEATH DURING FISCAL YEAR ENDING
JUNE 30 1939
CLASSIFIED WITH REFERENCE TO PRINCIPAL PSYCHOSIS WHITE FEMALE POPULATION
Psychosis Under 2 20 to 30 30 to 40 40 to 50 50 to 60 60 to 70 Over 70 O o Total
Traumatic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Senile 0 0 0 0 1 2 10 0 13
With cerebral arteriosclerosis 0 0 0 0 2 5 6 0 13
With syphilitic meningoencephalitis 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 5
With other forms of syphilis of the central nervous system 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Associated with organic changes of the nervous system 0 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 6
Due to new growth brain tumor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Due to alcohol 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Due to drugs 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
With other disturbance of circulation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
With other infectious disease 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Due to other metabolic etc disease 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Involutional melancholia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Manic depressive 0 0 3 7 7 4 5 1 27
Dementia praecox 0 3 5 1 3 8 5 1 26
Paranoid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
With convulsive disorder epilepsy 0 1 3 1 3 0 2 0 10
Psychoneurosis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
With psychopathic personality 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
With mental deficiency 0 2 0 3 2 1 0 0 8
Unclassified 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 4
Total 0 9 20 13 19 22 29 2 114
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TABLE NO XVIIB STATE HOSPITAL
AGES OF PATIENTS AT TIME OF DEATH DURING FISCAL YEAR ENDING
JUNE 30 1939
CLASSIFIED WITH REFERENCE TO PRINCIPAL PSYCHOSIS COLORED MALE POPULATION
Psychosis Under 20 20 to 30 30 to 40 40 to 50 50 to 60 60 to 70 Over 70 Not Given Total
Traumatic 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Senile 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 4
With cerebral arteriosclerosis 0 0 0 0 6 7 4 0 17
With syphilitic meningoencephalitis 0 3 7 5 8 2 0 0 25
With other forms of syphilis of the central nervous system 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Associated with organic changes of the nervous system 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Due to new growth brain tumor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Due to alcohol 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Due to drugs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
With other diseases of circulation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
With other infectious disease 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Due to other metabolic etc disease 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
Involutional melancholia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Manic depressive 0 0 5 0 2 5 2 0 14
Dementia praecox 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 4
Paranoid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
With convulsive disorder epilepsy 0 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 7
Psychoneurosis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
With psychopathic personality 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
With mental deficiency 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 6
Unclassified 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2
Total 1 7 15 12 20 18 10 0 83
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TABLE NO XVIIC STATE HOSPITAL
AGES OF PATIENTS AT TIME OF DEATH DURING FISCAL YEAR ENDING
JUNE 30 1939
CLASSIFIED WITH REFERENCE TO PRINCIPAL PSYCHOSIS COLORED FEMALE POPULATION
c
Psychosis Under 2 20 to 30 30 to 40 40 to 50 50 to 60 60 to 70 Over 70 0 o z Total
Traumatic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Senile 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 3
With cerebral arteriosclerosis 0 0 0 3 5 3 1 0 12
With syphilitic meningoencephalitis 0 2 8 2 0 0 0 0 12
With other forms of syphilis of the central nervous system 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Associated with organic changes of the nervous system 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Due to new growth brain tumor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Due to alcohol 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Due to drugs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
With other infectious disease 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
With other disturbance of circulation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Due to other metabolic etc disease 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
Involutional melancholia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Manic depressive 0 6 5 5 3 1 2 0 22
Dementia praecox 0 3 6 3 2 3 1 1 19
Paranoid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
With convulsive disorder epilepsy 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 4
Psychoneurosis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
With psychopathic personality 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
With mental deficiency 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 5
Unclassified 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 1 16 22 16 10 8 6 1 80
STATE OF GEORGIA
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TABLE NO XVIII STATE HOSPITAL
DURATION OF HOSPITAL RESIDENCE OF PATIENTS DYING IN HOSPITAL DURING FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30 1939
CLASSIFIED WITH REFERENCE TO PRINCIPAL PSYCHOSIS
WHITE MALE POPULATION
Psychosis
Traumatic
Senile
With cerebral arteriosclerosis
With syphilitic meningoencephalitis
With other forms of syphilis of the central
nervous system
Associated with organic changes of the
nervous system
Due to new growth brain tumor
Due to alcohol
Due to drugs
With other disturbance of circulation
Due to other metabolic etc disease
Involutional melancholia
Manic depressive
Dementia praecox
Paranoid
With convulsive disorder epilepsy
Psychoneurosis
With psychopathic personality
With mental deficiency
Unclassified
Under 1 Mo 1 to 6 Mos 6 to 12 Mos 1 to 2 Yrs 2 to 5 Yrs 5 to 10 Yrs 10 to 20 Yrs Over 20 Yrs Total
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 2 1 2 3 0 1 0 13
3 2 6 9 12 5 0 0 37
1 3 0 2 6 4 0 0 16
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 4
0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 1 3 4 4 1 2 0 16
0 0 1 4 3 2 6 11 27
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
0 1 0 1 1 3 2 3 11
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 1 0 2 1 2 4 6 16
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Total
16 12 11 25 34 17 16 23
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TABLE NO XVIIIA STATE HOSPITAL
DURATION OF HOSPITAL RESIDENCE OF PATIENTS DYING IN HOSPITAL DURING FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30 1939
CLASSIFIED WITH REFERENCE TO PRINCIPAL PSYCHOSIS
WHITE FEMALE POPULATION
Psychosis Under 1 Mo 1 to 6 Mos 6 to 12 Mos 1 to 2 Yrs 2 to 5 Yrs 5 to 10 Yrs 10 to 20 Yrs Over 20 Yrs Total
Traumatic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Senile 0 3 0 2 3 1 3 1 13
With cerebral arteriosclerosis 2 1 1 3 3 2 1 0 13
With syphilitic meningoencephalitis 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 5
With other forms of syphilis of the central nervous system 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Associated with organic changes of the nervous system 1 I 0 0 1 1 2 0 6
Due to new growth brain tumor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Due to alcohol 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Due to drugs 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
With other disturbance of circulation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
With other infectious disease 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Due to other metabolic etc disease 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Involutional melancholia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Manic depressive 3 0 1 3 6 6 5 3 27
Dementia praecox 1 1 0 0 4 4 7 9 26
Paranoid 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
With convulsive disorder epilepsy 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 5 10
Psychoneurosis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
With psychopathic personality 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
With mental deficiency 0 0 1 0 2 2 2 1 8
Unclassified 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
Total 12 6 3 8 24 19 22 20 114
STATE OF GEORGIA
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DURATION OF HOSPITAL RESIDENCE OF PATIENTS DYING IN HOSPITAL DURING FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30 1939
CLASSIFIED WITH REFERENCE TO PRINCIPAL PSYCHOSIS
COLORED MALE POPULATION
Psychosis Under 1 Mo 1 to 6 Mos 6 to 12 Mos 1 to 2 Y rs 2 to 5 Y rs 5 to 10 Yrs 10 to 20 Yrs Over 20 Yrs Total
Traumatic 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Senile 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 4
With cerebral arteriosclerosis 1 4 2 5 3 2 0 0 17
With syphilitic meningoencephalitis 1 10 3 6 5 0 0 0 25
With other forms of syphilis of the central nervous system 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Associated with organic changes of the nervous system 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Due to new growth brain tumor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Due to alcohol 0 0 0 0 Q 0 0 0 0
Due to drugs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
With other diseases of circulation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
With other infectious disease 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Due to other metabolic etc disease 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Involutional melancholia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Manic depressive 1 1 1 1 5 1 4 0 14
Dementia praecox 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
Paranoid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
With convulsive disorder epilepsy 0 0 2 1 1 2 1 0 7
Psychoneurosis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
With psychopathic personality 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
With mental deficiency 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 6
Unclassified 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2
Total 3 20 9 17 17 9 7 1 83
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TABLE NO XVIIIC STATE HOSPITAL
DURATION OF HOSPITAL RESIDENCE OF PATIENTS DYING IN HOSPITAL DURING FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30 1939
CLASSIFIED WITH REFERENCE TO PRINCIPAL PSYCHOSIS
COLORED FEMALE POPULATION
Psychosis Under 1 Mo 1 to 6 Mos 6 to 12 Mos 1 to 2 Yrs U u vo O 5 to 10 Yrs 10 to 20 Yrs Over 20 Yrs Total
Traumatic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Senile 0 0 0 1 l 0 1 0 3
With cerebral arteriosclerosis 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 0 12
With syphilitic meningoencephalitis 2 3 3 1 3 0 0 0 12
With other forms of syphilis of the central nervous system 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Associated with organic changes of the nervous system 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Due to new growth brain tumor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Due to alcohol 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Due to drugs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
With other disturbance of circulation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
With other infectious disease 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Due to other metabolic etc disease 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
Involutional melancholia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Manic depressive 4 s 1 1 2 3 4 2 22
Dementia praecox 0 0 1 0 9 2 4 3 19
Paranoid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
With convulsive disorder epilepsy 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 4
Psychoneurosis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
With psychopathic personality 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
With mental deficiency 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 5
Unclassified 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 8 13 8 8 18 9 11 5 80
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GEORGIA TRAINING SCHOOL FOR MENTAL DEFECTIVES ANNUAL REPORT
By Edward W Schwall M D Superintendent
The total population of the Institution on June 30th was three hundred and one a decrease of thirtyfive cases from the total enrollment of the previous year Sixteen cases were received during the year two of which were radmissions and fiftyone cases were discharged The average daily population for the entire year was 3196 All of the new cases admitted were in the Imbecile and Moron groups and are considered trainable Seven of these were from Rural districts and seven from Urban environment
Despite the fact that approximately onethird of the entire population only can be classed as custodial many of the cases being bedridden and extremely susceptible to various infections no deaths occurred during the year and there were only a few serious illnesses
With the installation of modern dental equipment mentioned in my report for the previous fiscal year and the increase of the dentists time from four to five half days per month there has been a decided increase in the number of cases treated at the dental clinic There were four hundred and eightynine visits to the dentist during the year Restorations numbered three hundred and sixtythree miscellaneous treatments three hundred and sixtytwo and extractions fortythree Due to better oral hygiene the number of cases of Vincents and other oral infections has been reduced
The School Department operated throughout the year with an average daily attendance of one hundred and ten A supply of free text books contributed greatly to the schools success and was largely responsible for the increased attendance Many of the Inmates have made rapid progress in school during the past year
In addition to the school work the girls are taught housekeeping meal planning cooking sewing embroidery hemstitching and operation of telephone exchange and laundry The boys are taught farming gardening and dairying in addition to regular school work
By selecting cases for admission from the trainable group that is those having enough mentality to derive some benefit from the training given at the Institution it is possible with a few years training to turn the greater part of these cases back into the community capable of supporting themselves at least partially and many wholly Onethird of the present population is composed of the untrainable custodial type cases and unless future admission of this type are restricted the Institution soon will be unable to admit or discharge a single case and it can then only be considered a custodial Institution which is I think contrary to the intent of the Legislative Act creating The Training School for Mental Defectives Trainable cases on the waiting list June 30 1939 numbered three hundred and seventynine Unless something is done soon to care for these cases many of them will have become too old to derive any benefit from the training given here
The milk supply has been ample for the Institution and it has not been necessary to purchase any milk or butter during the year
New construction at the Institution has been confined to the erection of a fifty bed fireproof Hospital Building under WPA Work began in October 1938 and the building should be completed by December 1939 The total cost of the building will be approximately 9000000 Of this amount the Institutions share is 2900000 for material and 200000 architectural services 1100000 of this amount has been paid from the Insti
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tutions maintenance appropriation and the remaining 2000000 is being paid from a fund derived from the sale of W A rentals
A project has been approved by the WPA covering the construction of a fireproof Dormitory to care for the bedridden custodial cases now housed in two frame dormitories I hope that money can be secured for this project as I feel that sooner or later there will be a disastrous fire at the Institution and many lives may be lost in these frame structures
The financial condition of the Institution is good at present in spite of the fact that appropriations for the fiscal year have been extremely low and on a 56 basis for the past six months The cash balance on June 30 1939 was 924948 with accounts payable of 195102 leaving an actual balance of 729847 Of this amount the sum of 569317 was derived from the sale of cotton in June 1939
GEORGIA TRAINING SCHOOL FOR MENTAL DEFECTIVES STATISTICAL REPORT JULY 1 1938 TO JUNE 30 1939 TABLE 1
3 Institution plant
Value of institution property
Real estate buildings and equipment 21916043
Current Inventory 1472997
Total acreage of main institution property
Owned
Rented
Colonies
Total acreage under cultivation 515
Officers and employees
Males Females Total
Superintendents 0 1
Other Staff Physicians Senior Interne 1 0 1
Psychologists 1 1
Resident Dentists part time 0 1
Chaplain 1 o 1
Teachers of grade subjects 1 1
Teachers of special subjects 0 0 0
Social Workers 0 0
Stewardess food 0 1 1
Dining Room Matrons 0 2 2
Graduate Nurses 0 0
Matrons and Attendants 4 6 10
Laundry Matron 0 1 1
Night Watchman and Supervisors 1 2 3
Yard Supervisor 0 1
Dairyman 0 1
Carpenter 0 1
Farmers 0 2
All Others 2 12
24 16 40
Includes 9 colored day laborers that work on the farm as needed
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1 On books of institution at beginning of July 1938
Males Females Total
In institution 142 194 336
Away from institution 0 0 0
Total 142 194 336
Received during year July 1 1938June 30 1939 6 10 16

Total on books July 1 1938June 30 1939 148 204 352
Discharged a Into community 22 29 51
b To all other institutions 0 0 0
c Died 0 0 0
126 175 301
Total number of patients June 30 1939 301
The average daily population from July 1 1938June 30 1939 was 3196
TABLE 2MENTAL STATUS OF FIRST ADMISSIONS AND READMISSIONS
JULY 1st 1938JUNE 30th 1939
Total 1st Admissions Radmissions
MENTAL STATUS Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total
Idiot 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Imbecile 3 4 7 2 4 6 1 0 1
Moron 3 6 9 3 5 8 0 1 1
Total 6 10 16 5 9 14 1 1 2
CENSUS OF PATIENT POPULATION JULY 1 1938JUNE 30 1939
IN INSTITUTION Males Females Total
Feebleminded not epileptics 120 166 286
Feebleminded epileptics 6 9 15
Epileptics not feebleminded 0 0 0
Others specify 0 0 0
126 175 301
There are no colored patients in the institution
TABLE 3AGE OF FIRST ADMISSIONS CLASSIFIED WITH REFERENCE TO MENTAL STATUSJULY 1st 1938JUNE 30th 1939
Total Idiot Imbecile Moron
AGE GROUP M F T M F T M F T M F T
Under 10 years 022 000 Oil 011
10 to 14 years 3 5 8 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 3 6
IS to 18 years 2 2 4 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 1 1
Total 59 14 000 246 358
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TABLE 4ENVIRONMENT OF FIRST ADMISSIONS CLASSIFIED WITH REFERENCE TO MENTAL STATUSJULY 1st 1938JUNE 30th 1939
Total Idiot Imbecile Moron
ENVIRONMENT M F T M F T M F T M F T
Urban 4 3 7 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 2 5
Rural 1 6 7 0 0 0 1 3 4 0 3 3
Total 59 14 000 246 358
TABLE 5DISCHARGES CLASSIFIED WITH REFERENCE TO MENTAL STATUS AND CHRONOLOGICAL AGEJULY 1st 1938JUNE 30th 1939
Total Idiot Imbecile Moron
AGE GROUP M F T M F T M F T M F T
Under 10 years 2 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 2
10 to 14 years 5 6 11 0 0 0 3 3 6 2 3 5
15 to 19 years 6 12 18 0 0 0 1 1 2 5 11 16
20 to 24 years 7 3 10 0 0 0 2 1 3 5 2 7
25 to 29 years 2 6 8 000 022 24 6
30 to 34 years 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 22 29 51 0 0 0 8 7 15 14 22 36
GEORGIA TRAINING SCHOOL FOR BOYS ANNUAL REPORT By W E Ireland Superintendent
The looming up of new buildings about the campus affords tangible evidence that a move has been made away from the cross roads and brings new faith that an avenue for more progressive treatment of the responsibilities imperative to the task of developing unfortunate and underprivileged boys into selfrespecting selfreliant citizens has at least been partially opened
The building program now under way at the Institution will when completed constitute a basically progressive step in the direction of a constructive institutional program Its usefulness in such a purpose will however be largely dependent upon means not yet provided It would therefore seem to be proper that this report endeavors to draw attention to the desirable results to be derived from and the means necessary for developing a program for the treatment and education of Georgias delinquent boys comparable to those of other progressive states rather than dwell upon the routine activity of the Institution for the fiscal period just ended
The public is familiar with the present exceedingly poor housing arrangement and the almost complete lack of facilities for constructive training in both good citizenship and vocations within the grasp of the boys in the School to which former reports on this Institution to the present Board contain full details It will therefore suffice to say that in general the past year has seen no change of operations from the previous year The usual statistical tables are included as a part of this report
Delinquency among children has come to be one of the really difficult problems of the day Its potentialities are so great that if it is not wisely and amply dealt with its ultimate consequences upon the present social order bids fair to become socially intolerable
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and economically unbearable Born usually through the lack of reasonably normal opportunity in the early life of a child it thrives beautifully on conditions of severe poverty low moral and spiritual conception and the absence of general education all so prevalent among the less fortunate stratum of society Delinquency is therefore not usually a condition which develops through the commission of a single act of law violation It is something which grows in magnitude as its victim drifts along lifes highway until it collides with the barriers of the higher stratum of society and explodes Then society brands the victim as a thief or robber or whatnot and inclines to reproach him through various measures considered to impose punishment
When the individual delinquent is admitted to a correctional institution he merely represents a mass of raw material For the institution to know what is in that material what its ultimate possibilities of adjustment and use in society areit is necessary to analyze the material through every known agency just as the chemist would analyze a product to determine its possibilities or a banker the resources of a business to determine the potentialities of his investment Effective treatment of the delinquent cannot therefore be achieved when based wholly upon the offense which brings him immediately into conflict with the law His physical status mental capacity personality aptitudes and past and present opportunities are all essentially to be considered in planning and administering the treatment of the individual The problem of his education is neither strictly academic nor vocational It also includes the problem of correcting the effect upon the child of an ill environment of antisocial tendencies and of the indifference of a thoughtless society toward his welfarethe problem of the formation and evolution within himself of constructive purposes
It is obvious that the public and the State acknowledged the responsibility for the care and treatment of the delinquent child many years ago as evidenced by the creation of an Institution for that purpose although it has proved to be wholly insufficient both in capacity and arrangement and has been meagerly maintained Happily the plant is now being improved to the point that it should when finished afford housing accommodations necessary to the effective operation of a modern correctional institution The plan as at present set up contemplates facilities as follows
1 Arrangements for the isolation of boys so as to guard against contagious disease to enable the correction of remedial physical defects and to afford observation and study preparatory to classification and assignment of boys to groups and situations in which they should most readily adjust
2 The cottage type of dormitories for white boysinstead of the congregate type now in useto provide grouping of different ages and types of boys to create a homelike atmosphere to provide for closer supervision and direction and to enable greater educational emphasis
3 School building including auditorium and gymnasium to afford progressive academic and group educational work
4 Adequate and properly arranged dining room kitchen and storage building
5 Improved administration and personnel quarters
6 Enlarged and improved housing for colored boys
7 Central heating plant and equipment
The new buildings are designed in size and arrangement to provide for a substantial increase in population However plant facilities as here outlined constitute only a part of the means requisite in the development and exercise of a rounded effective training programa program which will offer both broad and special educational content essential to meeting the divergent needs of the individual boys in the Institution Substantial funds
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for maintenance and for physical equipment for training purposes will therefore be required in order to utilize effectively the buildings now under construction
We who are working directly on the child delinquency problem must have the moral support and the sympathy of the public if our efforts are to be ultimately successful We can know and point out that Georgia ranks near the bottom of the ladder in her program for the treatment of delinquentsher future citizens her future assets or liabilities We are dependent upon those who command the resources of our great State for the support essential to the development of training and citizenship programs which we know to be eminently worth while
STATEMENT OF POPULATION MOVEMENT JULY 1 1938 THROUGH JUNE 30 1939 GEORGIA TRAINING SCHOOL FOR BOYS
TABLE I
White
At Institution July 1 1938 89
Received through June 30 1939 72
161
Discharged 90
Escaped 1 9
99
Recaptured 6 93
68
Returned for violation of parole 9
At Institution June 30 1939 77
Colored
At Institution July 1 1938 59
Received through June 30 1939 42
101
Discharged 63
Escaped 2
65
Recaptured 2 63
38
Returned for violation of parole 7
At Institution June 30 1939 45
Total at Institution June 30 1939 122
Average daily enrollment146
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COUNTIES REPRESENTED IN POPULATION AT JULY 1 1938 GEORGIA TRAINING SCHOOL FOR BOYS TABLE II
County White Colored
Atkinson 1 0
Baldwin 1 5
Banks 1 0
Barrow 1 0
Ben Hill 3 0
Bibb 8 7
Brooks 1 0
Bullock 2 0
Burke 1 1
Candler 0 1
Charlton 3 0
Chatham 4 3
Colquitt 2 0
Dawson 1 0
Decatur 1 1
DeKalb 1 1
Dooly 1 0
Dougherty 0 3
Douglas 1 0
Evans 1 2
Fannin 3 0
Fayette 0 1
Floyd 5 4
Fulton 4 0
County White Colored
Gilmer 1 0
Glynn 2 5
Habersham 1 0
Hall 4 2
Henry 0 4
Jackson 1 0
Jones 0 1
Lamar 1 0
Laurens 1 1
Muscogee 4 3
Polk 1 2
Rabun 2 0
Richmond 7 0
Screven 1 0
Spalding 0 3
Stevens 2 1
Tattnall 3 1
Telfair 1 0
Thomas 4 2
Troup 2 1
Ware 1 3
Whitfield 4 0
Worth 0 1
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COUNTIES FROM WHICH BOYS WERE ADMITTED FROM JULY 1 1938 THROUGH JUNE 30 1939 AND THE NUMBER FROM EACH COUNTY GEORGIA TRAINING SCHOOL FOR BOYS TABLE III
County White Colored
Atkinson 2 1
Baker 0 1
Baldwin 2 2
Ben Hill 1 0
Berrien 1 0
Bibb 4 2
Bulloch 0 1
Burke 0 1
Calhoun 0 1
Catoosa 1 0
Chatham 7 1
Chattooga 0 1
Clarke 2 2
Clinch 1 0
Cobb 1 0
Coffee 1 0
Colquitt 1 0
Columbia 0 1
Crisp 1 0
DeKalb 2 0
Dougherty 1 1
Douglas 0 2
Emanuel 1 0
Fannin 2 0
Floyd 9 2
Fulton 4 0
Glynn 2 4
Gwinnett 1 0
County White Colored
Habersham 0 2
Hall 0 2
Houston 0 1
Jenkins 1 0
0 1

Lamar 3 1
Lanier 1 0
Mitchell 0 1
Monroe 1 0
Montgomery 0 1
Morgan 0 2
Muscogee 7 3
Peach 3 0
Polk 0 1
Pulaski 0 1
Richmond 5 0
Spalding 1 3
Stewart 1 0
Talbot 0 1
Thomas 1 0
pift 2 0
1 0
Upson 0 3
Ware 1 3
Wayne 2 0
Webster 1 0
Wheeler 2 0
White 1 0
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RELATIVE ACADEMIC LEVEL TO CHRONOLOGICAL AGE OF BOYS IN INSTITUTION JUNE 30 1939
GEORGIA TRAINING SCHOOL FOR BOYS
TABLE IV
White Boys
Average Age of Boys in Each
School Grade 12 14 13 14 13 14 14 15 15
Grades 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Percentage of Population in
Each School Grade 6 12 9 22 18 13 14 3 3
Grades 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Per cent of white population in first four grades49
Average age of white boys in first four grades13 yrs
Average age of white boys in Institution14 yrs
ROUTINE MEDICAL SERVICES RENDERED FROM JULY 1 1938 THROUGH JUNE 30 1939 GEORGIA TRAINING SCHOOL FOR BOYS TABLE V
Physical Examinations
White Boys 72
Colored Boys 42
Total 114
Wassermann Tests
White Boys 72
Colored Boys 42
Total 114
Number of Boys Taking Typhoid Shots
White Boys 75
Colored Boys 40
Total 115
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CHARGES ON WHICH BOYS IN INSTITUTION WERE COMMITTED AS OF JUNE 30 1939 GEORGIA TRAINING SCHOOL FOR BOYS TABLE VI No White No Colored Total Offense 1 0 1
1 1 2
Assault and Battery 0 2 2
Assault to Rape 11 13 24
0 1 1
44 14 58
1 0 1
1 0 1
12 8 20
1 0 1
2 0 2
1 0 1
Manslaughter Voluntary 2 0 2
Manslaughter Involuntary 0 2 2
0 2 2
0 2 2

PARENTAL DATA ON BOYS IN INSTITUTION AS OF JUNE 30 1939 GEORGIA TRAINING SCHOOL FOR BOYS TABLE VII No White No Colored t T 41 25 Total 66
JDOID rareina uvuig 28 15 43
Parents Living Together 14 19 33
15 15 30
27 11 38
7 6 13
11 5 16
0 9 9
Deserted by une or rorn 0 8 8
4 0 4
One or 15otn Jrarents m x eniieiiiiiy Parents in Insane Hospital 0 0 0
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GEORGIA TRAINING SCHOOL FOR GIRLS ANNUAL REPORT By Mrs M E Sikes Superintendent
During the past year a great many improvements have been made at the Georgia Training School for Girls The Works Progress Administration has been in charge of a Building and Repair Program A new building to replace the present Receiving Cottage will be ready for occupancy by October 1st This building will accommodate fifty inmates One of the many advantages of the new building will be that each girl will have a separate room thus doing away with the old system of dormitories
Extensive repairs have been made on the main buildings of the institution The Harriet Hawkes cottage erected in 1914 and the FeltonSage cottage erected in 1917 have been completely renovated New floors have been laid several closets built walls replastered and painted woodwork painted and celotex ceilings with new electric fixtures have been installed Both of these buildings have been rewired the wiring being enclosed in metal conduits
New cement walks have been laid and the buildings painted A water tank with an automatic electric pump to regulate pressure is being installed Fire plugs are being connected with the water systemthus reducing fire hazard 3700 ft of sewer line has been laid to connect with the main line replacing when completed the unsatisfactory system of septic tanks now in use
The Georgia Training School for Girls is in urgent need of a modern school building The Works Progress Administration has plans for a new school building but as yet sufficient funds have not been provided to cover the entire cost of the building Our daily school attendance average is 153 Three small rooms in the cottages are used for school rooms with another room used for the classes in sewing and weaving There is no auditorium and the Sunday services have to be held in a living room in one of the cottages A new school building large enough to accommodate the academic vocational and physical training units together with a large auditorium is very much needed
Commitment to the school is made by courts throughout the state Girls under sixteen are committed by the Juvenile Courts and those over sixteen by the Superior and City Courts Children under ten years of age should not be committed to the Training School At present there is no minimum age in regard to commitments The average age at commitment is fourteen years The minimum length of time spent at the school is fifteen months
The total number committed since the opening of the school is 1361 The daily average population for the school is 153 Thirtyeight of this group have parents who have separated eleven are orphans twentytwo with mothers dead four with stepmothers one with one parent in the state insane asylum eighteen with one parent in the penitentiary and twentyfive who have been deserted by one or both parents Before commitment ten of this group had been employed as waitresses thirteen at housework sixteen had worked on farms and one hundred had never worked
Psychological tests should be given at the courts before commitment in order that the mentally deficient child may be sent to the Georgia Training School for Mental Defectives and the incorrigible child to the Training School Four mentally deficient girls who had been committed to this school have been accepted by the Georgia Training School for Mental Defectives at Gracewood and will be transferred to that institution when there is a vacancy
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The general health of the school has been excellent All members of the school are given physical examinations and medical and dental care as needed A trained nurse under the supervision of the physician is in charge of the health program Many of the new girls are in poor physical condition when they are admitted Physical and dental examinations Wassermann tests and typhoid inoculations are given The school physician holds a clinic once a week and answers all emergency calls Treatment for venereal disease and hookworm is given at the school A dental clinic is held once a week A hospital is needed to meet the medical requirements of the school
A chapel service is held each morning at 830 Religious services are held each Sunday as follows Sunday School 1030 A M Chapel Services 300 P M and Christian Endeavor at 700 P M The Chapel Service on Sunday is entirely in charge of the girls who live in the honor cottage one of whom takes charge of the preliminary services and introduces the speaker
The Recreation Program of the school is maintained through the cooperation of teachers and matrons Daily periods of play and relaxation with outdoor activities include baseball dodge ball and other outdoor games Indoor activities include amateur programs short plays and a variety of indoor games A modern R C A Photophone is a means of giving excellent entertainment each Saturday afternoon Each cottage is supplied with a radio piano and victrola The radios are placed where they can be used in the school rooms for programs that are used in the public schools
ParoleIt has been difficult to find suitable homes for girls who are ready to be placed on parole The County Directors of the State Department of Public Welfare have been of service to the school in making investigations of homes in regard to parole as well as furnishing case histories at time of commitment A state wide parole system would be of great help to the school
GEORGIA TRAINING SCHOOL FOR GIRLS STATISTICAL REPORT JULY 1 1938 to JUNE 30 1939 POPULATION MOVEMENT
Committed since the opening of the institution
Enrollment July 1 1938
Enrollment June 30 1939
Daily Average for year
Admitted during year
Returned from parole
Paroled and released
Returned to committing court1
Appling
Baker
Barrow
Berrien
Brantley
Bulloch
COUNTIES FROM WHICH COMMITTED
0 Atkinson
0 Baldwin
0 Bartow
0 Bibb
0 Brooks
1 Burke
0 Bacon
5 Banks
0 Ben Hill
10 Bleckley
0 Bryan
1 Butts
1361
154
151
153
62
4
67
2
2
2
1
1
0
1
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COUNTIES FROM WHICH COMMITTEDContinued
Calhoun 0
Carroll 1
Chatham 9
Cherokee 1
Clayton 0
Coffee 1
Cook 0
Crisp 1
Decatur 1
Dooly 0
Early 0
Elbert 0
Fannin 1
Forsyth 0
Gilmer 0
Gordon 0
Gwinnett 1
Hancock 0
Hart 0
Houston 0
Jasper 0
Jenkins 1
Lamar 0
Lee 0
Long 0
Macon 0
McDuffie 0
Miller 1
Montgomery 0
Muscogee 9
Oglethorpe 0
Pickens 0
Polk 4
Quitman 0
Richmond 7
Screven 0
Stephens 0
Talbot 0
Taylor 0
Thomas 6
Towns 0
Turner 0
Upson 1
Ware 4
Wayne 0
White 2
Wilkes 0
Camden 0
Catoosa 0
Chattahoochee 0
Clarke 1
Clinch 0
Colquitt 3
Coweta 3
Dade 0
DeKalb 2
Dougherty 3
Echols 0
Emanuel 4
Fayette 0
Franklin 0
Glascock 0
Grady 0
Habersham 1
Haralson 0
Heard 0
Irwin 1
Jeff Davis 0
Johnson 0
Lanier 0
Liberty 0
Lowndes 0
Madison 0
McIntosh 0
Mitchell 0
Morgan 1
Newton 0
Paulding 0
Pierce 0
Pulaski 0
Rabun 3
Rockdale 0
Seminole 1
Stewart 0
Taliaferro 0
Telfair 0
Tift 0
Treutlen 0
Twiggs 0
Walker 0
Warren 1
Webster 0
Whitfield 0
Wilkinson 0
Candler 0
Charlton 0
Chattooga 0
Clay 0
Cobb 2
Columbia 0
Crawford 0
Dawson 1
Dodge 0
Douglas 0
Effingham 3
Evans 0
Floyd 5
Fulton 22
Glynn 1
Greene 0
Hall 2
Harris 0
Henry 0
Jackson 1
Jefferson 2
Jones 0
Laurens 1
Lincoln 0
Lumpkin 2
Marion 0
Meriwether 0
Monroe 2
Murray 1 0
Oconee 0
Peach 0
Pike 0
Putnam 0
Randolph 0
Schley 0
Spalding 0
Sumter 0
Tattnall 0
Terrell 0
Toombs 0
Troup 3
Union 2
Walton 1
Washington 0
Wheeler 0
Wilcox 1
Worth 1
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COURTS MAKING COMMITMENTS
City 30 Juvenile 78 Superior
NATIVITY OF INMATES
Alabama 3 Mississippi 2 South Carolina
Florida 3 North Carolina 1 Tennessee
Georgia 135
MARITAL CONDITION
Married 5 Single
CHARGES ON WHICH INMATES WERE COMMITTED
Delinquency
2
Drunkenness
Fornication and Adultery 4
Incorrigible 3
Incorrigible and Immoral Associates 33
Incest
Insufficient Guardianship 4
2
Larceny from House 6
2
Simple Larceny
Malicious Mischief
Misdemeanor
Open Lewdness
Stealing Ride on Train 1
Vagrancy
PARENTAL CONDITION
Number having parents living together 37
Number having parents separated 38
Number having father dead
Number having mother dead 2
Number having stepfather
Number having stepmother
Number orphaned
10 Number having had one parent in prison
Number having one parent in insane asylum 1
Number having been deserted by one or both parents 25
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AGE WHEN COMMITTED
Eight Years 1 Thirteen Years 25 Seventeen Years 11
Ten Years 3 Fourteen Years 33 Eighteen Years 2
Eleven Years 4 Fifteen Years 36 Nineteen Years 2
Twelve Years 15 Sixteen Years 19
Average age at commitment145 years
PREVIOUS OCCUPATIONS
12 Waitress 10
13 Never Worked 100
16
HEALTH
Number of examinations made by physicians 503
Number treatments given 4298
Type of treatments
Injections for treatment of syphilis 234
Treatments for gonorrhea 144
Treatments for trichomonad infection 1351
Treatments for intestinal parasites 26
Typhoid prophylaxis 450
Cold and Influenza prophylaxis 456
Eye glasses fitted j 2
Operation for fissure and internal hemorrhoids 1
Treatments for minor ailments 1647
Number examinations made by dentist 550
Number treatments given 16
Type of treatments
Amalgam fillings Ill
Deciduous fillings 5
Treatments of teeth and gums 28
Extractions 0
Prophylaxis 2
Mills and Factories
Housework
Farm Work
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GEORGIA ACADEMY FOR THE BLIND ANNUAL REPORT By G F Oliphant Superintendent ENROLLMENT
The enrollment at the White School was 48 males and 34 females making a total of 82 and at the Colored School 18 males and 22 females making a total of 40 The total enrollment for both schools was 122
Both schools opened on September 14 1938 The White School continued throughout the year closing on June 3 1939 The Colored School was closed on December 17 for Christmas vacation and the students could not return on account of the condition of the building which was being remodeled and repaired
LITERARY DEPARTMENT
There have been no changes either in course of study or personnel in this department during the present year As has been the case for many years we have needed an extra teacher in order to cover the course of study planned but on account of financial conditions it has been impossible to employ the extra help needed The course of study covers ten grades and is equivalent to a little more than the standard junior high school Our best students have been successful in entering the freshman class at Mercer University Macon and other standard colleges and high schools and as a rule they have no trouble in keeping up with students from other schools when measured with them grade for grade
While we have a considerable percentage of students who are not mentally awake and some who never will be we have very many who have achieved this prime purpose of all educationto have a trained mind constantly on the alert as to what is happening in the universe about us
Owing to conditions we have not been able to add very much to the equipment of the literary department outside of books and magazines We have added one relief globe showing the elevations of land masses on the earths surface during the year and it promises to be useful in teaching geography
MUSIC DEPARTMENT
Music is the only art in which blind people are most nearly on an equal footing with others both in enjoyment and in practice and in production As a consequence music has always been one of the most important parts of the education of blind people We offer opportunity for musical instruction to all students As soon as it is determined that the individual student has no talent for music his abilities are shifted to other departments For pupils who have the necessary talent and perseverance it is found that piano tuning and teaching music are the most lucrative vocations for our students Several years ago we were forced to cut the music staff on account of decreased income and have not yet been able to bring it back to its former level During the present year however we have had a parttime voice teacher and hope in the near future that facilities for voice culture may be considerably increased During last summer two of our students won scholarships at Wesleyan Conservatory in competition with students from other schools The competition was carried on over radio so that judges had no opportunity of knowing the individual competitors
The music department is very well equipped with an excellent pipe organ and an adequate number of pianos purchased out of our maintenance fund two years ago We are also accumulating an excellent library of music
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MANUAL TRAINING DEPARTMENTS
Manual training is more necessary for blind children than for other children because as a rule they have not had an opportunity to use their hands and consequently have developed neither strength nor skill in that respect The purpose of the manual training department is not to turn out finished articles so much as to strengthen the hands and develop skill which may be later used in vocational work In the boys department they are taught to use woodworking tools and we have an equipment of woodworking machines to which we have made some important additions during the present year The purpose of these machines is not so much to train our students in the use of them as it is to enable them to understand how machines work which they could not learn in any other way than by operating the machines themselves Boys also are trained in some forms of metal working and have special training in repair of pianos They also learn chair caning Pupils who are capable are given excellent courses in piano tuning and repairing Many of our former pupils earn good salaries as tuners in stores and as custom tuners This is probably the most lucrative vocation for which we offer training
In the girls manual training department the purpose is also to develop strength and skill in the hands of pupils who have never had an opportunity to be so trained before coming here Instruction is offered in various kinds of weaving for which we have an outfit of looms Instruction is also offered in knitting sewing crocheting mat making basketry and chair caning Some of our students while yet in school earn money by work done in the manual training departments
TYPEWRITING
For several years we have pursued a policy in this institution not usually pursued in other schools In the first four grades students are taught to read and write Braille only and all written school exercises must be handed in to the teacher written in Braille Beginning with the fifth grade all pupils are given instruction in typewriting and beginning with the sixth grade all written exercises must be handed in typewritten So every student is required to use the typewriter in connection with school work As a result all our students after passing the sixth grade are able to communicate with each other by Braille writing and with their sighted friends by using the typewriter Some of our pupils become very expert in the use of the typewriter and make it a means of making money Our equipment in typewriting machines is adequate for the present
NEGRO SCHOOL
The work of remodeling the Negro School buildings was begun in October 1938 and is still in progress On account of the condition of the building it has not been possible to operate the school during 1939 The school was operated through the fall term of 1938
The Negro School building when completed will be admirably adapted to the purposes for which it is intended The old building had been in use for more than 50 years and it was not suited for modern school purposes and it furnished grave danger from fire the entire building being served by only one stairway which was made of wood and located in the center of the building Since the building has never been equipped with fire escapes a fire would have been specially dangerous to inmates
The new building retains the old structure which has been thoroughly remodeled and rebuilt on the inside and has an addition at the rear which is fireproof and which contains the stairways bath rooms kitchen and boiler room The additional unit has concrete stairways and steel doors and window sash making it absolutely fireproof The new
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building is equipped with steam heating plant in place of the ordinary coal grates formerly in use It also has an adequate plant for furnishing hot water and is equipped with a gas range for cooking This new gas range is of the most modern pattern For the first time the Negro School has a building adapted to school purposes and in which proper attention has been given to the health and safety of the pupils The new building is expected to be ready for use at the beginning of the fall term in September
GENERAL SUMMARY
The White School has been operated for the full school year and the Negro School would have been in operation except for the fact that the buildings could not be used during the school term
The money has been made available for the remodeling of the White School and it is expected that this work will begin before September 1 It is also expected that the remodeling job can be carried on without requiring the closing of the White Department of the Academy
The plans for the White School building call for a new heating plant remodeling of the kitchen and laundry and dining room with the purchase of new equipment and the general overhauling of the main building including the building of fireproof stairways throughout and reconstruction of all bath rooms and installation of new fixtures so that if these plans are carried out the remodeled building will be better than the original building when new
In common with all other institutions we have had to live during the past year on greatly reduced income Notwithstanding this we have managed to complete the year paying all bills and salaries to July 1 purchasing an outfit of new refrigerators and equipment for the boys work shop and leaving a comfortable balance at the close of the year June 30 No services have been discontinued opportunities have been increased in the music department and we have had for the first time a trained nurse on our regular staff The nurse has not only been a protection to our student body but has been a source of actual economy in that she has been able to cut the bills for medical services far below what they would otherwise have been She was a special advantage on account of our having during the spring term an epidemic of measles and flu accompanied by pneumonia and two cases of scarlet fever This is the first epidemic we have had in several years and by careful management was kept within very narrow limits
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GEORGIA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF ANNUAL REPORT
By C H Hollingsworth Superintendent
The shortened school terra during the year 193839 was a disappointment to all connected with the Georgia School for the Deaf but more than offsetting this has been the anticipation of more adequate facilities that are included in the great building program launched during the year
At the beginning of the year the physical plant of the school was evaluated at only 10000000 In each of the adjoining states the valuation was many times as large as Georgia the average for the five states being 84500000
A new building program has been launched during the year which when completed will increase this valuation to 73200000 Merely stating the increased value may seem meaningless However when this is interpreted in terms of rooms where deaf children may sleep free from the fear of fire where crowded conditions do not continually threaten epidemics of illness and where modern and adequate facilities are available for training them for life then this expansion becomes a vital matter The effort then merits the heartfelt thanks of those interested in educational advantages for the deaf
Georgia After Program is Completed 732000
Georgia Prior to Present Building Program 100000
Average of Five Adjoining States 842268
Value Buildings and Grounds State Schools for the Deaf
The expansion and modernization of the physical plant has long been advocated by those familiar with the school and its problems The old buildings adequate in their day have deteriorated until they are no longer safe and no longer serve to protect children from inclement weather and the danger of fire In one case during the past year fifteen girls slept in a large room so poorly protected from the weather that during heavy rains it was often necessary to move their beds to temporary quarters set up for them in halls or in other places The buildings were in constant danger of fire The third floor in the girls dormitory was particularly unsafe as large open stairways and old woodwork furnished ideal conditions for the spread of fire This is the more deplorable
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when it is considered that deaf children cannot hear a fire alarm and must be awakened individually
Lack of space brought many problems Individual students enjoyed no privacy and had little encouragement to develop habits of neatness with their personal belongings and living quarters With beds touching each other all along the side of the room and with poor ventilation the danger of epidemics of communicable and contagious diseases was always present During the winter of 1939 an epidemic of colds and influenza occurred causing great loss of time from classrooms considerable expense to the State and of course much discomfort and pain to the students A few cases of pneumonia resulted possibly due to our inability to provide more hygienic living conditions At one time seventy white pupils onethird of the enrollment were in the school hospital in temporary isolation quarters or in hospitals in Rome at the expense of the school
During the past several months the Works Progress Administration has been conducting a census of the Georgia deaf Their tabulations have not been completed at this time However from a preliminary study of their data we find listed 488 deaf children of school age in the State while the enrollment of the school last year was 261
In School 261
Total According to WPA Census 488
Deaf Children of School AgeGeorgia
The number of deaf varies almost exactly with the general population This is borne out by the larger enrollment in other states where facilities have been more adequate
Georgia 9
Five Adjoining States 14
Deaf Pupils in School Per 100000 General Population
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When added facilities now under construction and proposed are completed the school will be in better position to render the service that the parents of deaf children have a moral right to expect Due to interest created by this survey and publicity coming to the school in various ways applications have been received that cannot be accepted under present conditions 107 new pupils desire to enter school during the coming session but this will be impossible We hope that at an early date these children now knocking at our doors can be received
In common with other agencies of the State the Georgia School for the Deaf has felt keenly the financial emergency now in existence In addition to the fact that many pupils have been deprived of the advantages of the school those in attendance were sent home after a term of only six and threequarter months Even this length term was only made possible by the determined efforts of the Governor the Director of Public Welfare the Board of Public Welfare and the friends of this school in the General Assembly in making available supplementary funds When we realize that the handicap of deafness makes it necessary for the deaf child to spend about two years learning what can reasonably be expected of the normal child in one we see that this shortened term amounts to a great loss in their education Due to lack of adequate finances we are constantly losing our most highly trained and efficient teachers to schools in other states in position to offer them more advantages This throws an added burden on the school since we are forced to go to the expense of training untried workers to take their places
In continuing our comparison with the five adjoining states we see that Georgia is again at a great disadvantage Tennessee expends for support of its school for the deaf 11640600 annually and North Carolina 13806900 according to the January 1935 issue of the American Annals of the Deaf During 193839 the support fund of the Georgia School for the Deaf has been approximately 7900000 The other three adjoining states Florida Alabama and South Carolina make joint appropriations for the deaf and blind so that direct comparison cannot be made but in each case amounts appropriated are greatly in excess of the amount received by this school For example Alabama expends at its state school for the deaf and blind 19500000 annually
While we are of course jubilant over the expansion program under way we are greatly concerned over the possibility of being unable to support this enlarged program If appropriations are low now the problem will be much more difficult when we have fifty per cent more pupils and more buildings to keep up Even now the support fund is being called on for permanent improvements not included in the general building program These improvements over a period of years will be an economic asset to the school but from the standpoint of the budget of the one year from which they are taken will constitute a serious strain For example a much needed farm was bought with funds other than support funds but the necessary equipment and buildings for this farm will cost approximately 500000 all to come out of the support fund for the coming year It is to be hoped that support of the school can keep pace with the expanded possibilities we are soon to enjoy
We are not losing sight of the fact that brick and mortar alone can never constitute a school and that a suitable curriculum is not made possible by modern masonry alone We are endeavoring at all times to keep in the forefront of our thoughts the fact that the reason this school exists is for the education of the deaf youth of Georgia With this in mind the past two years have witnessed a change and revitalized academic program suited to the actual needs of the deaf child as a preparation for meeting the life situations confronting him A rejuvenated interest on the part of pupil and teacher together with a corresponding spirit in learning testifies to the wisdom of these changes
Due to inadequate support it has been hard for us to hold our better teachers Last year we had only four teSchers that classed as Grade A according to the standards set
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up by the Conference of Executives of the American Schools for the Deaf Two of these teachers were taken from us by other schools along with two of our most experienced and capable Grade B teachers For the past two years we have conducted courses of training for present and prospective teachers to fill the gaps occasioned by these losses In the academic department we have four teachers qualified for Grade A certificates seven for Grade B seven for Grade C and two teachers not qualified for any certificate recognized by this Conference Our teachers are improving themselves professionally at their own expense even with the low salaries and shortened terms
For the past quarter of a century this school has failed to enter a single pupil in Gallaudet College a college supported by the Federal government for deaf students During this entire period each of the adjoining states had representatives at this institution The value of Federal scholarships received by these pupils has been over 100000000 while students from Georgia have been unable to participate to any extent With teachers better prepared longer terms and with the modernization of our curriculum that has been installed we hope to correct this situation In fact had school gone its full term this year and could continue a full term next year seven bright young Georgians would have been prepared for this opportunity
In our program we are not unmindful of the fact that the deaf boys and girls must take their places in society and that they will either be selfsupporting individuals or burdens on relatives or the general public For that reason we are endeavoring to build the Department of Vocational training to be just as adequate as possible For many years this Department has been in operation featuring shoe repairing printing and carpenter work for the boys and cooking and sewing for girls During the past two years we have added courses in home economics agriculture and industrial sewing In one of the new buildings provision has been made for a bakery to supply the school with breads and pastries It is our intention to utilize this for instructional purposes that a few pupils may be trained to follow this occupation in life Other state schools have found that beauty culture is a good vocation for deaf girls We hope to add this training to our program In making this enlarged department possible we are indebted to the Vocational Division of the Georgia Department of Education for financial assistance and expert supervision During the past year they have allotted to us 360000 to be used toward salaries for the vocational principal and the teachers in this department As operated at present the State Department of Education is not eligible to receive Federal funds to offset money expended in this school Lack of finances makes it difficult for them to continue support under this handicap
What has been said in general throughout this report is applicable to the colored department The buildings in which they are housed are even more deplorable and unsafe than the condition shown in the foregoing discussion However they have not been forgotten in the new building program and when completed their facilities will rank with the best in the South They too have suffered from an insufficient staff of academic teachers They lack vocational training with the exception of some excellent work being done in homemaking We hope that these deficiencies may b corrected
Working under tremendous handicaps are the teachers officers and other personnel of the entire school they have at all times shown their loyalty and have continued to be most cooperative The morale is excellent This can be attributed to a great extent to the fact that they see the State is taking steps to correct the physical conditions and in their confidence of the willingness of the State to provide adequate support for its operation The spirit of the students has also been excellent in the face of crowded conditions shortened terms and inadequate facilities
The management of this school is especially appreciative of the fine work that has
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been done by Governor E D Rivers the Director of Public Welfare Hon Braswell Deen and his staff the Board of Public Welfare the Georgia Association of the Deaf members of the Legislature and its many friends who have shown their interest in various ways We are inspired by their efforts in our behalf to the extent that we can endure the problems that confront us now in the anticipation of rendering greater service when this program has been completed and these problems have been solved We feel confident that we have seen the dark hour that comes just before dawn and are now seeing the breaking of a new day
A statement of enrollment by counties for the past fiscal year is as follows
County Appling Atkinson Bacon Baker Baldwin Banks Barrow Bartow Ben Hill Berrien Bibb Bleckley Brantley Brooks
Bryan
Bulloch Burke
Butts
Calhoun
Camden
Candler
Carroll
Catoosa
Charlton
Chatham
Chattahoochee
Chattooga
Cherokee
Clarke
Clay
Clayton
Clinch
Cobb
Coffee
Colquitt
Columbia
Cook
Coweta
Crawford Crisp
County
Dade
0 Dawson
0 Decatur
0 DeKalb
1 Dodge
1 Dooly
1 Dougherty
2 Douglas
0 Early
1 Echols
4 Effingham
0 Elbert
1 Emanuel
2 Evans
0 Fannin
0 Fayette
2 Floyd
1 Forsyth
1 Franklin
1 Fulton
1 Gilmer
3 Glascock
1 Glynn
0 Gordon
12 Grady
1 Greene
0 Gwinnett
3 Habersham
3 Hall
0 Hancock
1 Haralson
0 Harris
6 Hart
1 Heard
4 Henry
0 Houston
1 Irwin
4 J ackson
0 Jasper
3 Jeff Davis
No of Students 7
No of Students 1 0 3
5 1 1 3
2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 8 0 1
40
0
0 0 2 1
2
6 1
6 1
2 1 1 1
2 1
4
2
2 3
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No of
County Students
Jefferson 1
Jenkins 1
Johnson 0
Jones 1
Lamar 0
Lanier 0
Laurens 0
Lee 2
Liberty 1
Lincoln 1
Long 0
Lowndes 5
Lumpkin m 0
Macon 0
Madison 0
Marion 0
McDuffie 0
McIntosh 1
Meriwether 2
Miller 0
Mitchell 3
Monroe 1
Montgomery 3
Morgan 1
Murray 0
Muscogee 6
Newton 1
Oconee 1
Oglethorpe 0
Paulding 0
Peach 2
Pickens 1
Pierce 0
Pike 0
Polk 4
Pulaski 0
Putnam 0
Quitman 0
Rabun 0
Randolph 1
Richmond 1
Rockdale 1
No of
County Students
Schley 0
Screven 5
Seminole 0
Spalding 1
Stephens 1
Stewart 0
Sumter 2
Talbot 0
Taliaferro 1
Tattnall 2
Taylor 0
Telfair 3
Terrell 1
Thomas 3
Tift 2
Toombs 1
Towns 0
Treutlen 0
Troup 3
Turner 0
Twiggs 0
Union 0
Upson 1
Walker 2
Walton 3
Ware 3
Warren 0
Washington 1
Wayne 0
Webster 0
Wheeler 1
White 2
Whitfield 1
Wildox 2
Wilkes 1
Wilkinson 1
Worth 0
Total White 207
Total Colored 54
Total 261
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CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS HOME ANNUAL REPORT By Mrs Joe E Pruitt Superintendent
The average population of the Confederate Soldiers Home varied from twelve to seven during the past fiscal year July 1 1938 to July 1 1939 Changes were made in population as shown by the following table
Number in Home July 1 1938 12
Number received during year 0
Number furloughed 7 4
Number of Deaths 1
Number in Home July 1 1939 7
A11 Veterans now on furlough are scheduled to return on or before October 1 1939
The per capita cost of the Confederate Veterans considering all expenses for the benefit of the Veterans at the institution is about 363 per day
This amount appears to be high for the cost of maintaining charges in a State Institution however the following explanations should be made The ages of the Veterans range from 90 years to 105 years and it can be readily understood that they are feeble and dependent Each Veteran requires special and continual care and demands the services of an employee The digestive system and teeth of the Veterans are in such condition that it is necessary that the very best grades of food be purchased and special diets be prepared It is also necessary to purchase special shoes and in some instances clothes such as shirts underwear etc have to be made to order Someone has to bathe shave and dress each old soldier every day Drug bills ran high due to prescriptions which are necessary to maintain good health among the Veterans The home has the complete services of an interne who examines the Veterans each day and attends to minor ills however if anything unusual occurs a physician is called in It should be pointed out that only one death has occurred in the past two years in spite of the advanced age of the Veterans
The Veterans who are physically able and desire to attend the annual reunions are allowed to do so During the past year Georgia had three of its Veterans to attend the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg as guests of the United States Government Three attended the reunion at Columbia South Carolina in August of 1938 In October 1938 the State Reunion of the United Daughters of the Confederacy was held at the home and over a hundred visitors attended and many social functions were held at this time During this meeting a resident of the Home General J R Jones was elected Commander of the U D C Georgia Division and a surprise party and tea was given in his honor Again as in the years past appreciation is expressed for the many friends of the Confederacy for their untiring efforts to make our beloved Confederate Veterans happy and comfortable
The general health of the Veterans has been good and they are now being prepared by cold shots and special treatments to stand the winter months Each employee at the home is carefully watched so as not to expose any of the charges with any disease Everyone working at the home has a health certificate and were required to take the Wassermann test and all were found negative
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The following table will show the advanced ages of the residents in the Home
Age Number
105 1
95 gf 1
93 2
92 3
91 1
90 i 2
ADULT SERVICE SECTION
Under provisions of the Welfare Reorganization Act of 1937 the State Department of Public Welfare is authorized to cooperate in the supervision of all correctional activities including the operation of all penal and correctional institutions of the State together with parole supervising of probation services segregation of first offenders and the inspection of local jails
It has been possible to inspect every county jail in Georgia during the past year This is the second time in several years that all the county jails have been inspected in a years time Likewise through the cooperation of the sheriffs the annual reports of jail population figures were secured for the second time since the Department was formed in 1919
The conditions of the county jails have improved greatly This improvement is probably due to three things first the continuous cooperation and inspections of the Department carried on by personnel familiar with jail problems second the willingness of sheriffs jailers and county officials to cooperate in improving jail conditions third the activities of the Federal Government through the Works Progress Administration and the Public Works Administration in the construction of new jails and renovation of old jails
During the past two years 15 counties completed construction of new jails Fourteen other counties improved their jails by completely renovating them At the present time three counties are constructing new jails and several are painting the interior to give better light and improve sanitary conditions At the time of jail inspection every consideration is given the following points Safety of the jail from escape safety from fire hazards management discipline sanitation food medical attention segregation of races sexes insane and juveniles capacity of jail availability to court house dieting fees equipment such as bunks basins lights toilets showers sleeping facilities also recreation and religious activities
After the inspections recommendations either minor or major are made to the following persons County commissioners or ordinaries sheriffs jailers judges of the Superior Courts and foremen of the Grand Juries These recommendations are made for the purpose of public record inasmuch as immediately after the time of inspections the county officials are contacted personally if possible and the recommendations given them verbally
Most all of the architects plans for new county jails are examined by this Department This has been found to be a very valuable service since this Department maintains a complete file on each county jail the population of each year and the various classes confined each year The Department can easily determine the necessary requirements of a new jail as to size and number of compartments needed It is also valuable because due to the filing system it can ascertain the general trend of jail population and easily recommend the space which would be necessary to house the anticipated number in the years to come This has proven valuable due to a recent experience where a county was intending to build a jail which would not properly care for the number of prisoners confined at one time during the past year Apparently no consideration was given to the number to be confined in the next several years
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One basis for reasoning that jail conditions have improved is the fact that during the past four years complaints received from prisoners and friends have decreased each year For each complaint received an investigation is made and a report submitted to the complainant as well as the officials who could correct the situation providing the complaint was justifiable The complaints found justifiable were results of lack of heat or lack of substantial and sufficient food In these cases the jails were found to be many years old using small stoves for heating purposes In these cases generally there are neither hot water nor bathing facilities
One of the most progressive steps observed during the past two years was the separation or segregation of juvenile offenders Most of the sheriffs and county officials realize the importance of segregation since companionship forced by confinement generally imprints on the mind of youth the daring boldness of the hardened criminal
The following figures which show the number confined in county jails during the past five years indicate to some extent the necessity for segregating juvenile offenders
COMPARATIVE NUMBER CHILDREN UNDER 16 COMMITTED
1934 1935 1936 1937 1938
White boys 202 335 387 419 375
White girls 41 95 66 74 96
Negro boys 309 493 399 461 540
Negro girls 52 61 64 73 65
604 984 916 1027 1076
One improvement noticed in county jails is the effort to take better care of the insane Some of the older county jails have had padded cellff in which the insane were placed During the past year some of the counties have seen fit to remove the padding and make a clean sanitary cell Although the number of insane confined in jails during the past year was less than the one year previous there are still too many of these people confined in the jail over a period of time This is due to the overcrowded conditions at the State Hospital in Milledgeville In the construction of new jails or renovation of old ones it is recommended that a cell be used for insane which has only a wall bunk basin and toilet and heavy screens on the window with the plumbing on the outside of the cell This type of cell will aid in preventing injury of the person and damaging of property The following are the figures showing the number of insane confined in county jails during the past five years
COMPARATIVE NUMBER INSANE COMMITTED
1934 1935 1936 1937 1938
White men 467 551 569 573 506
White women 172 162 199 189 132
White boys 1 0 3 6 3
White girls 0 1 0 2 0
Negro men 301 310 522 352 310
Negro women 161 208 255 254 274
Negro boys 0 2 1 1 4
Negro girls 18 0 0 0 1
Unclassified 17 30 0 11 103
1137 1264 1549 1388 1333
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One of the evils in the county jail system is the method of caring for prisoners The county commissioners or ordinaries are responsible for equipping the jails and the sheriffs are responsible for feeding and guarding prisoners
Under the present system sheriffs are paid a dieting fee specified by the county officials Out of this dieting fee must come the provisions and preparing of food for the prisoners These fees during the past year ranged from 40 to 100 In some counties the fee permits the serving of only two meals daily There are now 30 counties where three meals a day are being served Generally the food being served is well prepared There are only a few cases where the system is abusd We are listing the dieting fees being paid
FEES PAID SHERIFFS FOR FEEDING PRISONERS
nount of Fee 100 80 Number of Counties Paying Such Amount 1936 1937 1938 1 3 3 1 2 2
75 33 45 43
70 17 21 21
65 11 11 11
60 53 50 49
55 7 2 4
50 22 15 16
45 3 1 0
40 2 0 2
5 5 5
No Jail 3 3 5
159 159 159
124 counties serving 2 meals per day 30 counties serving 3 meals per day
The average fee paid during 1938 was 656
The average fee paid during 1937 was 661
The average fee paid during 1936 was 643
The following figures were secured through the cooperation of the Sheriffs over the State The fact that 61901 persons were committed to the county jails of Georgia during 1938 makes the maintenance of these institutions an important item in State and County government It is interesting to note that at present one out of every 47 persons in the State is committed to a county jail each year
ADULT SERVICE TABLE NO 1 COMMITMENTS TO COUNTY JAILS1938
County White Men White Women White Boys White Girls Total White Negro Men Negro Women Negro Boys Negro Girls Total UnclassiNegro fied Grand Total
Total 27558 2112 375 96 30141 25927 4221 540 65 30753 1007 61901
Appling 125 8 1 134 69 5 74 208
Atkinson 113 5 6 7 131 64 2 2 68 199
Bacon 259 41 300 45 45 345
Baker 37 4 2 43 102 14 2 118 161
Baldwin 67 8 1 76 454 39 5 498 574
Banks 66 7 73 5 5 78
Barrow 85 6 2 93 41 5 1 47 140
Bartow 428 10 1 439 464 11 2 477 916
Ben Hill 237 9 246 196 36 232 478
Berrien 157 3 5 2 167 153 10 7 170 337
Bibb 426 41 25 6 498 797 159 48 10 1094 1512
Bleckley 52 3 1 1 57 106 16 122 179
Brantley 55 9 64 20 2 22 86
Brooks 117 4 4 125 137 17 6 160 285
Bryan 42 2 44 58 3 4 65 109
Bulloch 78 4 82 255 20 2 277 359
Burke 42 2 1 45 221 7 2 230 275
Butts 75 5 80 95 18 113 193
Calhoun 18 1 19 92 10 1 103 122
Camden 5 5 38 5 43 48
Candler 126 2 2 130 130 10 10 150 280
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COMMITMENTS TO COUNTY JAILS1938 Contd
County
Carroll
Catoosa Charlton Chatham Chattahoochee Chattooga Cherokee
Clarke
Clay
Clayton
Clinch
Cobb
Coffee
Colquitt
Columbia
White
Men
White White Women Boys
133
C00k Jail under construction
Coweta Crawford Crisp
Dade
Dawson Decatur DeKalb Dodge
13
White Total Girls White
Negro Negro Men Women
Negro
Boys
368 172 25
2 208 7
43 37 4
521 868 104
6 37 8
20 64 7
2 335 48 5
6 145 184 64
6 52 8
306 107 5
3 3 156 149 10
11 6 752 214 26
2 2 207 85 21
1 247 214 51
n 19 82 9
1 283 317 23
13 56 4
162 213 36
1 56 2
133
9 1 238 189 27
8 3 1259 395 57
6 271 244 47
5
Negro Total Unci assi Grand Girls Negro fied Total
15
COMMITMENTS TO COUNTY TAILS1938 Contd
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COMMITMENTS TO COUNTY JAILS1938 Contd
County White Men White Women White Boys White Girls Total White Negro Men Negro Women Negro Boys Negro Girls Total Negro Unclassi fied Grand Total
Dooly 66 5 71 97 11 108 179
Dougherty 0 0 916 916
Douglas 156 7 7 170 58 2 6 66 236
Early 140 5 2 147 228 22 2 252 399
Echols 8 8 23 2 25 33
Effingham 44 2 46 81 6 1 88 134
Elbert 134 10 9 1 154 143 24 6 1 174 328
Emanuel 86 2 88 154 33 187 275
Evans 41 5 46 64 3 6 73 119
Fannin 317 22 6 1 346 2 1 3 349
Fayette 49 2 51 43 2 45 96
Floyd 965 56 34 1 1056 328 34 17 1 380 20 1456
Forsyth 130 8 138 0 138
Franklin 168 10 7 4 189 74 3 6 83 272
Fulton 4107 543 4650 4917 1476 6393 11043
Gilmer 292 12 1 1 306 4 1 5 311
Glascock Glynn 208 15 223 172 27 4 203 426
Gordon 134 7 10 4 15J 12 3 27 8 50 205
Grady 266 10 4 280 240 16 6 4 266 546
Greene 12 12 56 4 60 72
Gwinnett 201 10 1 212 71 5 1 77 289
Habersham 237 18 3 258 15 6 2 23 281
Hall 984 100 20 1104 266 105 60 431 1535
Hancock 12 12 59 8 1 68 2 82
Haralson 171 9 8 188 27 3 1 31 219
Harris 76 2 78 242 13 255 333
Hart 101 7 108 76 15 91 199
Heard 91 3 94 71 2 1 74 168
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COMMITMENTS TO COUNTY JAILS1938 Contd
County White Men White Women
Henry 168 3
Houston 26
Irwin 39 5
Jackson 84 6
Jasper Jeff Davis 9 No Jail
Jefferson 74 1
Jenkins 75 3
Johnson 63 1
Jones 54 3
Lamar Lanier 79 No Jail 5
Laurens 293 12
Lee 31
Liberty 81 2
Lincoln 11
Long 60
Lowndes 433 27
Lumpkin 102 10
Macon 46
Madison 76 6
Marion 8
McDuffie 85
McIntosh 24
Meriwether 51
Miller 36 2
Mitchell 95 4
Monroe 40 3
Montgomery 46
White
Boys
White Total Girls White
Negro
Men
gro men Negro Boys Negro Girls Total Negro Unclassi fied Grand Total
17 8 315 486
12 1 89 115
5 2 65 109
2 31 123
6 2 78 88
17 127 202
39 4 1 230 311
12 2 141 206
14 5 85 142
17 6 131 225
56 2 541 847
8 101 132
13 4 125 208
2 21 32
35 95
39 14 317 777
4 3 127
9 128 174
2 1 34 117
4 30 38
9 191 276
8 37 61
9 126 178
6 2 62 101
20 178 277
5 109 152
3 64 110
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Montgomery
COMMITMENTS TO COUNTY JAILS1938 Confd
County White Men White Women White Boys White Girls Total White Negro Men Negro Women Negro Boys Negro Girls Total UnclassiNegro fied Grand Total
Morgan 82 2 84 176 14 2 192 276
Murray 231 26 1 258 9 9 267
Muscogee 471 26 6 503 904 205 5 1114 32 1649
Newton 109 2 111 110 10 120 231
Oconee 32 4 36 42 3 45 81
Oglethorpe 16 16 65 9 74 90
Paulding 304 13 3 4 324 150 5 2 157 481
Peach 29 2 4 1 36 125 17 4 146 182
Pickens 137 6 143 15 1 16 159
Pierce 224 10 9 243 77 7 7 91 334
Pike 62 2 64 84 14 98 162
Polk ISO 19 9 6 184 114 22 16 2 154 338
Pulaski 100 3 103 223 20 243 346
Putnam 33 9 42 75 3 78 120
Quitman 15 15 47 47 62
Rabun 210 4 214 5 5 10 224
Randolph 40 1 41 124 26 150 191
Richmond 970 109 4 1 1084 957 163 9 1129 2213
Rockdale 97 3 2 102 110 11 3 2 126 228
Schley 11 11 41 7 48 59
Screven 70 7 1 78 111 15 3 129 207
Seminole 63 7 1 71 90 6 96 167
Spalding 262 11 15 4 292 332 70 23 7 432 724
Stephens 109 6 2 117 66 5 71 188
Stewart 21 3 1 25 50 18 68 93
Sumter 45 13 4 62 186 49 8 6 249 311
Talbot 18 5 23 61 3 1 65 88
Taliaferro 1 1 18 1 19 20
Tattnall 115 5 6 126 109 3 9 121 247
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COMMITMENTS TO COUNTY JAILS1938 Contd
County
Taylor Telfair
Terrell
Thomas
Tift
Toombs
Towns
Treutlen
Troup
Turner
Twiggs
Union
Upson
Walker
Walton
Ware
Warren
Washington
Wayne
Webster Wheeler
White
Whitfield
Wilcox
Wilkes
Wilkinson Worth
White Men White Women White Boys White Girls Total White Negro Men Negro Women Negro Boys
57 57 89 5 2
184 12 5 2 203 180 23 3
29 6 35 138 12
17 7 7 3 187 264 44 5
185 13 198 194 37
123 7 1 131 199 9 4
60 60
27 3 30 29 7
225 25 11 1 262 193 22 20
44 4 48 90 6
70 70 119 21 3
70 2 1 73
219 8 16 243 187 24 4
357 13 14 5 389 82 11 3
101 1 1 103 134 4 2
621 70 3 8 702 268 44 23
No Jail 161 1 162 570 48
187 8 3 198 120 13 13
5 5 36 5 5
82 1 3 86 65 4
59 3 3 3 68 7 2
640 6 4 650 110 15
78 1 79 95 7
58 58 171 34 3
16 16 89 6
101 8 4 113 214 23 5
Negro Total Unclassi Grand Girls Negro fied Total
18
No report received for 1938 Former year used as estimate
0 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE
According to a chart recently made it was found that during the past ten years the number of negro adult prisoners has been only slightly increased while the number of white adult prisoners has increased greatly Below are given the county jail commitments for the ten year period 19291938
ADULT SERVICE TABLE NO II COUNTY JAIL COMMITMENTSTEN YEAR PERIOD 19291938
1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938
White Men 20956 21437 23507 22161 24220 24878 26358 27510 29900 27558
White Women 1593 1534 1605 1552 1641 1598 1992 1963 2355 2112
White Boys 395 294 430 290 175 202 335 387 425 375
White Girls 96 68 143 49 27 41 95 66 76 96
Total Whites 23040 23333 25685 24052 26063 26719 28780 29926 32756 30141
Negro Men 23233 24781 25847 24731 24417 25826 27205 25284 26690 25927
Negro Women 3616 3503 3600 3171 3147 3319 3844 4049 4585 4221
Negro Boys 360 384 502 418 182 309 493 399 462 540
Negro Girls 67 61 129 46 30 52 61 64 73 65
Total Negroes 27276 28729 30078 28366 27776 29506 31603 29796 31810 30753
Unclassified 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1007
Grand Total 50316 52062 55763 52418 53839 56225 60383 59722 64566 61901
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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE
Suggested changes needed in greater improvements of jails are
1 A law to enable the Department to condemn jails unfit for confinement of human beings
2 A law which would enable two or more counties to own and operate a district jail or work camp
3 A law setting up a salary for sheriffs and authorizing the county to feed and guard the prisoners
It is estimated that there are approximately three hundred and fifty city jails in Georgia Inspection and advisory service to city jails has long been needed but up to the present time there has not been sufficient funds to do the work One inspector for the Division is now inspecting both city and county jails at least once each year along with other duties whereas in some states this work requires the services of three or four inspectors
HOME FOR THE AGED OR ALMSHOUSES
The State Department of Public Welfare is required by law to inspect at least once each year all county homes for the aged and private homes for the aged in Georgia The Department also is required to collect financial and service reports from the institutions and to render advisory service to them In discharging these obligations the Department asks for the complete cooperation of all superintendents county commissioners board members of private homes for the aged and others who are interested in the welfare of aged persons who must receive institutional care
The minimum standards were drawn up at a meeting of superintendents of homes for the aged held on September 30 1938 An effort was made to make the standards conform to all types of such institutions in Georgia public and private large and small While there is no present State requirement that would compel any home for the aged to meet these standards we feel assured that those connected with such organizations will constantly strive to meet them as far as finances will permit
The following report shows Almshouse population as of December 31 1938
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ADULT SERVICE TABLE NO Ill
ALMSHOUSE POPULATION AS OF DECEMBER 31 1938
White White White Negro Negro Negro
County Men Women Children Men Women Children Total
Total 270 261 7 110 92 740
Bartow 4 5 9
Bibb 35 27 24 15 101
Brooks 1 1 2
Burke 2 2
Carroll 3 2 1 1 7
Clarke 9 17 1 1 28
Clayton 1 2 3 1 7
Cobb 15 17 3 2 37
Colquitt 3 7 1 11
Coweta 4 3 6 5 18
Decatur 3 3
DeKalb 8 6 6 1 21
Dooly 1 2 3 6
Floyd 24 27 3 4 9 67
Fulton 67 64 20 29 180
Gordon 4 6 10
Hall 3 2 5
Henry 6 3 2 11
J ackson 3 2 2 7
Madison 3 3
Murray 1 4 1 6
Muscogee 12 11 10 13 46
Paulding 7 6 13
Polk 7 4 11
Richmond 34 19 8 5 66
Spalding 4 8 2 4 1 19
Sumter 1 1 2
Thomas 2 8 4 14
Walker 12 15 1 28
Note Whitfield County Almshouse report not available but in August 1938 there were 11 inmates under care
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GROUP HOSPITALIZATION
The 1937 General Assembly provided for the creation of group hospital associations for the purpose of insuring hospitalization for persons of the medium and low income groups The State Department of Public Welfare has been required to approve hospitals contracting with these associations and by June 30 1939 thirty hospitals have been so approved
These group hospital associations must be nonprofit and all income above expenses and claims paid must ultimately return to the members either in reduced membership fees or enlarged services
Since most of these associations were created in 1938 or early 1939 they have had very little time to develop large memberships as yet but their progress thus far has been outstanding Listed below are reports from seven of these associations as of June 30 1939
Name
Community Hospital Service Association
Quitman Georgia
Georgia Mutual Hospital Association
Waycross Georgia
Hospital Service Assn Inc
Rome Georgia
Americus and Sumter County Hospital
Association Americus Georgia
Hospital Service Assn of Savannah
Savannah Georgia
Friendly Service Hospital Assn
Macon Georgia
Hospital Service Assn of Richmond County Augusta Georgia
Number Contracts Amount Received Claims Paid Balance On Hand
150 110406 34700 54851
2003 912974 356535 152839
439 81380 7750 96785
204 50600 13910 16924
306 44515 0 315830
255 36901 7283 23986
445 420757 40638 374049
LICENSING OF STANDS FOR THE BLIND
Under provisions of 1936 Federal Law providing for stands to be operated by blind persons in federal buildings the State Department of Public Welfare is authorized by the United States Department of Education to license these stands in Georgia So far only one stand has been established at the Atlanta Post Office but we hope that others may be provided as funds for the purpose are secured The blind operator of the Atlanta Stand is now making a comfortable living
ADULT PROBATION AND PAROLE
During the year the Department has cooperated with all Adult Probation Departments over the State Special assistance was given in planning and participating in the Georgia Probation Officers Conference which met at St Simons Island in June
The Department has long seen the need for a Statewide Adult Probation System but as yet funds have not been available for this purpose
PART VII
DIVISION OF ACCOUNTS AND FINANCE
Charles A Doolittle Director

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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE
DIVISION OF ACCOUNTS AND FINANCE PLAN OF OPERATIONS
The Division of Accounts and Finance administers all financial activities under the various welfare programs conducted by the State Department of Public Welfare
Primarily its duties are disbursing all State County and Federal funds made available to the Department and the maintenance of accounting records reflecting the discharge of accountability Secondarily its duties are the preparation of Federal and State budgets and the requisition of all funds provided thereunder the preparation of all financial reports required by the Federal Departments responsible for Federal participation in the various programs the collection of County participation and audit of financial records maintained by the County Departments Custody of equipment has been delegated to this Division
General accounting records are maintained in the Division of Accounts and Finance on all financial activities of the State Department of Public Welfare
Activities of the State Institutions are reflected on the general accounting records only in the form of transfer of funds to operating accounts for the Institutions These operating accounts and records of the State Institutions are maintained in the Division of Accounts and Finance with the exception of records for the Milledgeville State Hospital which are maintained in Milledgeville
The General Assembly created a new Department of Confederate Pensions and Records effective April 1 1939 and pension disbursements are not now under the supervision of this Department
FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES JULY 1 1938 TO JUNE 30 1939
The section of this Annual Report devoted to statements from the Division of Accounts and Finance reflects the financial condition at June 30 1939 and the financial activities for the fiscal year July 1 1938 to June 30 1939 of the State Department of Public Welfare and is submitted in the form of Exhibits and Schedules together with appropriate com ments thereon
Exhibits and Schedules are enumerated in the index immediately following these comments
EXHIBIT A
BALANCE SHEETJUNE 30 1939
This Exhibit reflects the financial condition of the State Department at the close of the fiscal year and is presented in the form of total resources consisting of cash balances revenue balances in the State Treasury and other miscellaneous resources which are offset by unallotted balances of other agencies funds on deposit specific allotments of State funds and surplus and deficit balances of State funds In order to properly reflect availability surplus balances that are immediately available are separated from those balances that are available only on a monthly prorata basis over the next fiscal year 193940
Cash balances by individual fund account are detailed in Schedule 1 Statement of Cash Balances June 30 1939
Revenue balances in State Treasury by individual fund account are presented m Schedule 3 Statement of Fund Revenue Accounts June 30 1939 Each appropriation
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item of State Federal and County funds is shown separately in this schedule and analyzed under appropriate headings in order to reflect amount appropriated amount made available amount collected and fund balance at the close of the fiscal year
This Exhibit is separated into sections namely Benefits Administrative Institutions Maintenance and Institutions Building Under each section separated as to funds is shown the balance sheet items applicable to the activities represented by the section as reflected in the following summary
FUND BALANCE SHEET
Adminis Institutions Institutions Resources Benefits trative Maintenance Building
Cash in Bank
State Funds 11350454 7446704
Federal and County Funds 10732140 1530681
Revenue Balances in State Treasury
Public Assistance Funds 12600000
Administrative Funds 1574800
Institutions Funds 23001351
Other Resources
P W A Grants
AdvanceHospital Authority
86997168 18204579
18158426
25840000
468550
Total 34682594
Allotments and Agencies Funds
on Deposit
Unallotted Agencies Funds
Federal Funds 10702047
County Funds 30093
Allotted State Funds
Public Assistance Benefits 12150000
Accounts Payable and Encumbrances
County Administrative Grants
Maintenance of Institutions
P W A Construction
W P A Construction
10552185
694532 836149
127962
3132153
23001351 149668723
23001351
97876842
65866578
Total Allotments and Agencies
Funds on Deposit
Surplus or Deficit Surplus State Funds
Immediately available
Available on a ProRata Basis
over Fiscal Year 193940
Deficit State Funds
22882140
11800454
4790796 23001351 163743420
4186589
1574800
14074697
Total
34682594 10552185 23001351 149668723
Comments relative to allotted State funds and surplus and deficit balances are presented in the next following pages under section applicable to the financial position of each individual fund
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STATE FUNDS FOR BENEFITS
Allotted State funds of 12150000 for Public Assistance benefits represent an allotment sufficient to pay the States proportionate share of benefits for the month of July based upon the total amount of county budgets This Division considers it expedient to have available at the close of each month sufficient State funds to set up an allotment for its proportionate share of benefits due and payable in the succeeding month in order that these obligations may at all times be paid promptly when due
The total 11800454 surplus of State funds is not immediately available as is reflected in the Balance Sheet Of the total amount 799546 represents a deficit in State funds available immediately and the balance of 12600000 is in the State Treasury available only on a monthly prorata basis over the next fiscal year This amount represents an additional 4 of State appropriation made available by the Budget Bureau on June 30 1939 and was not available for allotment during the fiscal year under review
At the beginning of the fiscal year 193839 an estimate of available State funds for the year was made including surplus funds and allotted funds on June 30 1938 and an increased monthly allotment for benefits was made effective beginning with the month of July 1938 Liquidation of benefit rolls and county administrative expenses based upon the increased allotments would have required total State funds for the year of 285124000 which is equal to 90 of the annual appropriation of 315000000
However in the second quarter of the fiscal year 193839 the amount available from the current year appropriation was reduced to a 55 basis and by April 1939 all surplus funds accrued through certain counties not using the maximum monthly allotment for benefits each month were exhausted thereby necessitating a reduction in benefit rolls of 38
In establishing a maximum monthly roll for benefits it is necessary that consideration be given at all times to the maximum State funds that will be available from the State appropriation Also that a benefit roll is a recurring liability and once established sufficient funds must be forthcoming to liquidate the liability each and every month and this liquidation must be figured on the basis of monthly liabilities for a year in order to avoid periodic reductions in the benefit rolls
The present benefit rolls plus 10 for county administrative expenses and Crippled Children benefits will require State funds equal to 60 of the State appropriation and liquidation of these obligations will exhaust all State funds estimated to be available for the fiscal year 193940 unless State revenues are increased
STATE ADMINISTRATIVE FUNDS
Allotted State funds of 3260115 represent an allotment in the amount of 127962 for accounts payable and encumbrances of the State Department and an allotment sufficient to pay the States proportionate share of County Departments administrative expenses incurred for the month of June These items represent obligations incurred during the fiscal year under review and sufficient funds for prompt liquidation were on hand at June 30 1939
The total 5761389 surplus of State funds is not immediately available Of the total amount 4186589 is available immediately and the balance of 1574800 is in the State Treasury and is available only on a monthly prorata basis over the next fiscal year
This surplus carried over to the fiscal year 193940 will be needed for operations during the fiscal year Although administrative expenses of the Department were reduced in
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April 1939 there was a drastic reduction in the administrative contribution from the Federal Government due to cut in benefit rolls Also the prospects are that the State appropriation for fiscal year 193940 will be paid on only a 60 basis unless State revenues are increased
INSTITUTIONS MAINTENANCE FUNDS
The operating accounts of the State Institutions are not reflected in this Exhibit consideration only being given in the Institutions Section under allotted State Funds to the amount of monies available for transfer to the Institutions and not to the financial position at June 30 1939 Balance sheets of the several Institutions are presented in Schedules 8 and 12 with comments under the Division of Institutions section of this report
INSTITUTIONS BUILDING FUNDS
The financial position of the Institutions Building Fund is presented in the form of total resources consisting of cash balances 105201747 revenue balances in State Treasury 18158426 due from P W A on grants 25840000 and advances for State Hospital Authority 468550 which are offset by unexpended job allocations for W P A projects 65866578 and P W A projects 97876842 thereby reflecting a deficit on June 30 1939 of 14074697
This deficit in State funds represents the excess of funds required under job allocations over total funds available to June 30 1939 However additional State funds from chain store taxes will become available during the next fiscal year prior to actual completion of the jobs
In Schedule 2 Statement of Institutions Building Fund is presented the total funds made available collections to date and balances due to the Department also funds allocated disbursements to date and balances due on allotments This schedule presents Building Fund transactions since the beginning of the program and not just for the current fiscal year
In addition to the special allocated funds provided for permanent improvements at the Institutions consisting of W and A rental discounts and chain store taxes the sum of 3000000 was provided under the General Appropriation Act for a cold storage plant at the Milledgeville State Hospital also the sum of 17294906 was provided from the States stabilization fund in order that sufficient funds would be available for repairs and improvements of vital importance
EXHIBIT B
RECONCILIATION OF SURPLUSSTATE FUNDS
This Exhibit reconciles the Surplus State funds at the beginning of the year with the Surplus State funds at the close of the year and thereby reflects the Fund Revenue Expenditures and Continuing Allotments
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EXHIBIT C
STATEMENT OF REVENUE RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
This Exhibit reflects the cash receipts and expenditures for the period July 1 1938 to June 30 1939 and is summarized with percentages to total as follows
Description Amount Percent
Revenue Receipts
State Treasurer 663371670 6786
Federal Government 264006164 2701
Counties 49822684 510
Miscellaneous Revenue 312013 03
Total Revenue Receipts 977512531 10000
Cash in BanksJuly 1 1938 44385450
Total 1021897981
Description Amount Percent
Expenditures
Benefits Paid 565298425 6383
Institutions Building Program 49337655 557
Institutions Maintenance Transfers 172998137 1953
Administrative Grants to Counties 42079708 475
Administrative Operations 46003780 519
Transfer to State Office Building Committee 9450000 107
Advances for State Hospital Authority 468550 06
Total Expenditures 885636255 10000
Cash in BanksJune 30 1939 136261726
Total 1021897981
During the fiscal year ended June 30 1939 8893 of the total expenditures of the State Department were for Social Security benefits Confederate pensions and the State Eleemosynary Institutions constituting total expenditures for benefits as distinguished from expenditures for administrative purposes 475 of the total expenditures represented grants to the counties for the States participation in County Departments administrative expenses and 113 represented advances and transfers to other State governmental units leaving 519 for administrative operations of the State Department However this 519 represents payments for administrative purposes from State County and Federal funds and a deduction of the participation by these agencies leaves 23035174 as the net cost to the State for administrative operations or as expressed in percentages 260 of total expenditures See section headed Expenditures for Administrative Operations for additional analyses and explanation relative thereto
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REVENUE RECEIPTS
Receipts from the State Treasurer to apply on legislative appropriations are sum
marized as follows
Appropriation Benefits 253575002
Appropriation Administrative Operations 35411679
Appropriation Institutions 179294843
Chain Store Tax Institutions Building Fund 16524152
W A Rental Discounts Institutions Building Fund 101088894
Warrants Confederate Pensions 77477100
Total663371670
Receipts from the Federal Government are summarized as follows
Allocations Public Assistance 216762593
Allocations Child Welfare 5572458
Allocations Crippled Children 9371113
Allocations P W A Grants 32300000
Total 264006164
It is required that Federal funds be deposited in special bank accounts and are not subject to withdrawals until such time as expenditures are made chargeable to the activities for which the funds are allocated
Receipts from counties consist of participation in public assistance benefits amounting to 47147762 and assessments of 2674922 for surplus commodity distribution expenses
Commodity salvage funds received from the sale of containers amounted to 274543
Refunds and recoveries of public assistance benefits amounted to 37470 after refunds to the Federal Government and counties for their proportionate share of such collections
EXPENDITURES
Pertinent comments covering each class of expenditure is given in the next following pages under appropriate headings
BENEFITS PAID
Benefits paid under the Public Assistance Confederate Pension and Crippled Children
Programs amounted to 565298425 as follows
Public Assistance Program 471555000
Crippled Children Program 16266325
Confederate Pension Program through March 31 1939 77477100
Total 565298425
Public Assistance benefits summarized by type of assistance and source of funds are given as follows
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Total State County Federal
Funds Funds Funds Funds
Old Age 345440200 138192840 34544020 172703340
Blind 15145150 6083135 1514515 7547500
Dependent Children 110969650 62889548 11096965 36983137
Total 471555000 207165523 47155500 217233977
Average Percent 10000 4393 1000 4607
The ratio of participation in Old Age and Blind Assistance is State 40 Federal 50 and County 10 and in Dependent Children the ratio is State 56 Federal 33 and County 10
A comparison of public assistance benefits paid in April 1939 before cut in rolls due to lack of State funds with benefits paid in June 1939 is tabulated below
Month of April 1939 Month of June 1939
N imber Net Average Number Net Average
of Amount per of Amount per
Individuals Paid Individual Individuals Paid Individual
Old Age if 36651 31338500 855 22245 18056250 812
Blind 1258 1348900 1072 988 987800 1000
Dependent Children 12452 9797700 787 10163 7645150 752
Total 50361 42485100 844 33396 26689200 800
Decrease 16965 15795900 0044
In Schedule 4 is given a summary of Public Assistance benefits paid under the three categories showing amounts and number of individuals by months and average allowances This schedule also shows the source of funds expressed in amounts and percentages
The number of individuals and amount of benefits wherever shown in this report reflect the net number and amount after deduction for checks returned for cancellation
Crippled Children benefits were paid in the amount of 16266325 and of this amount 8025861 were paid from Federal funds The ratio of participation is 50 State funds and 50 Federal funds An analysis by nature of expenditure is as follows
Percent
Nature of Expenditure Amount to Total
Hospitalization 7511675 4618
Convalescent Care 2209500 1358
Appliances 1049925 646
Transportation of Children 37600 23
Medical Services Surgeons 2620685 1611
Medical Services Physical Therapists 351200 216
Field Nursing Services Salary and Travel 1716255 1055
Field Social Services Salary and Travel 769485 473
Total 16266325 10000
Confederate Pensions were paid in the amount of 77477100 through March 31 1939 Payments were made from State funds by State Treasury checks issued to the County Ordinaries after certification of the pension payrolls by the Confederate Pension Division Effective April 1 1939 pension disbursements were transferred to the new Department of Confederate Pensions and Records
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EXPENDITURES
INSTITUTIONS BUILDING PROGRAM
Payments under the Institutions Building Program amounted to 49337655 Analysis by nature of expenditure and type of program is as follows
Object of Expenditure Amount
Personal Services 428981
Architectural Engineering and Legal Fees 9968909
Materials Tools etc 9933647
Advertising 71251
Equipment Rental 296491
License for Trucks 600
Motor Vehicle Equipment 175718
Construction Equipment 289681
Buildings and Structures Contracts 25628002
Land 2544375
Total 49337655
Type of Program
W P A Construction 15361072
P W A Construction 31323158
Other Construction
School for the Deaf Land Purchase 2580875
Special Force Account Job 72550
Total 49337655
Obligations on June 30 1939 under the W P A program represented by requisitions in process of purchase 626359 and unliquidated purchase orders 10626044 when added to the expenditures of 15361072 make a total cost incurred to date of 26613475
TRANSFERS TO INSTITUTIONS FOR MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS
Transfers to the Institutions for operations amounted to 172998137 as follows Institution Amount
Milledgeville State Hospital 147023998
Academy for the Blind 4039992
Confederate Soldiers Home 1498808
Training School for Boys 3432000
School for Mental Defectives 5785416
School for the Deaf 7938000
Training School for Girls 3279923
Total 172998137
The operating accounts of the State Institutions are not reflected in this Exhibit consideration only being given under Expenditures to the amount of monies transferred to the Institutions and not to the actual disbursements for operations
Details of financial operations are presented in Schedules 10 and 12
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ADMINISTRATIVE GRANTS TO COUNTIES
Grants to counties for administrative purposes amounted to 2079708 and represent the States proportionate share of administrative expenses of the County Departments Contributions by the counties toward administrative expenses in which the State participates amounted to 6506022 or a percentage contribution of 134 This contribution is in excess of 10 and is caused by certain of the counties exceeding their administrative budget and although the excess is chargeable to Public Assistance our maximum participation is 90 of the budget
EXPENDITURES FOR ADMINISTRATIVE OPERATIONS
The cost of administrative operations of the State Department amounted to 46003780 and is analyzed by object of expenditure with percentages to total expenditures as follows
Percent to Total
Object of Expenditure Amount Expenditures
Personal Services 27662502 312
Travel Expenses 5724532 65
Supplies and Materials 3170849 36
Communication Services 1783754 20
Heat Light Power and Water Services 7492
Stamping Printing Binding and Publicity 2028677 23
Repairs and Alterations 266236 03
Rents 1722419 19
Miscellaneous Payments 90007 01
Insurance and Bonding 199685 02
Equipment Purchases Furniture and Fixtures 1052994 12
Equipment Purchases Motor Vehicle Equipment 229463326
46003780 519
Less Participation by Other Agencies Federal Government
Public Assistance 14058667
Child Welfare 5713429
Crippled Children 1218035
Total
Counties
Surplus Commodity Distribution
Total
Net Cost to State
20990131 237
1978475 22
22968606 259
23035174 260
The net cost to the State for administrative operations of the State Department was 23035174 and is arrived at by deducting participation by other agencies in the amount of 22968606 from the total cost of 46003780 as reflected in the foregoing tabulation
The net cost to the State for administrative operations expressed in a percentage to total expenditures of the State Department is 260 This cost to the State of 260 represents expenses of the State Department in administering all activities of the State
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and County Departments of Public Welfare It includes cost to the State Department for statewide supervision of certifications for strictly Federal programs administered by the Surplus Commodity Corporation Works Progress Administration Civilian Conservation Corps and National Youth Administration and also the States share of expenses for statewide distribution of surplus commodities whereas the total expenditures used in establishing this administrative cost ratio do not include benefits paid directly by the Federal Government under the strictly Federal programs
In Schedule 5 is presented an analysis of administrative costs of the State Department by detail object of expenditure Expenditures for personal services and travel expenses are analyzed by the Divisions of the Department Likewise in Schedule 6 this same total administrative cost is analyzed by activity reflecting the cost of each program
The State Department does not include in its records the administrative costs of the County Departments applicable to the welfare programs toward which the State makes no contribution however in Schedule 7 is presented a statement of the total combined cost of administrative operations of the State Department and the 159 County Departments of Public Welfare This statement reflects for the fiscal year ended June 30 1939 a total cost of 118819205
DIVISION OF INSTITUTIONS
The following section of this report is devoted to the financial operations of the State Institutions
In Schedule 8 is presented Statement of Assets and Liabilities State Institutions Exclusive of Milledgeville State Hospital June 30 1939 Likewise a similar statement for Milledgeville State Hospital is presented in Schedule 11
Changes in surplus of the Institutions in the period under review are shown in the following statement
Surplus Balances
Institution June 301939 June 30 1938 Increase Decrease
Academy for the Blind 722658 1179860 457202
Confederate Soldiers Home 96398 124515 28117
Training School for Boys 370827 594606 223779
School for Mental Defectives 1456811 1745628 288817
School for the Deaf 471342 958480 487138
Training School for Girls 391816 639357 247541
Milledgeville State Hospital 20844424 3621834 17222590
Total 24354276 8864280 17222590 1732594
Does not include Surplus Invested in Supplies and Materials
June 30 193910254074
June 30 1938 11500775
Included in the Institutions surplus of 24354276 on June 30 1938 is an amount of 9935965 representing 4 of the appropriation made available by the Budget Bureau on June 30 1939 and was not available to the Institutions during the fiscal year under review
In addition to revenue collections on the regular 200000000 appropriation the Institutions were granted by Legislature a deficiency appropriation of 48399108 which was paid 100 by transfers from the States stabilization fund also additional funds in the amount of 11505465 were made available from the stabilization fund for maintenance
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of the Institutions Without these additional maintenance funds totaling 59904573 the Institutions would have ended the fiscal year with a large deficit
The Budget Bureau advises that appropriations will be paid on a 60 basis for the first quarter of fiscal year 193940 inclusive of the 4 carryover from fiscal year 193839 On this revenue basis maintenance operations of the Institutions will practically exhaust the June 30 1939 surplus during the first quarter
Allocation of funds to the several Institutions is made from a lump sum appropriation for the institutions In Schedule 9 is presented an analysis by the several Institutions of the allocation the funds made available and revenue balances in the State Treasury
In Schedule 10 is presented Statement of Revenue Receipts and Expenditures State Institutions Exclusive of Milledgeville State Hospital July 1 1938 to June 30 1939 Likewise a similar statement for Milledgeville State Hospital is presented in Schedule 12
Revenue receipts represent transfers from the State Department and miscellaneous revenue receipts Expenditures are classified by objects of expenditure separated as to maintenance and outlay
Operating expenses of the several Institutions for the fiscal year ended June 30 1939 are summarized as follows
Institution Total Maintenance Outlay
Academy for the Blind Confederate Soldiers Home Training School for Boys School for Mentl Defectives 3893423 1566699 3603211 7115381 3893423 1566699 3603211 5990998 1124383
School for the Deaf 8421301 8351001 70300
Training School for Girls Milledgeville State Hospital 3269550 140580645 3269550 138078508 2502137
Total 168450210 164753390 3696820
INDEX OF FINANCIAL EXHIBITS AND SCHEDULES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR JULY 1 1938 TO JUNE 30 1939
Exhibit AFund Balance SheetJune 30 1939
Exhibit BReconciliation of Surplus State Funds Reflecting Fund Revenue Expenditures and Continuing Allotments July 1 1938 to June 30 1939
Exhibit CStatement of Revenue Receipts and Expenditures July 1 1938 to June 30 1939
Schedule 1Statement of Cash Balances June 30 1939
Schedule 2Statement of Institutions Building Fund June 30 1939
Schedule 3Statement of Fund Revenue Accounts June 30 1939
Schedule 4Statement of Public Assistance and Crippled Children Benefits Paid July 1 1938 to June 30 1939
Schedule 4AStatement of Payments for Total Public Assistance Benefits Old Age Assistance Aid to the Blind and Aid to Dependent Children by County July 1 1938 to June 30 1939
Schedule 4BStatement of Payments for Old Age Assistance by County July 1 1938 to June 30 1939
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Schedule 4CStatement of Payments for Aid to the Blind by County July 1 1938 to June 30 1939
Schedule 4DStatement of Payments for Aid to Dependent Children by County July 1 1938 to June 30 1939
Schedule 4EStatement of Number of Individuals Receiving Total Public Assistance Benefits Old Age Assistance Aid to the Blind Aid to Dependent Children by County Reflecting Average Payment per Individual July 1 1938 to June 30 1939
Schedule 4FStatement of Number of Individuals Receiving Old Age Assistance by County Reflecting Average Payment per Individual July 1 1938 to June 30 1939
Schedule 4GStatement of Number of Individuals Receiving Aid to the Blind by County Reflecting Average Payment per Individual July 1 1938 to June 30 1939
Schedule 4HStatement of Number of Individuals Receiving Aid to Dependent Children by County Reflecting Average Payment per Individual July 1 1938 to June 30 1939
Schedule 41Statement of Payments for Total Public Assistance Benefits Old Age Assistance Aid to the Blind Aid to Dependent Children by County Reflecting Source of Funds July 1 1938 to June 30 1939
Schedule 4JStatement of Payments for Old Age Assistance by County Reflecting Source of Funds July 1 1938 to June 30 1939
Schedule 4KStatement of Payments for Aid to the Blind by County Reflecting Source of Funds July 1 1938 to June 30 1939
Schedule 4LStatement of Payments for Aid to Dependent Children by County Reflecting Source of Funds July 1 1938 to June 30 1939
Schedule 4MStatement of Payments for Crippled Children Benefits by County Reflecting Class of Benefit July 1 1938 to June 30 1939
Schedule 5Statement of Administrative Operations by Object of Expenditure July 1 1938 to June 30 1939
Schedule 5AStatement of Grants to Counties for Administration by County July 1 1938 to June 30 1939
Schedule 6Statement of Administrative Operations by Activity July 1 1938 to June 30 1939
Schedule 7Statement of Total Combined Cost of Administrative Operations State Department and County Departments of Public Welfare July 1 1938 to June 30 1939
DIVISION OF INSTITUTIONS
Schedule 8Statement of Assets and Liabilities State Institutions Exclusive of Milledgeville State Hospital June 30 1939
Schedule 9Statement of Appropriation and Surplus in State Treasury State Institutions June 30 1939
Schedule 10Statement of Revenue Receipts and Expenditures State Institutions Exclusive of Milledgeville State Hospital July 1 1938 to June 30 1939
Schedule 11Statement of Assets and Liabilities Milledgeville State Hospital June 30 1939
Schedule 12Statement of Revenue Receipts and Expenditures Milledgeville State Hospital July 1 1938 to June 30 1939
RESOURCES
Cash in Bank
State Funds 11350454
Federal and County Funds 10732140 22082594
Revenue Balance in State Treasury State Public Assistance Funds 12600000
EXHIBIT A
FUND BALANCE SHEET JUNE 30 1939
ALLOTMENTS SURPLUS AND OTHER AGENCIES FUNDS ON DEPOSIT
BENEFITS SECTION
Unallotted Agencies Funds on Deposit with State Federal Funds Public Assistance 9537520 Federal Funds Crippled Children 1164527 County Funds Public Assistance 30093 10732140
Allotted State Funds
Public Assistance Benefits July 12150000
Surplus State Funds
Available Immediately Deficit 799546 Dr Available on a Monthly Prorata
34682594 Basis over Fiscal Year 193940 12600000 11800454 34682594
ADMINISTRATIVE SECTION
Cash in Bank
State Funds 7446704
Federal and County Funds 1530681 8977385
Revenue Balance in State Treasury
State Administrative Funds 1503600
State Institutions Funds 71200 1574800
Unallotted Agencies Funds on Deposit with State
Federal Funds Child Welfare 694532
County Funds Commodity
Distribution 836149 1530681
Allotted State Funds Accounts Payable and
Encumbrances 127962
County Administrative Grants
June 3132153 3260115
Surplus State Funds
Available Immediately 4186589
Available on a Monthly Prorata Basis over Fiscal Year 193940 1574800
10552185
5761389
10552185
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INSTITUTIONS SECTION
Revenue Balance in State Treasury
State Institutions Funds
See Schedules No 8 and 11 for Balance Sheets of Institutions
Allotted State Funds
23001351 Maintenance of State Institutions
See Schedules No 8 and 11 for Balance Sheets of Institutions
Cash in Bank State Funds Federal Funds
INSTITUTIONS BUILDING SECTION
Allotted State Funds
86997168 P W A Construction97876842
18204579 105201747 W P A Construction 65866578
Revenue Balance in State Treasury Deficit State Funds
State Institutions Funds15200000
Chain Store Tax Collections 2958426 18158426
Other Resources
Federal Funds P W A Grants25840000
State Hospital Authority Advances 468550 26308550 149668723
TOTAL ALLOTMENTS SURPLUS
TOTAL RESOURCES H 217904853 AND OTHER AGENCIES FUNDS
23001351
163743420 14974697 Dr
149668723
217904853
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EXHIBIT B
RECONCILIATION OF SURPLUS STATE FUNDS REFLECTING
FUND REVENUE EXPENDITURES AND CONTINUING ALLOTMENTS JULY 1 1938 TO JUNE 30 1939
Administrative Institutions Institutions Benefits Operations Maintenance Building
SURPLUS AND CONTINUING ALLOTMENTS
STATE FUNDS JULY 1 1938
Surplus 67086442 7069901
Continuing Allotments 34039310 7391632 20162915 2293988
TOTAL 101125752 14461533 20162915 2293988
ADD REVENUE FOR YEAR Sch No 3
STATE FUNDS
Appropriation Act 256477100
Chain Store Tax
W A Rental Discounts
FEDERAL FUNDS
P W A Grants
Public Assistance 217233977
Child Welfare fijKL
Crippled Children 8025861
COUNTIES t 47155500
Miscellaneous Revenue rZ 42720
28038279 175836573 20294906
14058667
5713429
1218035
1978475
274543
17188590
101088894
58140000
TOTAL REVENUE 528935158 51281428 175836573 196712390
TOTAL AVAILABLE 630060910 65742961 195999488 199006378
DEDUCT EXPENDITURES FOR YEAR Exh C
Public Assistance Benefits471555000
Crippled Children Benefits 16266325
Confederate Pensions 77477100
Institutions Building Program
Transfers to Institutions
Grants to Counties 40812031
Administrative Operations
TransferState Office Bldg
49337655
172998137
1267677 46003780 9450000
TOTAL EXPENDITURES 606110456 56721457 172998137 49337655
ADD CONTINUING ALLOTMENTS
12150000
127962 3132153
23001351
163743420
TOTAL CONTINUING ALLOTMENTS 12150000 3260115 23001351 163743420 TOTAL EXPENDITURES
CONTINUING ALLOTMENTS 618260456 59981572 195999488 213081075
SURPLUS STATE FUNDS JUNE 30 1939 11800454 5761389
Public Assistance Benefits
Accounts Payable etc
Grants to Counties June Institutions Maintenance Institutions Building
DEFICIT STATE FUNDS JUNE 30 1939
14074697
EXHIBIT O
STATEMENT OF REVENUE JULY 1 1938
REVENUE RECEIPTS
STATE TREASURER
Appropriation Benefits 253575002
Appropriation Administrative Operations 35411679
Appropriation State Institutions 179294843
Chain Store Tax Institutions Building
Fund 16524152
W A Rental Discounts Institutions
Building Fund 101088894
Warrants Confederate Pensions 77477100 663371670
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
Allocation Public Assistance216762593
Allocation Child Welfare 5572458
Allocation Crippled Children 9371113
Allocation PWA Grants for Construction 32300000 264006164
COUNTIES
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES TO JUNE 30 1939
EXPENDITURES
BENEFITS PAID
Public Assistance Program 471555000
Crippled Children Program 16266325
Confederate Pension Programto March 31 1939 77477100
INSTITUTIONS BUILDING PROGRAM Personal Services
Architectural Engineering and Legal Fees
Materials tools etc
Advertising
Equipment Rental j
License for Trucks
Motor Vehicle Equipment
Construction Equipment
Buildings and Structures Contracts Land
428981 9968909 9933647
71251
296491
600
175718
289681 25628002
2544375
Collections Public Assistance 47147762
Collections Commodity Distribution 2674922 49822684
MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE
Commodity Salvage Containers 274543
Refunds and Recoveries Net 37470 312013
TOTAL REVENUE RECEIPTS 977512531
CASH IN BANKJULY 1 1938
State Benefit Fundsi 13950750
State Administrative Funds 4311533
Federal and County Funds 26123167 44385450
STATE INSTITUTIONS Transfers for Maintenance See Schedules No 10 and 12 for operating Accounts of
Institutions
ADMINISTRATIVE GRANTS TO COUNT IES ADMINISTRATIVE OPERATIONS
Personal Services 27662502
Travel Expense 5724532
Supplies and Materials 3170849
Communication Services 1783754
Heat Light Power and Water Services 7492
Stamping Printing Binding and Publicity 2028677
Repairs and Alterations 266236
Rents 1722419
Miscellaneous Payments 90007
Insurance and Bonding 199685
Equipment Purchases
Furniture and Fixtures 1052994
Equipment Purchases
Motor Vehicle Equipment 2294633
TRANSFER TO STATE OFFICE BUILDING
COMMITTEE
ADVANCE FOR STATE HOSPITAL AUTHORITY
TOTAL EXPENDITURES 3
CASH IN BANKJUNE 30 1939
State Benefit Funds 11350454
State Administrative Funds 7446704
State Institutions Building Funds 86997168
Federal and County Funds 30467400
TOTAL g 1021897981 TOTAL
565298425
49337655
172998137
42079708
46003780
9450000 468550 885636255
136261726 1021897981
STATE OF GEORGIA 241
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SCHEDULE No 1
STATEMENT OF CASH BALANCES JUNE 30 1939
State Federal and Total Bank Funds County Funds Balances
BENEFIT FUNDS
State Assistance AccountSifflS 11350454 30093 11380547
Federal Assistance Account 9537520 9537520
Federal Crippled Children Account 1164527 1164527
TOTAL l 11350454 iS10732140 22083594
ADMINISTRATIVE FUNDS
State Administrative Account L
Division of Institutions Account
Federal Child Welfare Account
Commodity Salvage Fund Account
Commodity Distribution Fund Account
7388761
18949
38994
7388761
18949
694532 694532
38994
836149 836149
TOTAL
7446704 1530681 8 8977385
INSTITUTIONS FUNDS
Institutions Operating Bank Accounts are shown in Schedules No 8 and 11
INSTITUTIONS BUILDING FUNDS
Institutions Building Fund Account UL
Institutions Building Fund Account No 2
Construction Account No 1603F
Construction Account No 1640F
Construction Account No 1642F
Construction Account Gracewood
11760577
18283374
11216027 25823109
16793127 3120954
3376750
9127998
5699831
11760577 18283374
14592777 34951107 22492958
3120954
TOTAL
86997168 18204579 105201747
TOTAL BANK BALANCES STATE FUNDS 105794326
TOTAL BANK BALANCES FEDERAL AND COUNTY FUNDS 1 30467400
TOTAL BANK BALANCES AT JUNE 30 1939
136261726
STATE OF GEORGIA
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STATEMENT OF INSTITUTIONS BUILDING FUND JUNE 30 1939
FUNDS MADE AVAILABLE
SOURCE OF FUNDS Funds Funds Made Collections Due to Available to Date Department
STATE TREASURER W and A Rental Discount Funds Chain Store Tax Funds Institutions Maintenance Fund Appropriation Act Stabilization Fund 101088894 101088894 31382578 28424152 2958426 3000000 3000000 17294906 2094906 15200000
TOTAL STATE FUNDS 152766378 134607952 18158426
U S TREASURY P W A Grants Milledgeville State Hospital Jones Building Addition Training School for Boys School for the Deaf 13050000 7250000 5800000 27000000 15000000 12000000 18090000 10050000 8040000
TOTAL FEDERAL FUNDS 58140000 32300000 25840000
TOTAL FUNDS 210906378 166907952 43998426
FUNDS ALLOTTED
PURPOSE OF ALLOTMENTS Funds Disbursements Balance of Allotted to Date Allotments
WPA PROJECTSSTATES PORTION Job AllotmentsEstimated Cost Jobs under construction Jobs not yet under construction Architectural Engineering Contingencies 33627857 10722204 22905653 35641693 35641693 11958100 4638868 7319232
TOTAL ESTIMATED COST TO STATE 81227650 15361072 65866578
PWA PROJECTSSTATE FEDERAL COST 129200000 31323158 97876842
OTHER ALLOTMENTS Milledgeville State Hospital To reimburse prior year construction Land Purchase School for the Deaf Other Construction School for the Deaf 11900000 11900000 2580875 2580875 72550 72550
TOTAL ALLOTMENTS 224981075 61237655 163743420
DEFICIT IN FUNDS JUNE 30 1939 TO COMPLETE ALLOTMENTS 14074697
CASH IN BANKS JUNE 30 1939 ADVANCES FOR HOSPITAL AUTHORITY 105201747 468550 105670297
EXCESS BALANCE OF ALLOTMENTS OVER FUNDS DUE TO DEPARTMENT JUNE 30 1939 DEDUCT Cash and Advances June 30 1939 119744994 105670297
DEFICIT IN FUNDS JUNE 30 1939 14074897
SCHEDULE No 3
STATEMENT OP FUND REVENUE ACCOUNTS JUNE 30 1939
Availability of Balance
Available
For
Appropriated Reduction Undrawn Total Revenue Undrawn Iimne Proration Permanent
For Fiscal in Revenue Balance Available Receipts Balance diately Over Fiscal Improve
Year 193839 Appropriation For Year July 11938 For Year For Year June 301939 Available Year 193940 ments
STATE FUNDS APPROPRIATIONSECTION 22 OF THE GENERAL APPROPRIATION ACT
Public Assistance 315000000 126000000 189000000 77175002 266175002 253575002 12600000 12600000
Administrative
Operations 38250000 11279721 26970279 9945000 36915279 35411679 1503600 1503600
Confederate Pensions
to 33139 67477100 67477100 10000000 77477100 77477100
State Institutions 248399108 51199629 197199479 20367915 217567394 179294843 38272551 13136586 9935965 15200000
ALLOCATED FUNDSSTATE INSTITUTIONS BUILDING PROGRAM GliQiiu store Tx
Collections 17188590 17188590 2293988 19482578 16524152 2958426 2958426
W A Railroad
Rental Discounts 101088894 101088894 101088894 101088894
TOTAL STATE FUNDS 787403692 188479350 598924342 119781905 718706247 663371670 55334577 13136586 24039565 18158426
OTHER REVENUE FUNDS Public Works Administration
Institutions Buildings 58140000 58140000 32300000 25840000 25840000
Recoveries Public
Assistance 42720 42720 42720
Commodity
Salvage Funds 274543 274543 274543
TOTAL OTHER
REVENUE FUNDS 58457263 58457263 32617263 25840000 25840000
244 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE
Appropriated Deduct Excess For Fiscal Participation Year 193839 Deposited
Deduct Fund Net Revenue Balances Amount Due For Year July 11938 For Year
Revenue Unallotted Receipts Funds For Year June 301939
OTHER PARTICIPATING AGENCIES FUNDS FEDERAL FUNDS
Public Assistance 240830164 9537520 231292644 24067571 207225073 216762593 9537520
Public Assistance
Recoveries 5250 Cr 5250 Dr 5250
Child Welfare 6407961 694532 5713429 835503 4877926 5572458 694532
Crippled Children 10408423 1164527 9243896 1037310 8206586 9371113 1164527
TOTAL 257646548 11396579 246249969 25945634 220304335 231700914 11396579
COUNTIES
Public Assistance 47185593 30093 47155500 37831 47117669 47147762 30093
Surplus Commodity
Distribution 2814624 836149 1978475 139702 1838773 2674922 836149
TOTAL 50000217 866242 49133975 177533 48956442 49822684 866242
TOTAL OTHER AGENCIES
FUNDS 307646765 12262821 295383944 26123167 269260777 281523598 12262821
TOTAL REVENUE FOR YEAR
ALL FUNDS TO
EXHIBIT B952765549
TOTAL REVENUE RECEIPTS FOR YEAR ALL FUNDS
TO EXHIBIT C 977512531
STATE OF GEORGIA 245
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SUMMARY OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AND CRIPPLED CHILDREN BENEFITS PAID JULY 1 1938 TO JUNE 30 1939 PUBLIC ASSISTANCE BENEFITS OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
Mouth
July
August
September
October
November
December
January
February
March
April
May
June
TOTAL
Month
July
August
September
October
November December January February
March
April
May
June
TOTAL
Month
Amount
Number of Average
Amount Individuals Allowance
29538250 32786 901
30263200 33802 895
30778250 34677 888
31060150 35152 884
31257750 35524 880
31355950 35775 876
31357700 35906 873
31233000 36230 862
31285650 36415 859
31338500 36651 855
17915550 22033 813
18056250 22245 812
345440200
i THE BLIND
Number of Average
Amount Individuals Allowance
1241100 1107 1024
1263750 1133 1115
1297650 1171 1108
1305900 1188 1099
1328300 1211 1097
1338450 1225 1093
1347550 1232 1094
1355750 1248 1086
1356800 1256 1080
1348900 1258 1072
973200 977 996
987800 988 1000
15145150
INDENT CHILDREN
Number of Average Number of Average
Children Allowance Cases Allowance
July 9109350
August 93083 00
September 9463800
Ontohfir 9515450
Novemher 9S51100
Dficeuihfir 9618750
January 9704550
Fehruary 9763900
Mareh 9808000
April 9797700
May 7683600
Jue 7645150
11579 787 4262 2137
11819 788 4367 2132
12021 787 4455 2124
12130 784 4498 2115
12154 786 4540 2104
12246 785 4572 2104
12334 787 4613 2104
12452 784 4678 2087
12469 787 4699 2087
12452 787 4710 2080
10209 753 3742 2053
10163 752 3733 2048
TOTAL
110969650
TOTAL PUBLIC ASSISTANCE BENEFITS
Number of Average Number of Average
Month Amount Individuals Allowance Cases Allowance
July 39888700 45472 877 38155 1045
August 40835250 46754 873 39302 1039
September 41539700 47869 868 40303 1031
October 41881500 48470 864 40838 1026
November 42137150 48889 862 41275 1021
December 42313150 49246 859 41572 1018
January 42409800 49472 857 41751 1016
February 42352650 49930 848 42156 1007
March 42450450 50140 847 42370 1002
April 42485100 50361 844 42619 997
May 26572350 33219 800 26752 993
June 26689200 33396 800 26966 990
TOTAL
471555000
STATE OF GEORGIA
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SUMMARY OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AND CRIPPLED CHILDREN BENEFITS PAID JULY 3 1938 TO JUNE 30 1939
FUND DISTRIBUTION PUBLIC ASSISTANCE BENEFITS
TYPE OF ASSISTANCE
State
Funds
County
Funds
Federal
Funds
Total
Funds
Old Age Assistance 1138192840 34544020
Aid to the Blind 6083135 1514515
Aid to Dependent Children1 62889548 11096965
172703340
7547500
36983137
345440200
15145150
110969650
TOTALS
207165523 47155500 217233977 471555000
PERCENTAGES
Old Age Assistance
Aid to the Blind
Aid to Dependent Children
TOTAL
4000
4017
5667
1000
1000
1000
5000
4983
3333
10000
10000
10000
4393 1000 4607 10000
CRIPPLED CHILDREN BENEFITS NATURE OF EXPENDITURE
Hospitalization
Convalescent Care1
Appliances j
Medical Services Surgeons
Medical Services Physical Therapists
Field Nursing Services
Salaries j
Travel Expenses
Field Social Services
Salaries
Travel Expensesr
Transportation of Crippled Children
TOTAL1I
FUND DISTRIBUTION CRIPPLED CHILDREN BENEFITS
FUND
State Funds
Federal Funds
TOTALS i
Amount Percentage
7511675 4618
2209500 1358
1049925 646
2620685 1611
351200 216
999182 614
717073 441
452000 278
317485 195
37600 23
16266325 10000
Amount Percentage
8240464 5066
8025861 4934
16266325 10000
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STATEMENT OF PAYMENTS FOR TOTAL PUBLIC ASSISTANCE BENEFITS OLD AGE ASSISTANCE AID TO THE BLIND AND AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN
BY COUNTY
JULY 1 1938 TO JUNE 30 1939
County July 1938 August 1938 September 1938 October 1938 November 1938
1 Appling Atkinson 186050 198950 199450 196850 198700
2 90900 99800 99800 100500 98950
3 Bacon 94650 100350 102700 102800 97600
4 Baker 102200 108650 114150 116900 114500
5 Baldwin 262000 276950 285850 298650 307400
6 Banks 127850 132850 134000 137100 132300
7 Barrow 183700 183500 185500 186450 186750
8 Bartow 375800 373400 372900 372800 373400
9 Ben Hill 186400 191550 189500 190400 189800
10 Berrien 191300 203450 191350 193850 192050
11 Bibb 1130800 1134250 1144150 1143850 1137250
12 Bleckley 127300 133000 133700 133700 133850
13 Brantley 99750 98550 101450 100350 101700
14 Brooks 201100 219500 232750 237650 254300
15 Bryan 83700 86800 85450 86450 85200
16 Bulloch 375400 381650 386450 392100 394850
17 Burke 406200 414500 428750 427050 421400
18 Butts 132050 135150 136600 137100 138550
19 Calhoun 148950 146450 151300 155800 155450
20 Camden 92800 94100 94950 92900 95650
21 Candler 128900 130600 127050 132150 134250
22 Carroll 448600 473200 510550 511400 504300
23 Catoosa 125400 137900 138800 133250 138900
24 Charlton 59950 64150 64300 64900 64550
25 Chatham 1361300 1422850 1467650 1518350 1564900
26 Chattahoochee 83000 88250 89650 89250 91950
27 Chattooga 228250 229100 229200 228450 223350
28 Cherokee 294950 297500 298400 297750 298750
29 Clarke 298250 303650 322050 333800 338250
30 Clay 89700 88900 88900 91600 100200
31 Clayton 138600 139400 144550 150950 151100
32 Clinch 101450 104200 103850 102800 100150
33 Cobb 492450 522600 527350 528600 523300
34 Coffee 293100 294300 295100 295100 290900
35 Colquitt 428050 420250 437300 453550 453250
36 Columbia 125550 127400 127500 127950 128900
37 Cook 155550 155750 159100 162300 152350
38 Coweta 344300 348900 348850 343800 355300
39 Crawford 99150 100300 103650 102050 102650
40 Crisp r 231100 241900 254000 256200 257050
41 Dade 57900 60700 58800 60000 59900
42 Dawson 48800 51300 51500 51500 52100
43 Decatur 255400 296400 329550 348600 348600
44 DeKalb 664400 676650 675050 669200 680150
45 Dodge 222050 234450 250500 268450 277500
46 Dooly 241200 247650 252600 262550 260150
47 Dougherty 320700 326550 330000 331400 332500
48 Douglas 142600 140900 143200 143200 142450
49 Early 247500 259650 265350 269450 269900
50 Echols 39100 37050 39100 39100 38350
51 Effingham 151000 151900 147950 151200 148200
52 Elbert 256200 272250 276000 2765A0 275850
53 Emanuel 355300 357550 355700 358650 358050
54 Evans 102550 102400 104200 102700 103200
55 Fannin 181650 186200 187450 186200 188600
56 Fayette 114250 121900 126850 129500 128500
57 Floyd 670400 698100 711150 709550 699850
58 Forsyth 155200 154900 160100 159950 158350
59 Franklin 226200 229300 236100 234950 237100
60 Fulton 5350150 5344000 5334300 5336100 5322150
STATE OF GEORGIA
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STATEMENT OF PAYMENTS FOR TOTAL PUBLIC ASSISTANCE BENEFITS OLD AGE ASSISTANCE AID TO THE BLIND AND AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN
BY COUNTY
JULY 1 1938 TO JUNE 30 1939
December January February March April May June
1938 1939 1939 1939 1939 1939 1939 Total
197700 196900 199050 196700 199500 122000 124100 2215950
99800 99800 99800 98100 98850 61750 61000 1109050
100900 103800 100350 102100 103600 60250 64250 1133350
115500 110050 109150 102600 108650 72050 72750 1247150
312200 322100 327600 338100 333000 209750 213250 3486850
139300 138600 139250 136950 138450 88800 87700 1533150
183800 186600 185900 187000 185400 113900 115950 2084450
372900 374300 368700 372050 371400 232100 233600 4193350
190100 193850 190800 194950 194600 121200 120250 2153400
203150 205400 210700 206100 209750 133200 130700 2271000
1142800 1138550 1144500 1143500 1141300 700850 709400 12811200
134500 133500 133300 133900 131500 83150 83000 1494400
101800 101700 102350 103100 104150 64800 64100 1143800
259000 268600 261400 267950 277900 193300 194250 2867700
86000 86800 84300 86150 86800 53350 50750 961750
388550 393400 384600 390100 389050 242900 244150 4363200
421300 423350 418700 426950 428300 263550 266250 4746300
134750 137350 135400 138400 136850 83150 85900 1531250
155500 153150 155000 153700 155750 97200 96750 1725000
95700 95500 95600 95600 94950 59500 59400 1066650
128950 133550 133000 134500 130700 83700 82400 1479750
498250 501700 504000 508350 509450 316200 316900 5602900
138900 130800 137400 137700 135400 83650 85450 1523550
64400 63900 64250 62150 65100 40450 40450 718550
1560650 1557950 1543550 1569750 1563850 942800 968600 17042200
89850 90250 89450 92600 93750 80650 82500 1061150
227200 227850 224050 225950 227700 137550 142800 2551450
299000 297800 297750 298750 296900 184700 184600 3346850
350300 353900 355200 357450 361400 233200 236000 3843450
102900 101450 96650 92000 97950 64200 64800 1079250
145850 150550 148000 146300 149950 92550 93100 1650900
103500 102750 99450 103250 104100 63400 64450 1153350
526850 525200 529200 518850 527400 325200 327950 5874950
295100 291700 293600 295100 295100 182700 181700 3303500
452450 453050 448450 445050 453550 278250 281800 5005000
128700 126400 128200 128450 129350 81000 79300 1438700
157800 157600 160650 167750 167750 99400 102300 1798300
364350 369650 371250 371300 370500 231700 228300 4048200
103300 103800 103500 101850 102450 63900 64800 1151400
255450 255100 253850 251850 251400 162100 160400 2830400
60700 60700 60700 60000 60700 37800 37800 675700
50300 52100 52100 51600 50700 32400 31800 576200
347300 344850 349300 347600 350100 217600 215200 3750500
681600 675350 674300 673850 677150 419600 423900 7591200
305300 317200 318900 321200 313500 199000 199800 3227850
265800 267700 268250 263450 263400 165550 164600 2922900
329950 328850 331000 331350 330650 205300 205000 3703250
142500 143200 141300 142650 141950 88700 89100 1601750
273400 271150 271700 273400 269400 165650 170050 3006600
37350 39100 37300 38500 38500 24300 24300 432050
151150 151400 150500 148500 148300 93100 93500 1686700
271650 275050 270750 272050 277000 170750 167900 3062000
357400 358700 360200 353500 358100 218600 221200 4012950
102000 101700 102500 102650 102450 63850 59450 1149650
187200 184400 184600 189750 189750 121500 118750 2106050
125500 128500 127100 126000 128850 79000 80900 1416850
703550 711000 712200 710300 698900 436350 439000 7900350
159550 159100 159450 160600 159550 93750 97600 1778100
238650 238250 235600 235550 237500 140650 146800 2636650
5340200 5364050 5346550 5323450 5343900 3337600 3304850 60047300
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STATEMENT OF PAYMENTS FOR TOTAL PUBLIC ASSISTANCE BENEFITS OLD AGE ASSISTANCE AID TO THE BLIND AND AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN
BY COUNTY
JULY 1 1938 TO JUNE 30 1939
July August September October November
61 County Gilmer 1938 106900 1938 107800 1938 106400 1938 108500 1938 108500
62 Glascock 64400 65100 63900 65100 64300
63 Glynn 283150 284850 287950 288550 290150
64 Gordon 162100 172800 185000 200100 217200
65 Grady 253150 264000 277500 285600 282050
66 Greene 184000 183300 183750 181250 184250
67 Gwinnett 393600 399150 407950 413250 413300
68 Habersham 190300 190250 191000 191000 189900
69 Hall 432750 443350 449200 450700 447100
70 Hancock 176000 175600 184700 193300 194400
71 Haralson 188400 196150 197700 195950 198500
72 Harris 144750 151300 1532XK 162650 162400
73 Hart 218150 219900 224600 224200 225700
74 Heard 120850 115250 117100 120550 128200
75 Henry 222600 234250 237300 238700 236750
76 Houston 155950 162550 163400 162450 165300
77 Irwin 168850 172500 172700 173400 180800
78 Jackson 308600 317300 319100 320000 320600
79 Jasper 127500 129750 128850 127400 129750
80 Jeff Davis 118650 121500 121500 120800 118000
81 Jefferson 280650 281950 290750 291500 300700
82 Jenkins 176400 176400 178850 179350 185700
83 Johnson 174600 183750 187150 189850 189700
84 Jones 133250 132900 131150 132550 132600
85 Lamar 139250 147200 146400 142600 144500
86 Lanier 76350 77350 77100 76100 78100
87 Laurens 466350 482900 478900 481550 484050
88 Lee 103500 102150 111200 113250 115650
89 Liberty 116100 119550 120700 121500 120700
90 Lincoln 105750 117200 115900 116300 116650
91 Long 60800 60800 60800 60000 60800
92 Lowndes 397350 417500 429900 443050 444750
93 Lumpkin 73800 72400 72350 73800 73800
94 Macon 233700 237300 233200 243800 246600
95 Madison 205800 208850 221250 218650 218900
96 Marion 95950 101200 103600 103600 103600
97 McDuffie 133300 134500 133250 134500 134500
98 McIntosh 81250 85550 85400 84650 86800
99 Meriwether 296900 295800 312600 315800 319600
100 Miller 133250 134300 134450 133150 134500
101 Mitchell 292750 301600 314000 321250 334300
102 103 Monroe Montgomery 159600 151500 172000 151900 171100 151100 171350 148100 170600 149050
104 Morgan 182750 186600 185100 184850 185800
105 Murray 135400 136600 138200 138900 136300
106 Muscogee 795600 827050 859200 854650 845700
107 Newton 232950 252200 251100 256200 250900
108 Oconee 113250 116750 120000 121250 118200
109 Oglethorpe 182400 190900 193650 193800 193850
110 Paulding 178350 182300 180150 182300 181700
111 Peach 151650 151050 147950 148600 150450
112 Pickens 140550 141500 137500 141350 143200
113 Pierce 185750 186600 186600 184100 186600
114 Pike 106450 116450 118850 123100 135700
115 Polk 343300 355400 377350 371650 376700
116 Pulaski 132550 134200 133100 130500 131350
117 Putnam 123700 125500 123250 125900 124000
118 Quitman 49100 50350 53100 54700 55550
119 Rabun 93950 94600 94800 95500 92950
120 Randolph 230700 238100 238950 243800 252300
STATE OF GEORGIA
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STATEMENT OF PAYMENTS FOR TOTAL PUBLIC ASSISTANCE BENEFITS OLD AGE ASSISTANCE AID TO THE BLIND AND AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN
BY COUNTY
JULY 1 1938 TO JUNE 30 1939
December January February March April May June
1938 1939 1939 1939 1939 1939 1939 Total
108500 108500 108500 107900 107900 66500 66400 i 1212300
64050 65100 64600 65100 63900 39900 40500 725950
289000 284200 283600 289450 287500 179350 180900 3228650
237450 250300 250100 249500 250100 145800 155900 2476350
284300 283500 285000 285400 280950 174750 177400 3133600
185300 181950 183700 184800 185450 112900 116100 2066750
414650 415900 411000 414400 412550 257400 255900 4609050
189900 189700 185050 191000 188400 117050 117900 2131450
446500 449550 447750 448900 447350 274400 279350 5016900
189400 193800 193000 192100 193750 120150 119550 2125750
199450 197200 198700 199200 197650 120550 122700 2212150
161000 161500 163250 164000 163250 99850 102550 1789700
223150 222850 223200 222600 222800 139250 136500 2502900
133750 132600 132300 132950 134250 82750 83150 1433700
237800 234650 237150 235250 233050 144650 146000 2638150
164800 166000 166950 167600 169300 101800 104800 1850900
179450 181550 181300 180100 181200 112400 113400 1997650
318700 316400 318600 315600 312900 196750 198100 3562650
130200 130200 126250 128800 126750 81000 80450 1446900
119450 119150 121000 120150 121500 75600 72650 1349950
302850 294700 296450 299500 290550 191700 186600 3307900
184850 182250 186650 188700 185700 117800 116900 2059550
190300 188150 187250 189400 190150 118800 113150 2102250
133900 133950 133000 132650 133900 82400 83700 1495950
146050 146550 141700 145300 145900 91850 91050 1628350
77500 75050 76950 76550 75750 48600 46500 861900
484400 479650 477900 481200 480000 296750 299500 5393150
117650 117450 119050 122050 123100 77150 75850 1298050
118700 120800 120950 121150 118550 75250 73650 1347600
114450 117200 116800 116200 115650 71700 72900 1296700
58600 60800 58450 60600 60800 36800 37800 677050
436700 442950 443050 444250 440900 270450 269200 4880050
73200 73800 72000 73800 73800 45900 45100 823750
247050 244450 238700 244200 239250 152900 151300 2712450
218900 217250 218050 216900 215050 134300 135700 2429600
102600 103400 102800 103200 101400 64150 63500 1149000
134500 133500 133800 133000 133700 82700 83200 1504450
84100 84800 86350 86100 86800 53150 53900 958850
318100 323800 317700 329250 328450 203800 203350 3565150
132650 132550 131400 132750 133650 82050 82700 1497400
345850 339750 323750 316050 315750 217950 218150 3641150
172000 172200 171300 172550 173100 107050 105650 1918500
149150 149450 142050 147250 150950 93750 94500 1678750
185900 185350 184450 183950 184650 116100 115100 2080600
135100 134200 138900 138900 138900 86400 86400 1544200
854500 848600 857400 844600 847900 524900 528950 9489050
248400 253400 250550 252750 253850 159200 159300 2820800
121400 119250 120900 118350 119100 74150 74950 1337550
194250 190850 191750 187850 192900 121050 121500 2154750
181400 181300 181200 182300 180950 111950 113250 2037150
151900 149300 150500 150100 150750 93750 94500 1690500
139750 142600 142000 141900 143200 83950 88250 1585750
186600 185250 186600 186600 186550 114550 116100 2091900
147250 142850 142150 145500 145600 98950 98700 1521550
374050 370500 371850 374450 373300 232750 231000 4152300
132100 133550 132000 134500 134500 83700 80050 1492100
125150 125900 125250 125900 121900 77450 78300 1402200
55400 53750 55400 55550 54500 34350 34700 606450
95500 94500 93500 94000 93750 57150 58700 1058900
252200 252700 251150 253400 254500 158350 158950 2785100
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STATEMENT OF PAYMENTS FOR TOTAL PUBLIC ASSISTANCE BENEFITS OLD AGE ASSISTANCE AID TO THE BLIND AND AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN
BY COUNTY
JULY 1 1938 TO JUNE 30 1939
July
County 1938
121 Richmond 965050
122 Rockdale 106200
123 Schley 76950
124 Screven 205450
125 Seminole 98700
126 Spalding 347900
127 Stephens 172600
128 Stewart 145750
129 Sumter 362050
130 Talbot 92150
131 Taliaferro 74800
132 Tattnall i 224950
133 Taylor 113300
134 Telfair 220750
135 Terrell5 196650
136 Thomas 380900
137 Tift 216800
138 Toombs 232700
139 Towns 48800
140 Treutlen 1 106650
141 Troup 493950
142 Turner 162450
143 Twiggs 111850
144 Union 90200
145 Upson 261600
146 Walker 296850
147 Walton 300750
148 Ware 387200
149 Warren 147350
150 Washington 220850
151 Wayne 188300
152 Webster 73800
153 Wheeler 137900
154 White 90600
155 Whitfield 297100
156 Wilcox 181350
157 Wilkes 215650
158 Wilkinson 147850
159 Worth 277750
TOTAL 39888700
August September October November
1938 1938 1938 1938
936100 963650 974200 991850
105550 107450 107800 107700
76900 77900 77250 77350
214800 220550 225750 231400
108450 108450 107650 105550
350650 349900 349000 350900
172600 173600 172200 173600
149400 160700 161200 158100
368450 384000 386200 395250
91350 86550 99600 105050
82150 82900 83350 86050
229200 228900 230000 224350
116800 136650 144200 150500
221650 219800 222600 222450
207000 200850 214950 218250
412650 436000 462250 478350
214550 231850 232700 233000
232700 251750 253450 249850
54400 56400 59800 64250
110000 112800 112800 112800
543800 544400 546150 542750
166600 167600 168350 168450
114850 117250 118850 119900
89100 92000 93000 93400
266750 276100 260700 265450
316300 335650 364100 382250
308700 308100 311900 314300
393150 393500 393750 394900
148600 151050 151700 158250
236750 246450 257700 260750
189050 188950 191000 190900
73800 73800 73250 72200
136650 138900 138900 137400
90600 91100 90100 91100
303300 311350 310100 310300
187150 197500 195600 191550
217300 230550 232350 238700
159450 158600 154600 150400
295850 309450 265350 287600
40835250 41539700 41881500 42137150
STATE OF GEORGIA
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STATEMENT OF PAYMENTS FOR TOTAL PUBLIC ASSISTANCE BENEFITS OLD AGE ASSISTANCE AID TO THE BLIND AND AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN
BY COUNTY
JULY 1 1938 TO JUNE 30 1939
December
1938
997600
108000
77800
238400
107550
346850
172600
130800
396400
105050
88100
228200
160300
219900
222850
481450
237000
255100
65100
112800
542900
164350
116300
95400
266400
385650
305850
394900
164250
276550
190200
72050
137200
91100
307100
192750
236250
159700
300650
January
1939
1064100
106150
76800
229950
107100
347350
172600
132350
392150
103850
83850
229450
160300
220250
229600
474350
232600
256100
64800
112800
541100
168550
116800
93700
258550
386800
314150
389900
159500
276150
190350
71300 135800
91100
308700
194600
237200
159700
305850
February
1939
1068500
107750
76550
238600
107800
349100
173600
130950
396500
96450
84750
224100
160300
216650
234800
481000
224200
253250
65100
112100
540400
169300
117100
92700
270200
386650
316800
393900
162200
274300
189900
73300
134800
91100
309000
187000
237900
158250
310950
March
1939
1089300
105900
77900
242650
105000
347300
171700
126450
399000
93500
86400
228000
159300
221100
235900
482450
222650
254350
64300
112800
542400
169300
119400
94000
271800
385350
316100
387500
160500
279900
191000
72600
133600
91100
309450
190800
236500
159250
307050
April
1939
1075650
108500
77850
249450
106800
348000
173600
134250
396250
93800
89100
225300
159950
223000
232250
473600
230750
253100
64300
112800
545500
166900
124900
94350
269500
388050
315050
380400
162800
283050
188100
70450
135050
88900
311300
195150
238700
158300
306350
May
1939
656200
66900
48250
185150
65100
216750
108000
100350
243450
77350
54600
142950
99200
138150
168400
272650
143400
159300
39700
70150
332450
102150
77650
58400
178050
237400
194600
246350
102600
233250
116900
45400
84500
55200
191750
118400
145600
95600
196550
June
1939
672700
67500
48100
188300
65600
215750
107000
102550
246000
73550
54300
143100
99750
139050
169300
91500
147000
158300
40100
67600
337700
104300
77250
59400
179300
236950
194250
244850
99850
224400
118800
45100
84950
56700
194400
121100
146750
99250
196500
Total
11454900
1205400
869600
2670450
1193750
3919450
1943700
1632850
4365700
1118250
950350
2558500
1660550
2485350
2530800
5127150
2566500
2809950
687050
1256100
6053500
1878300
1332100
1045650
3024400
4102000
3500550
4400300
1768650
3070100
2133450
817050
1535650
1018700
3463850
2152950
2613450
1760950
3359900
42313150 42409800 42352650 42450450 42485100 26572350 26689200 471555000
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STATEMENT OF PAYMENTS FOR OLD AGE ASSISTANCE BY COUNTY JULY 1 1938 TO JUNE 30 1939
July August September October November
County 1938 1938 1938 1938 1938
L Appling SHE 83150 84500 87700 88600 89850
2 Atkinson 73300 74900 74900 74500 73650
3 Bacon 49650 51250 54200 54300 49100
4 Baker 71950 74900 75250 76100 76100
5 Baldwin 199000 211350 220250 228900 238250
6 Banks 118200 123200 123350 125650 120850
7 Barrow 151500 149050 152950 152950 153250
8 Bartow 324300 321500 322200 320000 321100
9 Ben Hill 145050 149000 148000 148900 150900
10 Berrien 136800 153000 145600 145900 136500
11 Bibb 849250 839900 848200 845000 840800
12 Bleckley 114400 119900 119600 118800 118350
13 Brantley 61950 63350 64100 62700 65650
14 Brooks 175200 189550 201100 202200 218150
15 Bryan 58000 57350 56000 57000 53500
16 Bulloch 284850 288000 292900 299000 305150
17 Burke 283300 288700 302200 300450 298200
18 Butts 119100 122200 121600 122100 123550
19 Calhoun 108650 109150 115050 118950 119200
20 Camden 72400 73700 74550 72500 75250
21 Candler 93900 93400 88450 91350 94250
22 Carroll 375850 400450 435700 436550 428850
23 Catoosa 91250 105850 102850 100800 101550
24 Charlton 34050 35800 35950 36550 36200
25 Chatham 963450 992700 1016850 1062700 1096850
26 Chattahoochee 73600 76800 78200 75800 78500
27 Chattooga 179000 179850 181850 181100 177000
28 Cherokee 216000 217500 218500 221200 218850
29 Clarke 261450 264450 282850 290350 292100
30 Clay 79000 78200 78200 79400 86500
31 Clayton 111750 112950 118100 122150 122300
32 Clinch 76300 76850 76500 74800 72150
33 Cobb 396500 421750 424200 426650 423400
34 Coffee 129400 129700 130500 130500 124500
35 Colquitt 320050 315250 327600 340050 337750
36 Columbia 99850 101850 101050 102950 103900
37 Cook 99100 95700 96100 98300 93050
38 Coweta 297450 301550 299700 295400 302450
39 Crawford 80600 81750 84400 82800 82000
40 Crisp 136100 141700 150250 152050 154800
41 Dade 38200 42900 39000 39000 38900
42 Dawson 47800 49700 49900 50300 50900
43 Decatur 162450 201850 229150 247800 247800
44 DeKalb 434300 439850 439050 426600 433500
45 Dodge 175750 180250 193900 202250 203150
46 Dooly 178550 182600 183050 188450 184200
47 Dougherty 258600 265700 266400 265850 268450
48 Douglas 105200 102750 105050 105050 104300
49 Early 199850 207850 211100 216650 217500
50 Echols 28750 25150 27400 27400 26750
51 Effingham 124850 125450 121050 124300 122900
52 Elbert 213200 229250 233000 234950 234250
53 Emanuel 269150 269900 272050 271800 272300
54 Evans 72450 75300 77100 76600 77100
55 Fannin 154600 159150 160400 158950 158750
56 Fayette 99250 106900 109650 112300 111300
57 Floyd 536350 561550 569950 572500 577350
58 Forsyth 129800 129300 133000 135450 133750
59 Franklin 193950 197950 202550 200100 200750
60 Fulton 3324800 3326300 3298200 3310600 3307150
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STATEMENT OF PAYMENTS FOR OLD AGE ASSISTANCE BY COUNTY JULY 1 1938 TO JUNE 30 1939
December January February March
1938 1939 1939 1939
88450 88350 91700 88750
74500 74500 74500 68900
48900 51800 46300 48050
75800 70350 70050 64700
242500 252400 257900 267900
126050 123350 121550 119250
148450 151250 150000 150450
322300 322500 314900 317850
149600 152900 152100 156100
142750 146550 149800 149400
834850 822100 828200 826000
119000 119100 120100 119700
65850 64100 64300 64300
222850 231250 230700 233700
54300 55100 54400 54900
298850 300700 293900 303800
298100 305100 301000 308100
119750 122350 120400 123550
118550 116400 118250 115950
75300 75100 75200 75200
93550 95050 92100 93100
437400 432850 434600 439050
101050 89150 94150 94450
36400 36250 36600 37200
1085050 1091250 1098700 1117900
76400 77400 79600 79450
180850 181500 178050 179850
221100 219700 217250 217900
303250 305000 305900 308150
89200 87750 82150 79700
117050 121750 119200 118700
75900 75150 71850 77450
422800 421100 424000 412200
128700 123700 125500 127000
337000 336400 337200 338100
103100 100800 102600 102850
95850 95650 95850 100750
305550 310350 312650 311300
82150 82650 82350 80700
152950 154750 153500 149650
38900 38900 38900 37500
49300 51100 51100 49600
249150 255450 260200 258000
431050 423600 415000 408350
217900 222600 222250 224550
189050 188150 188700 186400
274650 271600 273100 274300
104350 104800 100800 101150
221100 219150 215850 217750
29250 29250 27450 28150
122400 122650 122400 118650
230050 233450 229100 227400
271650 271650 274150 268250
74400 73100 73900 73550
157850 155050 154850 160000
108300 111300 109900 108800
578200 581050 580850 579050
134450 134000 135100 135700
202300 201900 199350 200650
3297100 3301250 3231450 3209750
April May June
1939 1939 1939 Total
90550 52400 54500 988500
68300 33850 33100 798900
51100 22900 23900 551450
70750 52300 53000 831250
263250 150900 154400 2687000
120750 72450 72750 1367400
146550 78200 80500 1665100
313700 191000 192500 3583850
155750 97100 99150 1704550
151700 94650 92950 1645600
822300 442050 452100 9250750
117300 70500 70350 1327100
65350 31900 32000 705550
243650 162700 163650 2474700
55550 33500 33900 623500
302550 165550 169900 3305150
313600 181000 183700 3363450
122000 73850 76100 1366550
117150 68600 68150 1294050
74350 39800 41500 824850
87800 49400 50100 1022450
441100 259700 259250 4781350
94250 57750 57100 1090200
37850 22300 22300 407450
1112350 658800 673150 11969750
79700 67250 68450 911150
181600 104050 108050 2012750
217550 131700 130900 2448150
310600 195800 198050 3317950
83100 52100 52700 928000
116000 61400 61950 1303300
78300 45850 45700 846800
419100 231750 234500 4657950
127000 60600 57800 1394900
345950 200900 204550 3740800
102400 63800 61750 1146900
96500 50700 53600 1071200
310450 175450 173000 3395300
80000 49800 50700 919900
149950 79600 77900 1653200
38200 21850 21850 434100
48700 30800 30200 559400
262600 164150 161950 2700550
408350 201450 205400 4666500
218800 129550 130350 2321300
185600 102300 102400 2059450
274250 158250 157100 3008250
100450 57250 57650 1148800
214450 120150 123500 2384900
28150 17000 17000 311700
118350 70050 70300 1363350
231550 140900 138050 2575150
272550 157900 160500 3031850
72350 42250 38850 826950
160000 101700 98950 1780250
111650 63350 65250 1217950
573150 345750 346250 6402000
135450 76550 80150 1492700
202600 107250 112750 2222100
3248500 1555100 1551500 35961700
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STATEMENT OF PAYMENTS FOR OLD AGE ASSISTANCE BY COUNTY
County
61 Gilmer
62 Glascock
63 Glynn
64 Gordon
65 Grady
66 Greene
67 Gwinnett
68 Habersham
69 Hall
70 Hancock
71 Haralson
72 Harris
73 Hart
74 Heard
75 Henry
76 Houston
77 Irwin
78 Jackson
79 Jasper
80 Jeff Davis
81 Jefferson
82 Jenkins
83 Johnson
84 Jones
85 Lamar
86 Lanier
87 Laurens
88 Lee
89 Liberty
90 Lincoln
91 Long
92 Lowndes
93 Lumpkin
94 Macon
95 Madison
96 Marion
97 McDuffie
98 McIntosh
99 Meriwether
100 Miller
101 Mitchell
102 Monroe
103 Montgomery
104 Morgan
105 Murray
106 Muscogee
107 Newton
108 Oconee
109 Oglethorpe
110 Paulding
111 Peach
112 Pickens
113 Pierce
114 Pike
115 Polk
116 Pulaski
117 Putnam
118 Quitman
119 Rabun
120 Randolph
1 1938 TO JUNE 30 1939
July 1938 August i 1938 September 1938 October 1938 November 1938
93400 50950 205650 141600 184500 94300 51750 211200 148900 196650 92900 52250 213500 161100 207900 95000 52950 214100 176200 213050 96000 51850 217250 187300 209900
158750 318250 117050 307550 150000 158050 322400 120550 314700 149600 158500 331900 120800 316750 155500 153700 334700 120800 320450 162900 156700 333850 119450 318850 164000
132350 126550 190400 91600 193800 141450 132100 194250 82100 205700 143000 134000 196500 87150 205750 144050 144300 196300 89000 207150 145150 141800 197800 95050 204150
129000 105400 287900 111800 81700 129150 107550 293000 114050 84550 130600 108250 294100 113150 84550 130650 109950 297400 111700 81600 132950 114350 296800 114050 80450
207550 107200 137800 115400 114800 208350 107200 145500 115050 126350 210650 107650 144750 113900 124700 211900 108150 145950 115300 120900 218600 111800 145800 115350 119900
56200 366750 87200 88350 89200 57200 384800 85850 91000 98900 55950 380800 89250 92750 97600 54950 383450 91300 93550 98000 55100 385950 93250 92750 98350
43400 224000 71200 186550 172350 43400 238800 69800 189800 177750 43400 250300 69750 186050 190150 41550 258650 72100 194100 187550 42350 259250 72100 195550 187800
84650 114700 51550 238700 99750 87800 114150 58350 237600 101500 90200 112900 56950 252150 101650 90200 113150 56200 251800 101350 90200 113150 58350 255600 101600
228400 131500 116100 172750 110900 232700 143350 116100 176600 110100 248400 142850 115300 175100 111700 257600 144100 113150 173800 112400 268750 144850 114700 174750 109700
477550 190150 104050 156850 132200 495950 207250 107550 165350 136300 524500 206750 110800 168100 134150 515350 211850 112050 166950 136300 512350 205300 109000 165650 135400
123000 109600 86550 84150 242850 122900 111800 89550 88550 246150 119800 110400 90800 91700 256650 120450 112750 88300 95950 253100 121500 115900 96550 107300 255500
106250 110500 33900 84500 209900 106850 112300 33750 85150 216900 108050 109350 36500 82850 220150 106850 111000 36600 84050 223800 105500 108200 37350 81500 231700
STATE OF GEORGIA
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STATEMENT OF PAYMENTS FOR OLD AGE ASSISTANCE BY COUNTY JULY 1 1938 TO JUNE 30 1939
December 1938 January 1939 February 1939 March 1939
5 96000 53450 216100 205050 212550 98200 55000 215400 215900 210000 98200 53900 212800 215700 213500 97600 54500 221750 215100 216500
157750 334000 117350 316250 159500 154600 332850 116550 319300 161900 156800 327950 110600 317500 159500 157000 331150 115000 320200 156100
146100 139400 195750 98100 205150 143750 138450 198900 96950 200100 145400 140200 193400 96650 203000 145900 142550 194950 97300 199800
132450 113000 293400 114500 81400 133650 114550 287800 115700 80900 131900 114700 288400 110950 82900 132050 113750 286200 113500 81600
221750 113700 146400 116650 121450 215400 108850 142750 115000 121950 213650 113950 144850 114050 121500 216700 116850 145000 113700 120150
52500 384500 95250 89550 96150 52350 377500 98250 92150 98900 53250 371950 97200 92800 97000 55500 371950 100200 93000 96400
40150 250450 72000 196000 187800 42350 253800 72600 193400 186150 40000 255500 70800 187650 186950 42150 259100 71900 191950 185800
89200 113800 55650 254100 100650 90000 111800 54500 259800 102650 90000 113750 56050 253700 102400 90400 113250 55600 259300 104050
279850 145450 113800 174850 108500 274950 145650 114100 174800 106900 261900 143150 106700 173400 108600 255450 144450 112200 170650 108600
521300 202800 112200 166050 135900 510100 206300 110050 165250 137850 519100 200750 111700 164850 137750 506950 203200 109150 160800 138850
122950 112650 96550 118850 259750 121350 115000 97150 114450 252800 120700 114150 97300 13750 255400 120300 113550 97250 114650 252750
108050 109350 37200 84050 232350 108000 110100 35550 83050 233250 106450 108300 37400 82050 231700 109650 108950 38550 82550 232600
April 1939 May 1939 June 1939 Total
i 97600 53300 218850 217400 212800 60350 35300 132950 130800 122900 60150 35400 132900 134600 126350 1079700 600600 2412450 2149650 2326600
157650 332800 115250 321250 155900 90950 189400 54750 174450 92250 95350 187600 53850 179400 91650 1755800 3676850 1282000 3526650 1758800
144350 141550 191850 98850 197900 78800 84450 111750 57600 124800 79200 87050 109000 57250 127750 1589500 1552400 2170850 1047600 2275050
131250 113650 286100 113700 82950 71200 60300 175950 66700 39550 74200 61300 177500 67500 34350 1459050 1236750 3264550 1267300 896500
213250 113850 147050 114950 120750 130950 57050 83950 68500 74450 125850 57050 80800 69800 73650 2394600 1223300 1610600 1287650 1360550
56450 365600 101250 90400 95850 34000 198450 58600 55900 59500 35800 201200 57300 54300 60200 619250 4172900 1054900 1026500 1086050
42350 254750 71900 185000 183950 19100 146950 44600 111600 107350 19500 151200 43800 110000 108750 459700 2802750 802550 2127650 2062350
88600 115450 56300 259350 103750 53450 69450 32750 141850 56300 52800 69950 33500 144750 56950 997500 1275500 625750 2808700 1132600
254600 145000 115900 171350 108600 160350 81750 64750 106250 62050 162150 80350 65500 105250 62050 2885100 1592450 1268300 1949550 1220100
507250 202800 108900 164450 135900 265500 117200 65650 100950 76400 266300 118200 66450 102450 78000 5622200 2272550 1227550 1847700 1515000
120950 113650 98250 114750 252800 67000 61950 59950 68850 136400 67750 66550 61500 69300 136600 1348650 1257950 1059700 1182250 2800750
109650 106300 37900 82300 233750 68600 64100 23900 49900 141350 64950 64950 24250 50200 141950 1208850 1223400 412850 932150 2549400
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STATEMENT
County
121 Richmond
122 Rockdale
123 Schley
124 Screven
125 Seminole
126 Spalding
127 Stephens
128 Stewart
129 Sumter
130 Talbot
131 Taliaferro
132 Tattnall
133 Taylor
134 Telfair
135 Terrell 2
136 Thomas
137 Tift
138 Toombs
139 Towns
140 Treutlen
141 Troup
142 Turner
143 Twiggs
144 Union
145 Upson
146 Walker
147 Walton
148 Warer
149 Warren
150 Washington
151 Wayne
152 Webster
153 Wheeler
154 White
155 Whitfield
156 Wilcox
157 Wilkes
158 Wilkinson
159 Worth
OF PAYMENTS FOR OLD AGE ASSISTANCE BY COUNTY JULY 1 1938 TO JUNE 30 1939
July August September October November
1938 1938 1938 1938 1938
587000 93900 58500 178100 84800 559900 93650 59350 182500 92250 579800 95550 59350 188250 92000 595850 92950 58850 193450 91850 611500 92850 59750 196000 90250
277050 145500 124450 292550 78850 278800 146500 127900 298100 78050 278050 146500 L33500 311400 73250 278000 145100 134000 309900 85500 281850 146500 132300 317150 89150
68500 166550 87600 166200 160500 74550 169600 92500 167900 170850 75300 169300 102700 168850 165400 74750 171050 107750 171650 178400 76850 166350 111100 170950 179650
294600 144850 154250 32750 77100 322450 141400 154250 35550 80950 341400 155700 159800 36950 84050 361800 159100 157250 39650 85350 367850 161650 151550 40700 86750
400250 1 111150 91100 71350 211750 431050 115250 91100 70350 214600 430900 116250 93500 71750 223950 432650 117900 94100 72750 210750 431050 118000 95150 73150 215500
248250 258250 151350 129250 165700 266850 265300 158700 130400 174900 280450 264850 161200 131850 184500 303600 268650 161450 130400 193050 319350 272900 162600 136050 194900
117150 69700 113650 74100 204750 118600 69700 111450 74100 210850 116600 69700 113700 75100 216300 120900 69150 113700 74100 216800 120800 68100 112000 76100 217000
146050 200050 108250 202900 150450 203400 117100 217550 158300 214300 116250 229700 159100 216500 116450 190650 155300 222850 116450 202500
29538250 30263200 30778250 31060150 31257750
TOTAL
STATE OF GEORGIA
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STATEMENT OF PAYMENTS FOR OLD AGE ASSISTANCE BY COUNTY
JULY 1 1938 TO JUNE 30 1939
December 1938 January 1939 February 1939 March 1939 April 1939 May 1939 June 1939
625850 93150 60450 200100 92250 671550 91300 59450 191650 91000 671150 92900 59200 199800 92050 685900 91050 60350 203850 90350 666800 93650 60300 208900 92150 374700 55150 34850 158900 51000 394400 55750 34700 159850 51600
281250 144000 105600 317800 89150 282600 144000 107150 313550 87950 281500 145000 108150 319550 81650 282050 143300 102450 319750 79400 281850 144400 110250 316900 79000 170400 82000 79750 177750 64200 169100 81000 81950 180300 62200
77500 170200 119900 166350 184250 73250 171450 118200 167550 188700 74150 164100 118200 166400 188500 75800 167000 117800 169150 189900 78500 170300 118250 171400 190350 45700 98050 61550 97250 126450 45400 100200 62250 98300 128550
369150 165650 157000 41500 86750 360950 163900 158050 42400 86750 365050 157650 158350 43000 87550 364800 156100 157950 42400 88250 359100 163250 156050 42400 88250 202600 89450 84050 23500 52700 209100 92950 84050 23900 47600
431200 114550 91550 73950 219450 427050 116400 91050 72250 208800 424600 117150 91350 73950 215450 427000 120150 93650 73000 215250 429100 118800 99150 73300 218250 246000 66700 57600 37350 139700 249850 69750 57200 38350 140650
320450 263850 162600 140250 205700 321600 272150 158500 135500 204800 321650 275450 163950 138200 203250 320650 274750 159550 135950 207250 323350 272900 159450 138250 210000 185350 158750 93550 84450 169550 188450 158400 94400 81700 160700
120000 65600 113800 77100 215200 119400 64850 112300 77100 218800 117650 66350 109150 77600 221500 116550 65650 110850 77600 219250 116950 63500 109700 77200 223150 62500 38450 68200 46000 122300 64400 38150 68650 46500 128150
158200 220400 122550 210900 31355950 157300 221350 122550 213850 313577 nn 149700 222050 124600 216000 153500 220650 125600 213100 154450 223500 125850 215350 93500 135050 68650 111650 96200 136200 70050 111600
Total
7024400
1041850
665100
2261350
1011550
3142500
1613800
1347450
3474700
948350
840250
1884150
1217800
1881950
2051500
3918850
1751650
1732600
444700
952050
4760700
1302050
1046500
801500
2434100
3400000
3006200
1787300
1512250
2274300
1313500
748900
1257150
852600
2414050
1732050
2436300
1334350
2335750
31338500 17915550 18056250 345440200
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STATEMENT OF PAYMENTS FOR AID TO THE BLIND BY COUNTY JULY 1 1938 TO JUNE 30 1939
July August September October November
County 1938
1 Appling 6450
2 Atkinson 3700
3 Bacon 2250
1700
5 Baldwin 9500
6 Banks 1350

8 Bartow 5600
9 Ben Hill 7150
10 Berrien 8550
11 Bibb 33300
12 Bleckley 3900
13 Brantley 4050
14 Brooks 2300
15 Bryan 9850
16 Bulloch 10100
17 Burke 8150
4100
19 Calhoun 5500
20 Camden 2650
21 Candler 2200
22 Carroll 15450
23 Catoosa 2000
24 Charlton 1750
38000
26 Chattahoochee 2400
27 Chattooga 5350
28 Cherokee 8300
29 Clarke 11850
30 Clay

31 Clayton 950
32 Clinch 4300
5000
34 Coffee 17700
35 Colquitt 16450
36 Columbia 2250
37 Cook 4950
38 Coweta 14900
39 Crawford 2400
40 Crisp 4600
1938 1938 1938 1938
6450 6450 6450 6450
3700 3700 3700 3700
2250 2650 2650 2650
1700 1700 1700 1700
9500 9500 10550 11150
1350 2350 2350 2350
4800 5600 5600 5600
6900 6900 6900 6900
2750 3850 4750 4750
33300 33300 33300 35100
4100 4100 4900 5500
4350 4350 4350 2750
2950 2950 2950 3650
9600 9600 9600 9850
10900 10900 10900 10900
8500 8500 8500 8300
4100 4100 4100 4100
5500 5350 5350 5350
2650 2650 2650 2650
2200 3200 2300 2300
15450 15750 15750 16000
2000 2000 2000
1750 1750 1750 1750
38200 42500 42500 49600
2400 2400 2400 2400
5350 5350 5350 5350
8300 8300 7900 7900
14250 14250 14250 14250
950 950 3200 3200
4300 4300 4300 4300
5000 5000 5000 5000
17700 17700 17700 17700
15900 16750 16750 16750
2250 2750 2750 2750
5750 5750 5750 5750
15400 15400 14650 14650
2400 2400 2400 2400
4600 4600 4600 4600
41 Dade
42 Dawson
43 Decatur
44 DeKalb
45 Dodge
46 Dooly
47 Dougherty
48 Douglas
49 Early
50 Echols
51 Effingham
52 Elbert
53 Emanuel
54 Evans
55 Fannin
56 Fayette
57 Floyd
58 Forsyth
59 Franklin
60 Fulton
7700
12300
10500
10500
15550
3400
6850
3050
2150
9300
19000
1900
2150
3800
22500
4250
5050
182650
6950
10400
11300
11650
16100
4150
7400
3050
3100
9300
19000
1900
2150
3800
22500
4250
5050
191400
6950
11350
12050
11650
15850
4150
7400
3050
2900
9300
19000
1900
2150
3800
23750
5250
4900
194250
6950
11350
14750
12000
16950
4150
7400
3050
2900
7900
19000
1900
2150
3800
24400
5250
4900
191600
6950
10250
16750
12900
17500
4150
7400
3050
2000
7900
19000
1900
2150
3800
25550
5250
4900
193600
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STATEMENT OF PAYMENTS FOR AID TO THE BLIND BY COUNTY
JULY 1 1938 TO JUNE 30 1939
December January February March
1938 1939 1939 1939
6450 6450 6450 6450
3700 3700 3700 3700
2650 2650 2650 2650
1700 1700 1500 1500
11700 11700 11750 11700
2350 2350 2350 2350
5600 5600 5600 5600
6000 6450 4700 5500
5900 6100 6100 6100
38100 36200 33150 34150
5500 5500 3300 4400
2750 4350 4350 4350
3650 3650 4900 5550
9850 9850 8450 9500
10900 10900 10900 8900
8300 7400 7400 7400
4100 4100 4100 4100
5350 5350 5350 5350
2650 2650 2650 2650
2300 2300 2300 2300
16150 15150 14200 15200
2000 1000 1000
1750 1750 1750 1150
49600 50150 51150 51150
2400 2400 2400 2400
5350 5350 5350 5350
7900 7900 7900 7900
16350 17600 19500 19500
800 800
3200 3200 3200 3200
4300 4300 4300 4300
5000 5000 5000 5000
17700 18500 18000 18000
16750 16750 16750 16600
2750 2750 2750 2750
5750 5750 6750 6750
12200 12700 12650 12650
2900 2900 2900 2900
4600 4600 4600 4600
6800 6800 6800 6800
10250 10100 10750 10750
16750 16750 16750 16750
13100 13100 13100 13200
14500 14500 14500 14800
4150 4150 4150 4150
7300 7000 10400 11150
450 Cr 1300 1300 1300
2450 2450 2450 2450
7900 7900 7900 7900
19000 19000 18900 18900
1900 1900 1900 1900
2150 2150 2150 2150
3800 3800 3800 3800
25400 27850 27850 27850
5250 5250 4500 4500
4900 4900 4150 4150
199050 205350 211900 211900
April May June
1939 1939 1939 Total
6450 5450 5450 75400
1800 1500 1500 38100
2650 300 300 26300
1500 1500 1500 19400
11250 11250 11250 130750
2350 1400 1400 24300
5600 4800 4800 64800
5500 3850 3850 70600
7350 3750 3100 63050
34150 21200 19700 384950
4400 3850 3850 53300
4350 2950 2950 45900
5550 5400 5400 48900
9500 4950 1950 102550
9900 8650 8400 122250
7400 6450 6450 92750
4100 1550 2050 44600
6200 4150 4150 62950
2650 2650 2650 31800
2300 2300 2300 28300
15200 12400 12400 179100
1000 13000
1150 16300
51150 28600 30400 523000
2400 2200 2200 28400
5350 4350 4350 62200
7900 5800 5800 91800
19500 13600 15650 190550
800 650 650 3700
4700 4150 4150 35050
4300 2900 2900 48800
5000 3450 3450 56900
18000 8700 8700 196100
16600 9650 9650 185350
4100 3100 3450 34400
6750 5000 5000 69700
12050 9800 9800 156850
2900 2000 2000 30500
4600 3150 3150 52300
6800 6800 6800 83100
10750 6050 6050 120350
11150 10050 10050 163600
13200 11750 11050 147200
14800 12750 12750 180550
4150 4150 4150 49050
11150 9950 9700 103100
1300 1000 1000 22000
2450 2450 2450 30200
7900 7900 7900 99000
18900 13800 13800 217300
1900 1900 1900 22800
2150 2150 2150 25800
3800 2250 2250 42500
24250 14600 17550 284050
4500 2050 2300 52600
4150 4150 4150 55350
211350 145400 150900 2289350
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STATEMENT OF PAYMENTS FOR AID TO THE BLIND BY COUNTY JULY 1 1938 TO JUNE 30 1939
County
61 Gilmer
62 Glascock
63 Glynn
64 Gordon
65 Grady
66 Greene
67 Gwinnett
68 Habersham
69 Hall
70 Hancock
71 Haralson i
72 Harris
73 Hart
74 Heard
75 Henry
76 Houston
77 Irwin g
78 Jackson
79 Jasper
80 Jeff Davis
81 Jefferson
82 Jenkins
83 Johnson
84 Jones
85 Lamari
86 Lanier
87 Laurens
88 Lee
89 Liberty
90 Lincoln
91 Long
92 Lowndes
93 Lumpkin
94 Macon
95 Madison
96 Marion
97 McDuffie
98 McIntosh
99 Meriwether
100 Miller
101 Mitchell
102 Monroe1
103 Montgomery
104 Morgan
105 Murray
106 Muscogee
107 Newton
108 Oconee
109 Oglethorpe
110 Paulding
111 Peach
112 Pickens
113 Pierce
114 Pike
115 Polk
116 Pulaski
117 Putnam
118 Quitman
119 Rabun s
120 Randolph
August September 1938
October November 1938