Official report for the fiscal year July 1, 1939 to June 30, 1942

THE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT
of
PUBLIC WELFARE
OFFICIAL REPORT For The
Fiscal Year July 1 1939 to June 30 1940
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GEORGIA OEPARTMEXT

PURLIC WELFARE
OFFICIAL REPORT For The
Fiscal Year July 1 1939 to June 30 1940
STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE OF GEORGIA
DIRECTOR
Braswell Deen
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
George C Kennedy
STATE BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
H Talmadge Dobbs Atlanta Chairman W G Brisendine Fort Valley
I Dr Lloyd Lott Hoschton
A T Minchew Pearson Frank W Spencer Savannah Dr Richard Binion Milledgeville Braswell Deen Director
Succeeded J Hallman Bell
Richmond June 26 1940
I Succeeded Dr J R Wilson
Thomson July 5 1940

DIVISION DIRECTORS
Miss Lucile Wilson Public Assistance Division Dr Harold W Long Crippled Children Division Ronald Brugh 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
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL
PART I Public Assistance Division
PART II 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
To His Excellency Honorable E D Rivers Governor of the State of Georgia Sir
The fiscal year ending June 30 1940 was marked by three important progressive steps taken by the State Department of Public Welfare
First of the steps was the removal of the offices from the Hurt Building to commodious quarters in the new State Office Building located on Mitchell Street opposite the State Capitol
Second was the installation of the Merit System of employment throughout the department in cooperaton with federal authorities
Third was the virtual completion of the building programs at six state eleemosynary institutions which will vastly add to the efficiency of those plants and to the comfort and safety of the people who live in them
When the Welfare Department was first established it was located in quarters in the Hurt Building Here space amounting to 12000 square feet was available but because of the magnitude of the work handled by the department and the comparatively large personnel conditions were crowded
In February 1940 the removal was made to the new State Office Building which had just been completed for several departments of the state governments This move brought 25000 square feet of floor space for the department and even with this addition there is still some slight congestion
Preparations for the installation of the merit system required several months but the machinery was perfected during this fiscal year ready to handle the applications for positions at the proper time
The Board of Public Welfare in conference with federal officials and other agencies interested formulated rules for establishing the merit system Under these rules the positions to be filled are grouped in three sections which were publicly announced
One announcement covers positions to be filled in the Administration Accounting and Statistics divisions A second covers professional public assistance appointments while the third lists clerical stenographic and typing positions
Georgia may well be proud of the improvements made in the building programs at the eleemosynary institutions
For years these institutions have needed money for new buildings renovation of old buildings and installation of new furniture and fixtures
In the six institutions under the jurisdiction of the department great improvements have been made
At the State Hospital at Milledgeville 823228 has been spent under direction of the department while the State Hospital Authority has spent 4250000 As a result new buildings of the most modern type have been erected and room provided for patients living in crowded conditions in the old dilapidated structures The improvements at this institution are nothing short of amazing
Almost an entirely new plant was provided for the Boys Training School at Milledgeville through expenditures amounting to 973900 A new school building a new receiving building six new dormitories for white boys and a dining room kitchen and central heating plant were erected A new school and dormitories for negro boys also were built The old buildings were renovated throughout
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At Cave Spring the School for the Deaf also went through a transformation The old main building was remodeled and renovated A new dormitory for girls was erected For primary students a modern school building was constructed which will enable the students to eat sleep play and attend classes all in the same building A dormitory for boys was remodeled while improvements were made to two other buildings
A large farm located about a mile from the Cave Spring school was purchased for use as a school for negro deaf children Here a new school building as well as a new dormitory were built and other improvements made Total expenditures for white and negro school imporvements amounted to 55817497
Two main buildings at the Training School for Girls located ten miles from Atlanta were remodeled and renovated A new receiving building was built which has every modern convenience A new water system was installed and other improvements made the total expenditure amounting to 156791
At the Gracewood Training School for Mental Defectives a new hospital was built new water tank erected and other improvements made that cost a total of 128000
General remodeling and improvement program at the Academy for the Blind at Macon cost 105400 The white boys and girls dormitories were rebuilt a new dining room kitchen and laundry and a new central heating system installed The negro unit was remodeled and part of it made fire proof
All forms of relief both emergency and permanent are supervised by the State Department of Public Welfare During the fiscal year ending June 30 1940 the department administered directly and indirectly benefits amounting to 3505081417
Besides all forms of relief 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 Childrens program It also directs certification of applicants for Works Progress Administration jobs for enrollment in Civilian Conservation Corps for assistance under the National Youth Administration for general relief and for surplus commodities
Social security benefits distributed during the year were Old Age Dependent Children and Blind benefits 345578450 Crippled Children benefits 16505304
Of the 345578450 the state provided 145690199 the Federal government provided 165330406 and the counties 34557845
In June 1940 the number of people on the rolls were as follows
Old age 28192
Blind 1111
Children 9840
Old age benefits averaged 801 a month per person the blind averaged 1005 a month per person and dependent children benefits averaged 791 per child and 2042 per family
Since July 1 1937 a total of 117923 applications for Old Age benefits have been received 3532 for the blind and 53128 from dependent children
Applications on file June 30 1940 were Old Age 47674 blind 1209 and dependent children 23422
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This report reflects the cost to the State and the 159 counties for administrative operations of the Department of Pubic Welfare for the fiscal year ended June 30 1940
The figures used in this report reflecting expenditures of the State Department and County Departments are taken from the offcial report of the Division of Accounts and Finance to the State Board of Public Welfare whereas the figures used for benefits paid directly by the Federal Government under the strictly Federal programs were furnished by the Works Progress Administration National Youth Administration our Surplus Commodity Division and C C C Division
For the fiscal year ended June 30 1940 expenditures of the State Department of Public Welfare amounted to 743774650 as summarized below with percentages
to total
Description Amount Percent
Social Security Benefits
Old Age Blind and Dependent Children Benefits 345578450 4646
Crippled Children Benefits 16505304 222
State Institutions
For Maintenance 169304566 1864
For Building Program 138602924 2277
Total Expenditures Exclusive of Administration 669991244 9009
Administrative Expenditures
Grants to Counties for Administration 34819743 468
Administrative Operations State Department 38963663 523
Total Administrative Expenditures 73783406 991
Total Expenditures 743774650 10000
During the fiscal year 9009 of the total expenditures of the State Department were for Social Security benefits and the State Institutions totaling 669991244 and constituting total expenditures for benefits as distinguished from expenditures for administrative operations 468 of the total expenditures represented grants to the counties for the States participation in County Departments administrative expenses leaving 523 for administrative operations of the State Department However this 523 represents payments for administrative purposes from State County and Federal funds and deductions of the Federal contributions for administration of 18945442 which were utilized for State Department administrative costs and contributions from the counties of 2174064 for commodity distribution expenses from the total State Department administrative cost of 38963663 leaves 17844157 as the net cost to the State for administrative operations of the State Department or as expressed in percentage 239 of total expenditures
Administrative expenses of the State Department by activity and participating funds are summarized as follows
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Total State Federal County
Activity Expenses Funds Funds Funds
Old Age Blind and Dependent
Children Programs 18639276 5949940 12689336
Crippled Children Program 2116568 1058283 1058285
Child Welfare Program 7742080 2544259 5197821
State Institutions 1335348 1335348
Surplus Commodity Program 6316360 4142296 2174064
W P A Program 443359 443359
C C C Program 608021 608021
N Y A Program 13230 13230
Other Federal and Local
Relief Programs 459115 459115
Transfer of Funds to Other
State Departments 1290306 1290306
Total 38963663 17844157 18945442 2174064
Percent to Total Expenditures 523 239 255 029
The combined net cost to the State for administrative operations of the State
Department 17844157 and administrative grants to the 159 County Departments 34819743 is 52663900 or 707 when expressed in percentage to total expenditures of the State Department
Returning to the foregoing stated net cost to the State of 239 for administrative operations of the State Department consideration must be given to the fact that this administrative cost percentage represents the cost to the State in administering all activities of the State and County Departments of Public Welfare 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 Administrative operations include 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 as shown in the foregoing tabulation of administrative operations
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 Department of Public Welfare consideration must necessarily be given not only to benefits made available by the State Department but also to those benefits made available by cooperation with the Federal agencies
Benefits paid directly by the Federal Government during the past fiscal year under those strictly Federal programs in which the State and County Departments act as certifying agencies amounted to 2835090198 as follows
Surplus Commodities Value Distributed 359220877
W P A Benefits 2109571500
C C C Benefits 197553000
N Y A Benefits 168744821
Total
2835090198
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Combining the total benefits of 669991244 made available directly by the State Department with total benefits of 2835090198 made available by cooperation with the Federal agencies makes total benefits made available through the facilities of the Department of Public Welfare of 3505081442
In addition to the net cost to the State of 52663900 for administrative expenses of the State and County Departments the County Governments expended an additional 34375017 for administrative expenses including administrative cost to the counties of certifications for benefits paid directly by the Federal Government making a total administrative cost to the State and the 159 Counties of 87038917
Against total benefits of 3505081442 the cost to the State and the 159 Counties for administrative operations of the State Department and the County Departments was 87038917 or 25 of total benefits made available
These expenses 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
Respectfully yours
Braswell Deen Director State Department of Public Welfare
PART I
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE DIVISION
Lucile Wilson Director
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PUBLIC ASSISTANCE DIVISION Lucile Wilson Director FOREWORD
COUNTY WELFARE DEPARTMENTS
A DAY WITH A COUNTY DIRECTOR
COUNTY WELFARE BOARDS
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OTHERS COOPERATING
PROBLEMS
EMERGENCIES
FIELD STAFF
NEEDS
SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS PLAN OF OPERATION BUDGETING
SURPLUS COMMODITY CERTIFICATIONS
APPEALS
TRANSFERS
WPA CERTIFICATIONS
NYA CERTIFICATIONS
CCC CERTIFICATIONS
GENERAL RELIEF
CASE REFERRAL SECTION
CRIPPLED CHILDRENS PROGRAM
CHILD WELFARE GSES ETC
PERSONNELMERIT SYSTEM CONCLUSION
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE DIVISION
One of the chief aims of the Public Assistance Division is to render service to people in needthat is to assist those who need relief either through financial grants or through a better understanding of their problems A real effort is made to extend a courteous sympathetic ear to the clients troubles and to help him work out his own problems satisfactorily
E B Romig has said No matter how brilliantly planned the public relief setup may be unless those affected by it understand it the scheme is nothing but a sounding brass and tinkling cymbal The Public Assistance Division has the important task of explaining what relief is all about to the groups who need to know The public taxpayer who puts up the money being spent by our public relief organizations wants to know and is entitled to know just how much of his money is being distributed each month and for what
FOREWORD
Our public relief agencies must define for the taxpayer the principles underlying relief grants and show the principles of estimating a budget deficiencyhow need is determined by size of family and modified by income It would be well for the publicall of usto realize that most of our clients are honorable people that only a small percentage are chiselers It is a delicate business this of giving food
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orders or cash to selfrespecting citizens It is an act of grace to be performed only in a Biblically humble and contrite spirit and with an awareness of the dangers of working violence upon the American morale
The public agency has had a long road to travel in its course from the traditions of preElizabethan England up to the present time but with the coming of the Social Security Act America has at last gained some degree of certainty and the beginnings of adequacy for a few categories in public social services It is the public agency which shoulders the major burden of people out of work and people in trouble and it is the public agency created and stabilized by law which will handle these groups of people through the long future
The public welfare worker who sees beyond the immediate problem at hand understands that pauperization is one way that human nature expresses itself under continued unemployment and stress and that there is no place for a critical attitude toward the client Public assistance workers find themselves at crossroads needing all the vision they can master to guide their course in the right direction Helping people in distress is a professional task
Oftentimes the need of an understanding friend and some person to whom one can turn in time of trouble is the real plea of the client Not everyone who applies to the County Welfare office by any means needs monetary relief Most of those who come seeking aid however are in need of something Sometimes it is only a yearning to be heard to talk out the problemto find a friend who is willing to try to help him get a new hold on life True it is that a great deal of the time of the county welfare departments is spent in certifications to the various programs and to the determination of eligibility for the different types of relief but much of the time of a conscientious welfare director cannot be accounted for regardless of the number of time tables she may keep for herself
COUNTY WELFARE DEPARTMENTS
Too much cannot be said of the untiring service rendered by the 159 County Welfare Departments of the State of Georgia The major portion of this years report will be given to the progress being made by the courageous directors in trying to alleviate suffering in their various Georgia communities The County Welfare Directors and their staffs are serving as courageously as any soldiers in the front ranks of the armies To the directors and their staffs and to the five men County Welfare Boards who serve without pay go much of the credit of the success of the welfare program They work untiringly from sun to sun and yet their work is never done Inadequate funds with which to meet the needs of those applying for relief has proved to be a serious handicap and insufficient personnel to perform all of the work required of them by the various agencies has been discouraging to the directors Not more than 10 has been spent for administration of relief in the counties In many of the rural counties of Georgia Georgia being largely an agricultural State the counties are directed by only one member of the staff a directorwho has to serve as stenographer intake interviewer visitor to the homes bookkeeper and statistician She must interview references determine who is eligible for WPA NYA CCC Surplus Commodities Old Age Assistance Aid to the Blind Aid to Dependent Children Crippled Children and others seeking aid who are either too young for Old Age Assistance or too old for Crippled Childrens program
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A DAY WITH A COUNTY DIRECTOR
A day with a County Director would be most enlightening to any Georgian who wonders sometimes what the director does with all of her time Many demands are made upon her and she must give a strict accounting of time for the Federal Government pays 50 the State 40 and the County 10 Only about six counties are considered urban in the State of Georgia which include Atlanta Savannah Columbus Macon Augusta and about 15 semiurban communities while the remaining counties are largely rural in population And what are some of the duties of a County Welfare Director The functions are fundamentally the same whether or not she works in an urban or rural community
Human suffering stares her in the face through neighbors doorways regardless of location and she would need to be quintuplets to meet adequately the pressures of the job Always there is the waste of too much haste but then there is so much to be done A few examples are given to illustrate the manifold duties the director has to perform Someone knocks on her door at 600 a m in the morning to report that the father in a family has an acute pain in his side and they need a doctor at onceNo there is not any money with which to pay for same Cant she please get him to the hospital immediately Most often in rural Georgia it is a county in which there is no clinic or hospital and also in most instances no funds in the treasury for general relief so what must the director do On her way to the officfc after arranging for the family she is waved down by a group of officials who ask the director to be sure to see that their road project gets started right away After assuring these persons of her interest and carefully explaining another agencys functions she moves hurriedly on her way to the office to find several clients waiting to see her Some are applying for Surplus Commodities boys wanting to be certified to the CCC Camp but wanting to be assured they will not leave the State or go to waryouths both boys and girls wanting to go to the NYA school persons employable and unemployable wanting to be certified to WPA or wanting to know just when they will be assigned elderly persons whose applications have been filed for Old Age Assistance and havent been able to prove their age bringing an affidavit or Bible to show proof a mother whose husband died a few days ago seeking Aid to Dependent Children a blind person wishing to know how soon he can receive a grant
A telegram is received and there is a request from another State asking that B County make an immediate investigation to see whether or not the Z family will accept a son who is stranded in another State and wishes to be sent home immediately The Z family perhaps lives in the opposite side of the county over almost impassable roads Correspondence from the State Office asks for special reports on two or three cases another letter or two from Congressmen or Senators asking why certain clients have not been given some aid the State Office asking that reinvestigations be made on a number of cases
The Grand Jury is to meet the next day and requests the director to make a detailed report The Missionary Society asks her to make a speech for them at the society that afternoon A crippled child is to be taken to the clinic clothing is to be provided for a family whose house has burned Johnny needs some new glasses layettes are to be furnished for some new babies the lunch room project is to be certified forms and payrolls are to be filled in and sent to the State Office or the money to the clients will not be paid case histories are to be written references are
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to be interviewed representatives from various agencies are to be seen an article has been promised to be written for the newspaper and on and on ad infinitum are the demands upon her time The end of the day finds a weary director hundreds of people interviewed an aching heart because all of their needs could not be met some dissatisfied clients who contended they needed help more than their neighbor The thankful old lady who voiced her appreciation for the old age pension was the only bright spot in her day that made life in a way worth living There were so many people who appeared to need relief and yet such few funds To determine eligibility fairly and squarely without discrimination to exercise good judgment and common sense to give aid to those who need it and refrain from giving it to those who do not to interpret the needs of the program as well as its limitations to discuss and utilize hidden or undiscovered resources to treat all courteously and diplomaticallythese are some of the unexaggerated tasks and responsibilities which appear as part of the daily routine of a County Director and her staff
COUNTY WELFARE BOARDS
The County Welfare Boards also are giving their service in the interpretation of relief needs to the communities The Boards meet regularly once a month to pass upon the awards to be paid to the clients for the following month County Welfare Boards also form policies in line with State and Federal regulations They select the Director and the State Office only passes upon the qualifications as agreed upon by a joint plan of the Federal Social Security Board and the State Board of Public Welfare Local County Welfare Boards give unselfishly of their time in cooperating with the Director and her staff in meeting the needs of clients with limited funds Too much cannot be said of the importance of strong County Welfare Boards As a chain is no stronger than its weakest link so a County Department depends greatly upon the strength of its County Welfare Board which is a great asset to the Welfare Program
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
And much needs to be said of the County Commissioners also who have cooperated splendidly in the paying of the 10 of the relief grants and of administration costs In their farsighted manner of paying for certification service through their County Welfare Departments millions of dollars have been brought into the counties through the persons actually assigned to the WPA the boys sending home checks to their families from the CCC the NYA and other federal programs as well as the benefits from the Social Security Program
OTHERS COOPERATING
The extensiveness of the Public Assistance Welfare Program varies of course in the various counties over the State Ministers physicians newspaper editors womens missionary societies Junior Leagues Kiwanis Elks Rotarians Civitans American Legion and other civic religious and fraternal organizations lend their cooperation to the county departments in the location and solution of human relief needs
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PROBLEMS
In the smaller communities fewer resources are available naturally and the ingenuity and initiative of the welfare staff is constantly challenged as how to meet the needs when there are less tangible resources Adjoining counties may vary in their ability to participate financially in the program One strictly farming community may be parallel to an industrial community The mountains in extreme North Georgia counties with practically no farming lands and no colored population present their problem as well as extreme South Georgia communities with heavy swamp lands and heavy colored population The urban and semiurban areas although with more available resources present the problem of the masses which necessitates the planning for food shelter and fuel of large numbers where suitable housing is a real problem
EMERGENCIES
Floods tornadoes drouths are emergencies that sometimes confront the agencies of the various counties
Margaret E Rich once said We recognize that differences of people are assets and that it is upon these that we build societies Difference is a precious thing to the individual and its recognition is one of the contributions that we as case workers have to make to the understanding of human relationships It implies fundamentally that we accept the gifts that each one brings to the common wealth and refrain from any attempt to mold everyone after a single image no matter how fine that image may be
FIELD STAFF
In order to meet the individual needs of clients and counties in as effective a manner as possible and with a view of extending the best service availablethe State has been divided into nine public assistance districts for the purpose of rendering greater assistance to the counties through supervision These districts are supervised by carefully selected and highly qualified supervisors whose chief function is to give guidance to the County Welfare staff in the interpretation of Federal State and local regulations They serve as liaison persons between the state and local departments meeting with County Welfare Boards giving talks at meetings of civic or church groups when requested to do so and giving assistance to county welfare departments in the organization of their work so as to best meet their reliefneeds In order not to spread the butter too thin and to give more adequate relief the District Field Supervisors help the county departments to maintain high standards of efficiency of personnel and assist in planning proper budgeting of families according to their individual needs The Field Supervisors read a sampling of records in every county office preauditing 10 of accepted cases and 5 of rejected cases as a method of assisting county departments in the fairest manner of determining eligibility They assist in the proper verifications of age need and residence They lend their aid in the interpretation of the program to the public and in interviewing representatives of various organizations To help the client help himself and to guide him in the solution of his own problem is a task with which both the field representative and the county directors apply their best knowledge and skill The District Field Supervisor assists in the conducting of appeal hearings and any special investigations at the request of the State Department
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NEEDS
What is needed in social work today are procedures tested in the experience of the practitioners on the job No two people are or can be alike and no situations are the same The important thing is how theory and recommended procedures work out in actual practice
Jane Addams said at one time It is hard to prove to the community that efficiency is also tenderness that untrained service results in cruelty and that the last things to depend upon are the vagaries of a selfseeking politician
It is part of our job however to try to understand the viewpoint of politicians as well as always to expect them to understand ours
SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS
The Social Security Program in the State of Georgia has proven of great value and as a result monthly social security benefits for the past twelve months amounted to a total of 345578450 241533400 having been spent for Old Age Assistance 91458650 for Aid to Dependent Children and 12586400 to Aid for the Blind
Investigations to determine eligibility were made by the County Welfare Directors and their staffs Oftentimes two neighbors living side by side will apply for relief and while on the surface their needs appear the same after careful review of the situation the amount of home produce the number in the family the health problems in one family which do not appear in the other the inability of relatives to support etc it becomes known that the needs of the two families are not the same To place upon the individual the responsibility of assisting with the proving of his own eligibility is constructive practice
PLAN OF OPERATION BUDGETING
The plan of operation for the county welfare departments is carefully explained in three manuals adopted jointly by the Federal Social Security Board and the State Board of Public Welfare These manuals were revised on January 1 1940 and explain carefully the method of determining eligibility and providing assistance proper budgeting statistical and financial procedures Numerous forms are required on every case certified for relief Very carefully planned budgets are prepared by a State staff budgeting specialist giving monthly food and clothing budgets and minimum cost and other items of need in a normal family group These budgets were prepared after an exhaustive study of retail market prices throughout the State by the Home Economist on the staff
SURPLUS COMMODITY CERTIFICATIONS
Certifications to Surplus Commodities is another function of the Division of Public Assistance 77666 families were certified for commodities by the County Departments of Public Welfare during the fiscal year The School Lunch Program which made possible through the cooperation of the Surplus Commodity Division and the WPA the furnishing of hot lunches to undernourished underprivileged children was an important phase of the certification process of the Department of Public Welfare 2705 lunch rooms were certified to receive these commodities the last fiscal year and 280259 children were served
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APPEALS
The right of appeal and a fair hearing was given added emphasis to all applicants applying for relief Each client is notified of his right to appeal when his application is passed upon The basis of appeal may be because of the rejection of an application the delay in passing upon the award or because the client feels that the grant is inadequate The State Board makes the final decision in the case based upon the transcriptive evidence presented at the hearing A client may bring as many witnesses as he chooses to the appeal hearing 77 appeals were heard last year
TRANSFERS
One of the most difficult problems confronting the department is the proper consideration and handling of transfers from one county to another over the State Quite often for bona fide reasons and through no fault of their own aged persons have to move from one sons or daughters house to anothersometimes just over the county line Because of Georgias tenant farming arrangement there is much of this moving about around Christmas time The law provides the right of the client to a transfer from one county to another and the majority of transfers are elderly persons 388 transfers were effected and given careful attention the past fiscal year
WPA CERTIFICATIONS
Apart from the Social Security Program or the three types of special public assistance Old Age Assistance Aid to the Blind and Aid to Dependent Children the program which requires the most time of the directors and which brings in the most money to the counties is certification to the WPA Last year expenditures in benefits alone for the WPA amounted to 2109571500 31297 persons were certified as of June 26th A cooperative agreement was reached between the State Department of Public Welfare and Work Projects Administration whereby the Department of Public Welfare is responsible for the certification of all new cases whereas the WPA maintains responsibility for cases who previously worked on WPA or all recertifications The WPA of course has the responsibility for the assignment of all persons to projects
NYA CERTIFICATIONS
Another very popular program for which the State Department of Public Welfare is the chief certifying agency is the NYA For the year 19391940 168744821 was spent in benefits to youths of Georgia Besides work on local projects many students are given the opportunity to go to school at 16 Residential Projects over the State and to earn while learning Students are given courses in home economics stenography farming mechanical and electrical work et cetera
CCC CERTIFICATIONS
One of the other popular programs in the counties over the State is certification to the CCC The State Department of Public Welfare through the various county directors and welfare departments cooperated in the selection and enrollment of 6940 boys in the CCC during the year
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The State Department of Public Welfare is charged with the responsibility of selecting young men between the ages of 1723 inclusive who are unemployed in need of employment and need the educational and other opportunities offered by the CCC and whose families due to financial limitations are not able to provide a comparable experience
The CCC Division of the State Department is required by the CCC to maintain certain records and other files on each boy enrolled in CCC from
Georgia as well as boys enrolled during the past seven years The Division is
required to make certain contacts with the CCC officials charged with the administration of the camps namely camp commanders district commanders and corps area headquarters The Division must also verify numerous requests received from various sources regarding individual cases
The Division is responsible for approving each application as it is submitted from the county departments These applications are filed according to counties and when the quarterly enrollment requisition is received these applications are assembled according to lists sent from the counties The boys are notified where and when
to report for examinations and acceptance Quotas to the respective counties are
given on the basis of the number of boys available at the time the State requisition is received from Washington
Each CCC enrollee received 3000 per month for his services in camp 2200 of which amount is sent home providing he has dependents or deposited with the Chief of Finance of the War Department and turned over to the enrollee when he is discharged During the year families of Georgia enrollees received a total
amount of 197553000
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 physical reasons unable to take advantage of special types of relief available for normal persons
Financial responsibility for general relief rests entirely with local governmental agencies and neither the State nor the Federal government 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 81313 cases received general relief during the fiscal year with a total expenditure of 42939760
CASE REFERRAL SECTION
The Case Referral Section in the State Office handles correspondence from all over Georgia An average of 2500 letters per month are received and answered by this department alone A real effort is made to answer correspondence within twentyfour hours after it is received Letters are carefully read and consideration is given toward answering the actual inquiry of the individual satisfactorily Rooms are maintained in the State Building for the private interviewing of clients who visit the State Office Courteous and patient treatment is given to those wishing to talk
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with someone about their problems Their requests are promptly referred to the various county offices for handling An average of from 15 to 40 interviews are held daily OutofState inquiries are also given as rapid handling as possible
CRIPPLED CHILDRENS PROGRAM
County Welfare Departments are pleased to assist in certifications to the Crippled Childrens Program The tangible results of this program have been very worthwhile
CHILD WELFARE GSES ETC
Cooperation with the Child Welfare Program the registration of clients with the Georgia State Employment Service certifications to institutions and Nursery Schools cooperation with Vocational Rehabilitation and Cancer Control have been other duties performed by the county departments
PERSONNELMERIT SYSTEM
Real emphasis has been placed upon the rendering of more efficient service to clients through the improvements of standards of personnel from time to time An inservicetraining program through cooperation with the University of Georgia has been maintained whereby the members of the staffs of the various county welfare departments have been given the opportunity to take extension courses during the year and summer courses in field work Leaves of absence have been granted various members of the departments to further their training in accredited schools of social work A source of real gratification is the plan to employ personnel on the basis of fitness for the job This will be made possible by the adoption of the Merit System plan for the selection of employees in Georgia Highly qualified personnel will tend towards economy in government and will assure an improvement in assistance to the disadvantaged persons in Georgia for whom the very program exists
It is well for us to take time to realize that some of the best blood in Georgia is on the relief roll through no fault of their own but because of circumstances beyond their control No one knows what another day will bring forth The pendulum swings to and fro and some persons are up one day and down the next To study the causes of behaviorism and to try to understand that there are often real reasons back of ones actionsmaybe illness discouragement failure to adjust be that as it may our big job is to try to understand each other better and to add some security to the dreary lives of the suffering needy Georgiansthen we shall truly have a happier Georgia because we have rendered service unto the least of these
6EORGIA STATE DEPARTMENT OTPUMIC WELFARE
DEVELOPMENT OF THE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PROGRAM IN FIRST THREE YEARS OF OPERATION
BY EXPENDITURES
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DIVISION OF RESEARCH AND STATISTICS M Hardin Mitchell Director
DIVISION OF RESEARCH AND STATISTICS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ChartDevelopment of the Public Assistance Program by Expendi
tures
Narrative Operations of the Division of Research and Statistics
Table A Disposition of Applications for Old Age Assistance Aid to the
Blind and Aid to Dependent Children Received from July 1 1937 Through June 30 1940 Inclusive
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
Tables 116 Social Data on Old Age Assistance Cases Accepted During the
Fiseal Year 193940
Table 17 Individuals Accepted During the Fiscal Year 193940 by
Race Sex and Location With Respect to Occupation
AID TO THE BLIND
Tables 117 Social Data on Aid to the Blind Cases Accepted During the
Fiscal Year 193940
AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN
Tables 118 Social Data on Aid to Dependent Children Cases Accepted
During the Fiscal Year 193940
GENERAL RELIEF
Narrative General Relief
Table 1 Tabulation of General Relief Cases From July 1 1937 to
June 30 1940 Inclusive by Months Cases Persons Amount of Obligations Average Per Case and Average Per Person
Table 2 Tabulation of General Relief Relief Cases From July 1 1939
to June 30 1940 Inclusive by Cases Persons Amount of Obligations Average for Twelve Months Period and Average Per Case and Average Per Person
CHILD WELFARE
Tables 16 Social Data on Child Welfare Services Received and Tabulated
During the Fiscal Year 193940
CRIPPLED CHILDREN
Narrative Crippled Children
Table 1 Numerical Analysis of the Applications and Cases Approved for
Registration and Treatment During the Fiscal Year 193940 by the Crippled Children Division
ChartPercentage Analysis of the Applications and Cases Approved
for Registration and Treatment During the Fiscal Year 193940 by the Crippled Children Division
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REPORT OF THE OPERATION OF THE DIVISION OF RESEARCH AND STATISTICS DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30 1940 By M Hardin Mitchell Director
The Division of Research and Statistics has the responsibility for the preparation and interpretation of statistical reports within the fields of Old Age Assistance Aid to the Blind Aid to Dependent Children General Relief Child Welfare and Crippled Children Reports for public distribution are also prepared by this Division from information furnished by the Surplus Commodity Division and the Civilian Conservation Corps Division
Reports on applications received and disposed of persons paid and obligations incurred for Old Age Assistance Aid to the Blind Aid to Dependent Children and General Relief are made monthly to the Social Security Board The same reports supplemented by reports on the other programs mentioned above are used in preparing the quarterly bulletin Public Welfare Statistics
An annual report on the social characteristics of recipients of Old Age Assistance Aid to the Blind and Aid to Dependent Children is made to the Social Security Board in Washington Information for this report is obtained from social data cards submitted by the County Directors on each individual approved for assistance This report was used as a basis for the tables contained in the following pages The data requested by the Social Security Board was of course modified as much of the information requested was of little or no significance for the State of Georgia These tables constitute a detailed study of the social characteristics of the 1121 individuals approved for Old Age Assistance the 30 individuals approved for Aid to the Blind and the 202 families and 541 children approved for Aid to Dependent Chidlren during the fiscal year ending June 30 1940 The tables on closed cases cover all cases closed during the fiscal year These cases were approved during the years 193738 193839 and 193940 The cases for Old Age Assistance which were closed numbered 5657 for Aid to the Blind 119 and for Aid to Dependent Children 900
This work was performed by a staff of ten persons consisting of seven persons in the State Office and three in the field Each of the Field Statisticians is responsible for statistical supervision of 53 counties They interpret instructions issued by the State Office to the County Directors and are responsible for the correct maintenance of statistical reports Public Assistance forms filing procedures and reporting procedures in the county offices The data submitted by the County Directors is consolidated and coordinated by the State Office staff and policies and procedures to be followed by the County Directors are determined and inaugurated
The table immediately following shows a statistical summary of the progress of the Social Security programs in Georgia from June 1 1937 when the programs were inaugurated until the close of the fiscal year 193940 During these three years 142603 applications were received for Old Age Assistance Aid to the Blind and Aid to Dependent Children 84608 of these have been disposed of i e approved denied as ineligible or disposed of for other reasons By far the largest percentage was approved6326 or 53522 while 1659 or 14040 were found to be ineligible and the remainder 17046 or 2015 were disposed of for other reasons
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During the fiscal year from July 1 1939 to June 30 1940 approximately 25031 cases received Old Age benefits monthly 1047 received Blind benefits and 3747 families representing 9875 children received Aid to Dependent Children At the end of June 1940 58848 applications were pending During this fiscal year only 7571 applications were investigated and of these 1482 were approved In the month of May 1939 payment was suspended on 15500 cases due to lack of funds During the year following which is the year now being reported any available funds were used to reinstate those suspended cases before any new cases could be placed in pay status Funds were made available for the most part only from the closure of cases because of death removal from the State or other reasons which accounts for the comparatively small number of cases approved during the year
STATISTICAL TABLE 1 PART 1 OLDAGE ASSISTANCE
LIVING ARRANGEMENT TO BE EFFECTIVE WHEN FIRST PAYMENT IS RECEIVED SEX AND MONTHLY PAYMENT
Number of Individuals Accepted for OldAge Assistance with Specified Living Arrangement Effective When First Payment Is Received and Sex
MONTHLY PAYMENT TOTALS Total 1121 TOTAL Male 522 Female 599 Total 163 ALONE Male 67 Female 96 With Total 184 IN Spouse Only Male Female 128 56 HOUSEHOLD GROUP With Spouse and Others Total Male Female 235 181 54 With Other Relatives Without Spouse Total Male Female 501 127 874
Less than 100 1 4 1 1 1
100 199 1
200 299 14 6 8 2 1 1 3 2 1 4 3 1 5 u 5
300 399 56 26 30 8 2 6 14 8 6 14 12 2 19 4 15
400 499 149 69 80 19 9 10 23 13 10 28 20 8 76 24 52
500 599 263 104 159 45 19 26 41 25 16 43 29 14 122 25 97
600 699 203 98 105 34 13 21 23 14 9 50 41 9 88 27 61
700 799 165 73 92 16 10 6 20 13 7 33 26 7 90 20 70
800 899 104 50 54 20 8 12 20 17 3 18 16 2 46 9 37
900 999 44 25 19 7 4 3 8 6 2 11 8 3 16 6 10
1000 1099 50 30 20 6 1 5 13 12 1 12 10 2 18 7 11
1100 1199 16 10 6 2 2 5 5 6 4 2 3 1 2
1200 1299 18 7 11 4 4 4 4 4 3 1 5 5
1300 1399 9 8 1 4 4 3 3 1 1
1400 1499 6 3 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 1
1500 1599 13 7 6 3 2 1 4 2 2 5 2 3
1600 1699 2 1 1 9 1 1 1 1
1700 1799
1800 1899 2 2 1 1 4 1 1
1900 1999 1 1 kjL 4 1 1
2000 2099 2 1 1 1 l 1 1 1
2100 2199
2200 2299 1 1 1 1
2300 2399 r
2400 2499
2500 2599
2600 2699 1T
2700 2799
2800 2899
2900 2999
3000 3099 2 2 1 1 1 1
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TAB LE A
DISPOSITIONS OP APPLICATIONS FOB OLD AGE ASSISTANCE AID TO THE BLIND AND AID TO DEPENDENT CHILD KEN KECEIYED FROM THE TIME OF THE INAUGURATION OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY PROGRAM JULY 1 1937 THROUGH JUNE 30 1940 INCLUSIVE
APPLICATIONS RECEIVED July 1 1937 through June 30 1938 Percentage of total from 737 to 738 July 11938 through June 30 1939 Percentage of total from 738 to 739 Percentage July 11939 of total through from 739 June 30 1940 to 740 Total
Old Age Assistance 89738 76 20309 17 7876 7 117923
Aid to the Blind Aid to Dependent Children 2644 75 613 17 275 8 3532
Families 13724 65 4731 22 2693 13 21148
Children 34966 66 11611 22 6551 12 53128
APPLICATIONS APPROVED
Old Age Assistance 37074 81 7655 17 1223 3 45952
Aid to the Blind Aid to Dependent Children 1197 82 232 16 34 2 1463
Families 4854 79 1028 17 225 4 6107
Children 13496 80 2680 16 614 4 16790
APPLICATIONS DENIED AS INELIGIBLE
Old Age Assistance 7061 64 2870 26 1063 10 10994
Aid to the Blind Aid to Dependent Children 185 58 101 32 32 10 318
Families 1215 45 833 31 680 25 2728
Children 3071 45 1958 29 1732 26 6761
APPLICATIONS DISPOSED OF FOR OTHER REASONS
Old Age Assistance 5808 41 4837 34 3490 25 14135
Aid to the Blind Aid to Dependent Children 239 51 146 31 87 19 472
Families 876 36 826 34 737 30 2439
Children 2079 33 2029 32 2166 35 6274
APPLICATIONS PENDING June 30 1938 June 30 1939 June 30 1940
Old Age Assistance 39795 45540 47674
Aid to the Blind Aid to Dependent Children 1023 1090 1209
6779 8920 9965
Children 16320 21411 23422
State of Georgia
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 Accepted for OldAge Assistance With Specified Living Arrangement Effective When First Payment Is Received and Sex
MONTHLY PAYMENT
TOTALS
IN HOUSEHOLD GROUP Contd
Not With Relatives Eating at same table
Total
32
Male
18
Female
14
IN VOLUNTARY INSTITUTION INCORPORATED NOT FOR PROFIT Total Male Female
3 JS 3
OTHER
Male
1
Female
2
Less than 100
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

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STATISTICAL TABLE 2 OLDAGE ASSISTANCE RACE AND MONTHLY PAYMENT
Number of Individuals of Specified Race Accepted for OldAge Assistance
MONTHLY PAYMENT All Races White Negro
Total 1121 572 549
Less than 100 1 1
loo 1 199
200 299 14 2 12
300 399 56 20 36
400 499 149 68 81
500 599 263 115 148
600 699 203 80 123
700 799 165 95 70
800 899 104 59 45
900 999 44 30 14
1000 1099 50 44 6
1100 1199 16 10 6
1200 1299 18 16 2
1300 1399 9 7 2
1400 1499 6 4 2
1500 1599 13 12 1
1600 1699 2 2
1700 1799
1800 1899 2 2
1900 1999 1 1
2000 2099 2 2
2100 2199
2200 2299 1 1
2300 2399
2400 2499
2500 2599
2600 2699
2700 2799
2800 2899
2900 2999
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STATISTICAL TABLE 3 OLDAGE ASSISTANCE SOURCE OF OTHER INCOME RECEIVED BY INDIVIDUAL SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH OLDAGE ASSISTANCE
Source of Other Income Received by Individual Number of Individuals Accepted
Simultaneously With OldAge Assistance For OldAge Assistance
Total 1121
None 360
Some 761
One Type Only 616
Annuity or Income From Trust Fund or Insurance 1
Net Income or Rent From Real Property 12
Income From Earnings 127
Net Income From Sale of Farm Produce 37
Regular Contributions From Relatives or Friends 145
OldAge Retirement Benefits 1
Other 293
Two Types 1 127
Three Types 16
Four Types 2
STATISTICAL TABLE 4 OLDAGE ASSISTANCE
Type of Other Public or Private Assistance
Received in Household Simultaneously Number of Individuals Accepted
With OldAge Assistance For OldAge Assistance
Total 1121
No Other Type of Public or Private Assistance 952
One Additional Type of Public or Private Assistance 166
Aid to Dependent Children 3
General Public Assistance 2
Another Grant of OldAge Assistance 136
Works Program Wages 12
Other Public Assistance 13
Two Additional Types of Public or Private Assistance 3
Aid to the Blind and Another Grant of OldAge
Assistance 2
Works Program Wages and Other Public Assistance 1
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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 Number of Individuals Accepted
Prior to Investigation For Old Age Assistance
Total 1121
No assistance at time of investigation 897
No assistance at time of investigation and none
within 2 years 787
No assistance at time of investigation but assistance in some form received within 2 years 106
No assistance at time of investigation and unknown whether any assistance received within 2 years 4
Some assistance at time of investigationJ 213
One type only 208
Private 6
Care in voluntary institution for the aged 4
Care in other voluntary institution 1
Assistance from a voluntary agency 1
Public 202
Works Program wages received by applicant 2
Works Program wages received by member of
household 16
General public assistance 104
Other public assistance 80
Two types of assistance 5
Unknown whether assistance ever received 11
STATISTICAL TABLE 6 OLDAGE ASSISTANCE RACE
Number of Individuals Accepted Race For OldAge Assistance
1121
White
Negro
All Races
572
549
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STATISTICAL TABLE 7 OLDAGE ASSISTANCE PHYSICAL CONDITION ACCORDING TO SEX AND ACCORDING TO TYPE OF MEDICAL CARE OR SUPERVISION AT TIME OF APPLICATION
Medical Care or Supervision Number of Individuals with Specified Physical Condition Accepted for OldAge Assistance
Total Not Bedridden but Requiring Considerable Care Bedridden From Able to Care Others For Self
Total 1121 53 226 842
Male Female 522 599 23 100 399 30 126 443
None 921 21 135 765
Under individual physician 181 31 83 67
In hospital 6 6
In clinic 13 1 2 10
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STATISTICAL TABLE 8 OLDAGE ASSISTANCE AGE ON JUNE 30 1940 RACE AND SEX
Number of Individuals of Specified Race and Sex Accepted Age on June 30 1940 for OldAge Assistance
All Races White Negro
Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
Total 1121 522 599 572 260 312 549 262 287
65 and under 66 yrs 9 4 5 9 4 5
66 and under 67 yrs 52 25 27 39 18 21 13 7 6
67 and under 68 yrs 62 21 41 50 19 31 12 2 10
68 and under 69 yrs 106 50 56 66 31 35 40 19 21
69 and under 70 yrs 88 39 50 49 22 27 39 16 23
70 and under 71 yrs 109 55 54 48 22 26 61 33 28
71 and under 72 yrs 71 35 36 41 20 21 30 15 15
72 and under 73 yrs 91 39 52 42 19 23 49 20 29
73 and under 74 yrs 90 41 49 33 14 19 57 27 30
74 and under 75 yrs 60 33 27 30 16 14 30 17 13
75 and under 76 yrs 69 35 34 25 11 14 44 24 20
76 and under 77 yrs 43 18 25 20 6 14 23 12 11
77 and under 78 yrs 38 22 16 13 8 5 25 14 11
78 and under 79 yrs 29 16 13 14 8 6 15 8 7
79 and under 80 yrs 39 19 20 19 12 7 20 7 13
80 and under 81 yrs 36 11 25 13 5 8 23 6 17
81 and under 82 yrs 20 7 13 13 4 9 7 3 4
82 and under 83 yrs 24 11 13 12 4 8 12 7 5
83 and under 84 yrs 20 8 12 12 5 7 8 3 5
84 and under 85 yrs 9 2 7 6 2 4 3 3
85 and under 86 yrs 19 11 8 6 3 3 13 8 5
86 and under 87 yrs 12 5 7 4 2 2 8 3 5
87 and under 88 yrs 5 2 3 2 1 1 3 1 2
88 and under 89 yrs 4 4 2 2 2 2
89 and under 90 yrs 3 3 1 1 2 2
90 and under 91 yrs 4 2 2 1 1 3 1 2
91 and under 92 yrs
92 and under 93 yrs 1 1 1 1
93 and under 94 yrs 2 2 2 2
94 and under 95 yrs
95 and under 96 yrs
96 and under 97 yrs 1 1 1 1
97 and under 98 yrs 1 1 1 1
98 and under 99 yrs 1 1 1 1
99 and under 100 yrs 1 1 1 1
100 yrs and over 2 2 2 2
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STATISTICAL TABLE 9 OLDAGE 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 1121 572 549
Native born 1121 572 549
STATISTICAL TABLE 10 OLDAGE ASSISTANCE
MARITAL STATUS LIVING ARRANGEMENT AND SEX
Number of Individuals of Specified Marital Status
Living Arrangement and Sex Accepted for OldAge Assistance
Divorced or
Legally
Total Single Widowed Separated Separated Married
Total 1121 61 587 10 37 426
Male 522 36 147 4 23 312
Female 599 25 440 6 14 114
Alone 163 20 122 3 15 3
Male 67 15 40 11 1
Female 96 5 82 3 4 2
In household group 952 39 461 7 22 423
With spouse only 184 184
Male 128 128
Female 56 56
With spouse and
others 235 235
Male 181 181
Female 54 54
With other relatives
without spouse 501 35 436 6 20 4
Male 127 17 95 3 10 2
Female 374 18 341 3 10 2
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STATISTICAL TABLE 10 OLDAGE ASSISTANCE MARITAL STATUS LIVING ARRANGEMENT AND SEXContinued
Number of Individuals of Specified Marital Status Living Arrangement and Sex Accepted for OldAge Assistance
Divorced or Legally Total Single Widowed Separated Separated Married
Not with relatives eating at same table Male Female 32 4 25 1 2 18 3 12 1 2 14 1 13
In institution 3 3
In voluntary institution incorporated not
for profit Female 3 3 3 3
Other arrangement Male Female 3 2 1 1 1 2 1 1
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STATISTICAL TABLE 11 OLDAGE ASSISTANCE MARRIED INDIVIDUALS CLASSIFIED BY STATUS OF SPOUSE WITH RESPECT TO OLDAGE ASSISTANCE AND BY MONTHLY PAYMENT
MONTHLY PAYMENT Number of Individuals Accepted for OldAge Assistance with Spouse of Specified Status With Respect to OldAge Assistance
Not Receiving Total OldAge Assistance Receiving Receiving Application N ot Living Separate Joint For Separate In Same Grant Grant Grant Pending Household
Total 426 224 124 57 14 7
Less than 1 100 1 1
100 199
200 299 7 3 4
300 399 29 11 16 1 1
400 499 51 23 19 6 3
500 599 85 40 32 7 5 1
600 699 75 43 22 6 2 2
700 799 55 30 17 5 1 2
800 899 38 24 6 7 1
900 999 19 10 3 6
1000 1099 25 12 1 12
1100 1199 11 8 2 1
1200 1299 8 6 1 1
1300 1399 7 5 2
1400 1499 3 2 1
1500 1599 7 5 1 1
1600 1699 1 1
1700 1799
1800 1899 2 2
1900 1999
2000 2099 1 1
2100 2199
2200 2299
2300 2399
2400 2499
2500 2599
2600 2699
2700 2799
2800 2899
2900 2999
3000 3099 1 1
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STATISTICAL TABLE 12 OLDAGE ASSISTANCE MARRIED INDIVIDUALS CLASSIFIED BY SEX AND BY STATUS OF SPOUSE WITH RESPECT TO OLDAGE ASSISTANCE
Status of Spouse with Respect Number of Individuals of Specified Sex
to OldAge Assistance Accepted for OldAge Assistance
Total Male Female
Total Married 426 312 114
Living in same household 419 309 110
Not receiving oldage assistance 224 201 23
Receiving separate grant 124 49 75
Receiving joint grant 57 50 7
Application for separate grant pending 14 9 5
Not living in same household m i 3 4
STATISTICAL TABLE 13 OLDAGE ASSISTANCE
URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE ACCORDING TO SIZE OF
COMMUNITY
Residence Number of Individuals Accepted for
OldAge Assistance
Total 1121
Urban territory 225
Incorporated place of 100000 or more 1
Incorporated place of 2500 to 99999 224
Rural territory 896
Incorporated place under 2500 Unincorporated place adjacent to a city 164
of 50000 or more 4
Other unincorporated place 99
Rural farm 629
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STATISTICAL TABLE 14 OLDAGE ASSISTANCE REASON FOR CLOSING AND SEX
Number of Individuals of Specified Sex
Reason for Closing Whose Cases Were Closed for
OldAge Assistance
Total Male Female
Total 5657 3113 2544
Death 4021 2317 1704
Admitted to public institution 61 42 19
Admitted to voluntary institution 7 3 4
Became selfsupporting 403 261 142
Oldage retirement benefits 2 2
Survivors oldage benefits Other means of selfsupport 401 259 142
Relatives became able to support 596 241 355
Oldage retirement benefits Survivors benefits Other resources of relatives 596 241 355
Moved out of District to another county
or district within state 224 95 129
Moved out of district to another state 149 69 80
Not eligible for original grant Refusal to comply with property require 31 17 14
ments
Other Unknown 165 68 97
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STATISTICAL TABLE 15 OLDAGE ASSISTANCE NUMBER OF MONTHS FOR WHICH OLDAGE ASSISTANCE WAS RECEIVED
Number of Months for Which OldAge Number of Cases Closed for
Assistance Was Received OldAge Assistance
Total 5657
1 month 25
2 months 14
3 months 7
4 months 9
5 months 15
6 months 29
7 months 30
8 months 33
9 months 48
10 months 65
11 months 77
1217 months inclusive 788
1823 months inclusive 1407
24 months or more 3110
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STATISTICAL TABLE 16 OLDAGE ASSISTANCE RECIPIENTS WHO DIED AGE AT DATE OF CLOSING RACE
AND SEX
Number of Individuals of Specified Race and Sex Whose Cases Were Closed by Reason of Death
Age at Date of Closing
In Completed Years All Races White Negro
Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
Total 4021 2317 1704 2326 1333 993 1695 984 711
66 and under 67 yrs 1 1 1 1
67 and under 68 yrs 19 10 9 11 6 5 8 4 4
68 and under 69 yrs 140 81 59 105 59 46 35 22 13
69 and under 70 yrs 204 125 79 126 81 45 78 44 34
70 and under 71 yrs 237 146 91 144 92 52 93 54 39
71 and under 72 yrs 180 106 74 98 55 43 82 51 31
72 and under 73 yrs 213 122 91 138 79 59 75 43 32
73 and under 74 yrs 233 136 97 96 52 44 137 84 53
74 and under 75 yrs 227 128 99 140 78 62 87 50 37
75 and under 76 yrs 218 134 84 103 65 38 115 69 46
76 and under 77 yrs 145 83 62 65 39 26 80 44 36
77 and under 78 yrs 176 106 70 88 46 42 88 60 28
78 and under 79 yrs 225 120 105 143 73 70 82 47 35
79 and under 80 yrs 234 140 94 155 92 63 79 48 31
80 and under 81 yrs 201 113 88 116 65 51 85 48 37
81 and under 82 yrs 165 92 73 123 69 54 42 23 19
82 and under 83 yrs 141 83 58 94 52 42 47 31 16
83 and under 84 yrs 169 92 77 90 54 36 79 38 41
84 and under 85 yrs 130 73 57 88 53 35 42 20 22
85 and under 86 yrs 157 88 69 95 49 46 62 39 23
86 and under 87 yrs 124 83 41 76 49 27 48 34 14
87 and under 88 yrs 83 46 37 47 26 21 36 20 16
88 and under 89 yrs 102 58 44 59 33 26 43 25 18
89 and under 90 yrs 50 28 22 29 17 12 21 11 10
90 and under 91 yrs 64 38 26 32 21 11 32 17 15
91 and under 92 yrs 36 21 15 21 12 9 15 9 6
92 and under 93 yrs 28 14 14 11 7 4 17 7 10
93 and under 94 yrs 25 9 16 6 2 4 19 7 12
94 and under 95 yrs 19 9 10 8 2 6 11 7 4
95 and under 96 yrs 17 7 10 8 3 5 9 4 5
96 and under 97 yrs 6 3 3 1 1 5 3 2
97 and under 98 yrs 8 4 4 2 2 6 4 2
98 and under 99 yrs 8 3 5 3 3 5 3 2
99 and under 100 yrs 1 1 1 1
100 yrs and over 35 14 21 4 1 3 31 13 18
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STATISTICAL TABLE 17 OLD AGE ASSISTANCE OLD AGE ASSISTANCE INDIVIDUALS ACCEPTED DURING THE PERIOD JULY 1 1939
THROUGH JUNE 30 1940
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 619 6 5 1 2 21 3 19 25 299 221 17
Rural 526 5 4 1 12 3 13 16 247 208 17
Male 245 4 2 12 3 8 15 4 188 9
Female 281 1 2 1 5 1 243 20 8
Urban 93 1 1 2 9 6 9 52 13
Male 40 1 2 9 3 9 3 13
Female 53 1 3 49
NEGRO 502 2 3 5 1 7 91 197 184 12
Rural 374 1 3 1 54 141 164 10
Male 195 1 3 1 42 10 132 6
Female 179 12 131 32 4
Urban 128 2 2 2 1 6 37 56 20 2
Male 76 2 2 2 1 5 34 9 20 1
Female 52 1 3 47
TOTAL 1121 8 5 1 5 26 4 116 496 405 29
Rural 900 5 4 1 1 15 3 14 70 388 372 27
Male 440 4 2 1 15 3 9 57 14 320 15
Female 460 1 2 1 5 13 374 52 12
Urban 221 3 1 4 11 1 12 46 108 33 2
Male 116 2 1 4 11 1 8 43 12 33 1
Female 105 1 4 3 96 1
WHITE MALE 285 4 3 2 21 3 11 24 7 201 9
WHITE FEMALE 334 2 2 1 8 1 292 20 8
NEGRO MALE 271 2 3 5 1 6 76 19 152 7
NEGRO FEMALE 231 1 15 178 32 5
TOTAL MALE 556 6 3 5 26 4 17 100 26 353 16
TOTAL FEMALE 565 2 2 1 9 16 470 52 13
Key to coding for occupations on following page
OCCUPATIONSTOTAL 1121
1 PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL WORKERS TOTAL 8
Actors Architects
Artists Sculptors and Teachers of Art Chemists Assayers 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 Foresters ForestRangers and Timber Cruisers Building Contractors Hucksters Peddlers Junk and Bag Dealers Proprietors Managers etc Retail Dealers and Managers N E C Other Proprietors Managers and Officials Coroners TOTAL 5
3 OFFICE WORKERS Bookkeepers Accountants and Auditors Cashiers except ih banks Clerks N E C Messengers and Office Boys Office Machine Operators Office Managers Bank Tellers Stenographers Stenotypists etc Telegraph and Radio Operators Telephone Operators Typists Other Clerical Workers TOTAL 1
4 SALESMEN AND KINDRED WORKERS Canvassers Solicitors any Commercial Travelers Newsboys Real Estate and Insurance Agents Salesmen and Saleswomen Retail Stores Other Sales Persons and Kindred Workers Mail Carriers Collectors TOTAL 5
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 TOTAL 26
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 Manufacturing and Other Industries Jeweler TOTAL 4
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 0
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8 SEMISKILLED 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 Industries Laundries and Dry Cleaning Estab
Lumber and Furniture Industries Metal Industries except Iron
Paper Printing and Allied Industries Show Factories Cotton Mills
Woolen and Worsted Mills Textile Industries
Miscellaneous and Not Specified Industries Painters Yarnishers 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
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
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
11 FARM LABORERS AND OPERATORS
Farm Foremen Managers and Overseers
Farm Laborers
Farmers
Gardeners
12 UNEMPLOYED OR UNEMPLOYABLE OR UNKNOWN
TOTAL 26
TOTAL 116
TOTAL 496
TOTAL 405
TOTAL 29
STATISTICAL TABLE 1 PART l 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
MONTHLY Total In Household Group With Other Relatives
PAYMENT Include Part 2 Alone With Spouse Only With Spouse and Other Without Spouse
Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
TOTAL jjj 30 22 896 3642330 10 73
200 299
300 399
400 499 1
500 599 2
600 699 7
700 799 6
800 899 3
900 999 3
1000 1099 f 2
1100 1199 1
1200 1299 2
1300 1399 1
1400 1499
1500 1599 I
1600 1699 v
1700 1799
1800 1899 1
1900 1999 2
2000 2099 1
2100 2199 ill
2200 2299
2300 2399 ii
2400 2499
2500 2599
2600 2699
2700 2799
2800 2899 t
2900 2999
3000 3099
1
1
6
3
2
3
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
2 11
4 4
1 1
2 1 1
1 1
1 1
1 1
1 1
In this table and the following tables the term Monthly Payment re fers to the monthly payment for which the case is approved initially

Department of Public Welfare
State of Georgia
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STATISTICAL TABLE 1 PART 2 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
MONTHLY PAYMENT In Household Group Other
Continued
Not With Relatives
Eating at Same Table Total Male Female Total Male Female
Total 2 2 0 0 0 0
400 499
500 599
600 699
700 799 1 1
800 899
900 999
1000 1099
1100 1199
1200 1299 I
1300 1399
1400 1499
1500 1599
1600 1699
1700 1799 I
1800 1899 1 1
1900 1999
2000 2099 I
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STATISTICAL TABLE 2 AID TO THE BLIND
RACE AND MONTHLY PAYMENT
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
Number of Individuals of Specified Race Accepted for Aid to the Blind
All Races White Negro
30 14 16
1 1
2 2
7 2 5
6 4 2
3 3
3 1 2
2 1 1
1 1
2 2
1 1
1 1
1 1
State of Georgia
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STATISTICAL TABLE 3 AID TO THE BLIND
SOURCE OF OTHER INCOME RECEIVED BY INDIVIDUAL SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH AID TO THE BLIND
Source of Other Income Received by Individual Number of Individuals Accepted Simultaneously With Aid to the Blind for Aid to the Blind
Total 30
None 15
Some 15
One type only 14
Income from earnings 6
Regular contributions from relatives or friends 3
Other 5
Two types
1
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STATISTICAL TABLE 4 AID TO THE BLIND EMPLOYMENT STATUS AND MONTHLY PAYMENT
Number of Individuals Accepted for Aid to the Blind With Employment Status
at Time Application was Approved
MONTHLY PAYMENT Not
Gainfully Gainfully
Total Employed Employed
Total 30 5 25
200 299
300 399
400 499 1
500 599 2 2
600 699 2 5
700 799 6
800 899 3
900 999 3
1000 1099 2
1100 1199 1
1200 1299 1 1
1300 1399 1
1400 1499
1500 1599
1600 1699
1700 1799
1800 1899 1 1
1900 1999
2000 91 nn 2099 oo 1
2200 2299
2300 2399
2400 2499
2500 2599
2600 2699
2700 2799
2800 2899
2900 2999
STATISTICAL TABLE 5 AID TO THE BLIND
EMPLOMENT STATUS WITH TYPE OP EMPLOYMENT FOR THE GAINFULLY EMPLOYED AGE ON JUNE 30 1940 AND SEX Number of Individuals of Specified Sex Accepted for Aid to the Blind With Employment Status at Time Application was Approved
Age on June 30 1940
Total
Total Male Female
Number in Sped fled Type of Gainful Employment Total Sheltered Em ployment Self Employment
Total Male Female Total Mai e Female Total Male Female
Other Employment Not Gainfully Employed Total Male Female Total Male Female
TOTAL 30 22 8 5 4
22 and under 23 yrs
23 and under 24 yrs
24 and under 25 yrs
25 and under 26 yrs 1 1 1 1
26 and under 27 yrs
27 and under 28 yrs
28 and under 29 yrs
29 and under 30 yrs 1 1
30 and under 31 yrs
31 and under 32 yrs 1 1
32 and under S3 yrs
33 and under 34 yrs
34 and under 35 yrs 1 1
35 and under 36 yrs
36 and under 37 yrs 1 1
37 and under 38 yrs 1 1
38 and under 39 yrs
39 and under 40 yrs 1 1 1 1
40 and under 41 yrs
41 and under 42 yrs
42 and under 43 yrs
43 and under 44 yrs
44 and under 45 yrs
45 and under 46 yrs 2 1 1
46 and under 47 yrs
47 and under 48 yrs
48 and under 49 yrs
49 and under 50 yrs
50 and under 51 yrs 1 1 1
51 and under 52 yrs
52 and under 53 yrs 1 1
53 and under 54 yrs
54 and under 55 yrs 1
55 and under 60 yrs 8 6 2 1 1
60 and under 65 yrs 5 2 3
65 and under 70 yrs 3 2 1
70 yrs and over 2 2 1 1
2 11
25
18
1 1
State of Georgia
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Department of Public Welfare
STATISTICAL TABLE 6 AID TO THE BLIND ARRANGEMENT FOR EDUCATION AND AGE ON JUNE 30 1940
Number of Individuals Accepted for Aid
to the Blind With Arrangement for
Education to Be Effective When
Age on June 30 1940 First Payment Is Received
Total Not Receiving Instruction
Total 30 30
22 and under 23 yrs
23 and under 24 yrs
24 and under 25 yrs
25 and under 26 yrs 1 1
26 and under 27 yrs
27 and under 28 yrs
28 and under 29 yrs
29 and under 30 yrs 1 1
30 and under 31 yrs
31 and under 32 yrs 1 1
32 and under 33 yrs
33 and under 34 yrs
34 and under 35 yrs 1 1
35 and under 36 yrs
36 and under 37 yrs 1 1
37 and under 38 yrs 1 1
38 and under 39 yrs
39 and under 40 yrs 1 1
40 and under 41 yrs
41 and under 42 yrs
42 and under 43 yrs
43 and under 44 yrs
44 and under 45 yrs
45 and under 46 yrs 2 2
46 and under 47 yrs
47 and under 48 yrs
48 and under 49 yrs
49 and under 50 yrs
50 and under 51 yrs 1 1
51 and under 52 yrs
52 and under 53 yrs 1 1
53 and under 54 yrs
54 and under 55 yrs 1 1
55 and under 60 yrs 8 8
60 and under 65 yrs 5 5
65 and under 70 yrs 3 3
70 yrs and over 2 2
State of Georgia
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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
Arrangement for Education Education to Be Effective When
First Payment Is Received
Total Not Receiving Instruction
Total 30
Not receiving instruction 30 30
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 Assistance
Received in Household Simultaneously Number of Individuals Accepted
With Aid to the Blind for Aid to the Blind
Total
30
No other type of public or private assistance 27
One additional type of public or private assistance 3
General public assistance j
Works Program wages
Other public assistance i
Including another grant of aid to the blind
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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 Prior to Investigation
Number of Individuals Accepted for Aid to the Blind
Total 30
No assistance at time of investigation 21
No assistance at time of investigation and none
within 2 years 13
No assistance at time of investigation but assistance
in some form within 2 years 8
Some assistance at time of investigation 9
One type only 9
Public 9
Works Program wages received by member of
household 2
General public assistance 4
Other public assistance 3
STATISTICAL TABLE 10 AID TO THE BLIND RACE
RACE
Number of Individuals Accepted for Aid to the Blind
All races 30
White 14
Negro 16
STATISTICAL TABLE 11 AID TO THE BLIND MARITAL STATUS AND SEX
Marital Status
Total
Single
Widowed
Divorced or legally separated
Separated
Married
Number of Individuals of Specified Sex Accepted for Aid to the Blind
Total Male Female
30 22 8
9 8 1
6 2 4
1 1
5 4 1
9 7 2
State of Georgia
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STATISTICAL TABLE 12 AID TO THE BLIND AGE ON JUNE 30 1940 RACE AND SEX
Number of Individuals of Specified Race and Sex Accepted Age on June 30 1940 for Aid to the Blind
All Races White Negro
Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
Total 30 22 8 14 12 2 16 10 6
22 and under 23 yrs
23 and under 24 yrs
24 and under 25 yrs
25 and under 26 yrs 1 1 1 1
26 and under 27 yrs
27 and under 28 yrs
28 and under 29 yrs
29 and under 30 yrs 1 1 1 1
30 and under 31 yrs
31 and under 32 yrs 1 1 1 1
32 and under 33 yrs
33 and under 34 yrs
34 and under 35 yrs 1 1 1 1
35 and under 36 yrs
36 and under 37 yrs 1 1 1 1
37 and under 38 yrs 1 1 1 1
38 and under 39 yrs
39 and under 40 yrs 1 1 1 1
40 and under 41 yrs
41 and under 42 yrs
42 and under 43 yrs
43 and under 44 yrs
44 and under 45 yrs
45 and under 46 yrs 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
46 and under 47 yrs
47 and under 48 yrs
48 and under 49 yrs
49 and under 50 yrs
50 and under 51 yrs 1 1 1 1
51 and under 52 yrs
52 and under 53 yrs 1 1 1 1
53 and under 54 yrs
54 and under 55 yrs 1 1 1 1
55 and under 60 yrs 8 6 2 6 5 1 2 1 1
60 and under 65 yrs 5 2 3 2 1 1 3 1 2
65 and under 70 yrs 3 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1
70 and over 2 2 2 2
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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 30 14 16
Nativeborn 30 14 16
STATISTICAL TABLE 14 AID TO THE BLIND
URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE ACCORDING TO SIZE OF COMMUNITY
Number of Individuals Accepted
RESIDENCE for Aid to the Blind
Total 1 30
Urban territory 11
Incorporated place of 100000 or more
Incorporated place of 2500 to 99999 11
Rural territory 19
Incorporated place under 2500 4
Unincorporated place adjacent to a city of 50000 or
more v
Other unincorporated place 5
Ruralfarm 10
State of Georgia
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STATISTICAL TABLE 15 AID TO THE BLIND
NUMBER OF MONTHS FOR WHICH AID TO THE BLIND WAS RECEIVED
Number of Months for Which Aid Number of Cases Closed for Aid to the Blind Was Received to the Blind
Total 119
Never received payment 0
2 months 1
5 months 2
6 months 1
7 months 2
9 months 1
10 months 1
1217 months inclusive 15
1823 months inclusive 17
24 months or more 79
STATISTICAL TABLE 16 AID TO THE BLIND
REASON FOR CLOSING
Reason for Closing Number of Cases Closed for
Aid to the Blind
Total 119
Death 63
Vision wholly or partially restored 3
Admitted to public institution 1
Became selfsupporting for reasons other than resto
ration of sight 10
Oldage retirement benefits 0
Survivors benefits 0
Other means of selfsupport 10
Relatives became able to support 23
Oldage retirement benefits 0
Survivors benefits 0
Other resources of relatives 23
Moved out of district 7
To another state
Other
12
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STATISTICAL TABLE 17 AID TO THE BLIND
RECIPIENTS WHO DIED AGE AT DATE OF CLOSING RACE
AND SEX
Number of Individuals of Specified Race and Sex Whose Age at Date of Closing Cases Were Closed by Reason of Death
All Races White Negro
Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
Total 63 38 25 33 23 10 30 15 15
Under 24 years
24 and under 25 yrs 1 1 1 1
25 and under 26 yrs 1 1 1 1
26 and under 27 yrs
27 and under 28 yrs
28 and under 29 yrs
29 and under 30 yrs
30 and under 31 yrs
31 and under 32 yrs
32 and under 33 yrs
33 and under 34 yrs
34 and under 35 yrs
35 and under 36 yrs 1 1 1 1
36 and under 37 yrs
37 and under 38 yrs
38 and under 39 yrs
39 and under 40 yrs 1 1 1 1
40 and under 41 yrs 1 1 1 1
41 and under 42 yrs
42 and under 43 yrs 1 1 1 1
43 and under 44 yrs 1 1 1 1
44 and under 45 yrs 1 1 1 1
45 and under 46 yrs 1 1 1 1
46 and under 47 yrs
47 and under 48 yrs 1 1 1 1
48 and under 49 yrs 3 1 2 1 1 2 2
49 and under 50 yrs
50 and under 51 yrs 1 1 1 1
51 and under 52 yrs 2 2 1 1 1 1
52 and under 53 yrs 3 1 2 2 1 1 1 1
53 and under 54 yrs
54 and under 55 yrs 3 1 2 2 1 1 1 1
55 and under 60 yrs 7 3 4 5 2 3 2 1 1
60 and under 65 yrs 10 9 1 5 5 5 4 1
65 and under 70 yrs 16 12 4 10 9 1 6 3 3
70 and over 8 6 2 3 2 1 5 4 1
State of Georgia
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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
One Two Three Four Five Six Seven Total Child Childn Childn Childn Childn Childn Childn
Total 202 49 55 43 32 14 8 1
400 499 1 1
500 599 6 1 2 2 1
600 699 8 4 1 3
700 799 12 10 2
800 899 14 6 5 2 1
900 999 10 4 2 4
1000 1099 18 7 4 4 2 1
1100 1199 4 4
1200 1299 13 4 6 3
1300 1399 2 2
1400 1499 3 1 1 1
1500 1599 11 2 2 5 1 1
1600 1699 5 1 3 1
1700 1799 9 3 6
1800 1899 11 8 1 1 1
1900 1999 4 1 1 1 1
2000 2099 14 6 5 2 1
2100 2199 6 2 1 1 1 1
2200 2299 1 1
2300 2399 3 2 1
2400 2499 2 2
2500 2599 5 1 1 3
2600 2699 1 1
2700 2799 2 1 1
2800 2899 3 1 1 1
2900 2999 1 1
3000 3099 8 4 2 1 1
3100 3199 5 2 3
3200 3299 2 2
3300 3399 1 1
3400 3499 2 1 1
3500 3599 5 2 1 2
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STATISTICAL TABLE 1 AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN
MONTHLY PAYMENT AND NUMBER OF DEPENDENT CHILDREN
IN FAMILYContinued
Number of Cases Accepted for Aid to Dependent Children With Specified Number of Depnedent Children in Family
One Two Three Four Five Six Seven Total Child Childn Childn Childn Childn Childn Childn
3600 3699
3700 3799
3800 3899 2
3900 3999 1
4000 4099 1
4100 4199
4200 4299 2
4300 4399
4400 4499
4500 4599
4600 4699 1
4700 4799
4800 4899 1
4900 4999
5000 and over 2
1 1 1 1
1 1
1
1
1 1
STATISTICAL TABLE 2 AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN TYPE OF OTHER PUBLIC OR PRIVATE ASSISTANCE RECEIVED IN HOUSEHOLD SIMULANEOUSLY WITH AID TO DEPENDENT
CHILDREN
Type of Other Public or Private Assistance Received in Household Simultaneously With Aid to Dependent Children
Number of Cases Accepted for Aid to Dependent Children
Total
202
No other type of public or private assistance
171
One additional type of public or private assistance
29
Aid to the blind I
Old age assistance
General public assistance
Works Program wages
Other public assistance
Assistance from a voluntary private agency
Unknown
2
State of Georgia
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STATISTICAL TABLE 3 AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN
TYPE OF ASSISTANCE RECEIVED WITHIN 30 DAYS PRIOR TO INVESIGATION FOR AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN
Type of Assistance Received Within 30 Days Number of Cases Accepted for Prior to Investigation Aid to Dependent Children
Total 202
None 120
No assistance at time of investigation and none
within 2 years 77
No assistance at time of investigation but assistance in some form received within 2 years 43
Some 82
One type only 77
Private 0
Public 77
Works Program wages 9
General public assistance 27
Other public assistance 41
Two types of assistance 5
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STATISTICAL TABLE 4 AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN WHEREABOUTS OF CHILD AND WHEREABOUTS OR MARITAL STATUS OF PARENTS
Whereabouts of Child and Whereabouts Number of Cases Accepted for
or Marital Status of Parents Aid to Dependent Children Families Children
Total 202 541
Child living with parents 23 69
With both parents 21 66
With mother and stepfather 1 2
With father and stepmother 1 1
Child living with mother 125 342
Mother unmarried 3 4
Father dead 103 293
Father deserting 5 9
Father divorced 2 3
Father legally separated 0 0
Father separated without court decree 4 8
Father in institution 4 10
Father elsewhere 4 15
Child living with father 6 21
Mother dead 5 20
Mother deserting 0 0
Mother divorced 0 0
Mother legally separated 0 0
Mother separated without court decree 0 0
Mother in institution 0 0
Mother elsewhere 1 1
Child living elsewhere 48 109
With relatives within second degree 30 71
With more distant relatives 18 38
Relatives within second degree are brothers and sisters or grandparents
More distant relatives include stepparents stepbrothers or stepsisters where neither of childs own parents is in the home
State of Georgia
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STATISTICAL TABLE 5 AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN
TYPE OF INSTITUTION IN WHICH PARENT IS LIVING FOR CHILDREN LIVING WITH ONE PARENT WHILE OTHER IS IN AN INSTITUTION
Institution in Which Parent Is Living As Patient or on Commitment Number of Cases Accepted for Aid in Which Children are Living With One Parent While the Other Is In An Institution
Father in F amilies Institution Mother in Institution Children Families Children
T OTAL 4 10
In hospital or sanatorium 2 6
Hospital or sanatorium for tuberculosis Hospital or sanatorium for mentally diseased Home or institution for mentally defective Other hospital or sanatorium 2 6
In correctional institution 2 4
State penal or correctional institution Local penal or correctional institution Federal penal or correctional institution 2 4
Other institution
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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 Living as Patient or on Commitment Number of Cases Accepted for Aid in Which One or Both Parents Are in An Institution and Children Are Living With Neither Parent
1 Parent Only in Both Parents in Institution Institution Father Mother Father Mother
Total Fam Chil Fam Chil Fam Chil Fam Chil 1 3 3 8 1 2 1 2
In hospital or sanatorium 3 8 12 1 2
Hospital or sanatorium for tuberculosis Hospital or sanatorium for mentally diseased Other hospital or sanatorium 1 2 3 8 1 2
In correctional institution 1 3
State penal or correctional institution Local penal or correctional institution Federal penal or correctional institution 3
State of Georgia
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STATISTICAL TABLE 7 AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN REASON FOR DEPENDENCY
Deprived of Support or Care by Reason of Number of Cases Accepted for Aid Families Children
Total 202 541
Mother 2 4
Dead Continued absence from home Physically incapacitated 2 4
Father 144 400
Dead Continued absence from home Physically incapacitated Mentally incapacitated 100 286 18 31 24 77 2 6
Both parents 56 137
Dead Continued absence from home Physically incapacitated Mentally incapacitated 26 57 2 4 1 2
One dead one absent One dead one physically incapacitated One dead one mentally incapacitated One absent one physically incapacitated 9 23 12 37 2 5
One absent one mentally incapacitated One physically incapacitated one 2 5
mentally incapacitated 2 4
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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 Number of Children Deprived of Support of Parent Whereabouts or Marital or Parents for Specified Reason
Status of Parents
Mother Father
Total Continued Physically Mental
including Absence Incapaci ly Inca
Part 2 Dead Dead From Home tated pacitated
Total 541 4 286 31 77 6
Child living with
parents 69 58 6
With both parents With mother and 66 57 6
stepfather With father and 2 2
stepmother 1 1
Child living with
mother 342 279 30 19

Mother unmarried 4 4
Father dead 293 279
Father deserting 9 9
Father divorced Father separated 3 3
without court decree 8 4 4
Father in institution 10 4 6
Father elsewhere 15 6 9
Child living with
father 21 3

Mother dead 20 3
Mother elsewhere 1
Child living
elsewhere 109 1 5 1
With relatives
within second degree 71 4
With more
distant relatives 38 1 1 1
With the exception of With mother and stepfather and With father and stepmother this classification refers to natural parents only
tParent referred to in this 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
Includes stepparents stepbrothers or stepsisters where neither of childs own parents is in the home
State of Georgia
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STATISTICAL TABLE 8 AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN
Part 2
WHEREABOUTS OF CHILD AND WHEREABOUTS OR MARITAL STATUS OF PARENTS AND REASON FOR DEPENDENCY
Both Parents
Whereabouts of Child Number of Children Deprived of Support of Parent or and Whereabouts or Parents for Specified Reasont
Marital Status of Parents
1 Phys
ically inca
Continued 1 Dead 1 1 Dead 1 1 Absent pacltated
Absence Physical Physical Mental 1 Mental 1 Men
Prom ly Inca 1 Dead ly inca ly inca tally inca tally incaDead Home pacltated 1 Absent pacltated pacltated pacltated pacltated
Total A 57 4 2 23 37 5 5 4
Child living with both parents 3
Child living with motherfather dead 14
Child living with father 17 1
Mother dead Mother elsewhere 17 1
Child living
elsewhere 57 4 2 23 6 5 5
With relatives within second
degree 33 3 18 6 2 5
With more distant relatives 24 1 2 5 3
With the exception of With mother and stepfather this classification refers to natural parents only
Parent referred to in this 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
Includes stepparents stepbrothers or stepsisters where neither of childs own parents is in the home
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STATISTICAL TABLE 9 AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN RELATIONSHIP TO DEPENDENT CHILD OF PERSON TO WHOM MONTHLY PAYMENT WAS APPROVED
Relationship to Dependent Child of Number of Cases Accepted for Aid
Person to Whom Payment Was Approved to Dependent Children
Total 202
Father Mother Grandfather Grandmother Brother Sister Half adoptive or stepbrother or brotherinlaw Half adoptive or stepsister or sisterinlaw Uncle Aunt Other eligible relative 5 151 9 8 2 7 1 1 8 8 2
STATISTICAL TABLE 10 AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN
WHEREABOUTS OP CHILD AND WHEREABOUTS OR MARITAL STATU S OF PARENTS AND RELATIONSHIP TO DEPENDENT CHILD OP
PERSON TO WHOM MONTHLY PAYMENT WAS APPROVED
Whereabouts of Child and Whereabouts or Marital Status of Parents Number of Children for Whom Aid to Dependent Ch ildren Was Approved to Be Paid to Specified Relative
3 o H Ut g od U o Ut u 0 m Ut O 0 1 3 0 od It m 4 g O Ut tt Ut CO 33 Ut o j Ili 5 V o Ut 2 8 WtK W Ut o 33 ut CO a cd h 5 S3 a C3 0 P 3 s B 33 33 D O
TOTAL 15 420 26 18 4 13 2 3 19 15 6
Child living with parents 4 65
With mother and stepfather 3 63 2
With father and stepmother 1
Child living with mother 340 2
Father dead 4 291 2
Father deserting 9
Father divorced 3
Father separated without court decree 8 8
Father in institution 10
Father elsewhere 15
Child living with father 11 10
Mother elsewhere 10 1 10
Child living elsewhere 5 26 18 2 13 2 3 19 15 6
With more distant relatives 5 26 18 2 13 2 3 19 2 13 6
Relatives within second degree are brothers and sisters or grandpar ents
flnclude stepparents stepbrothers or stepsisters where neither of childs own parents is in the home
ON
State of Georgia
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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 Approved Aid to Dependent Children
Families Children
Total 202 3 541 5
8 23
26 69
30 93
28 84
32 92
26 72
20 37
10 23
10 23
6 15
70 years and over 3 5
STATISTICAL TABLE 12 AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN
TOTAL CHILDREN UNDER 16 YEARS OF AGE IN H OUSEHOLD AND NUMBER OF CHILDREN FOR
WHOM AID IS GRANTED
Number of Related Children Under Number of Cases Accepted for Aid to Dependent Children With Specified Number 16 in Household in Which De of Dependent Children
pendent Children Are Living
One Two Three Four Five Six Seven
Total Child Children Children Children Children Children Children
Total 202 49 55 43 32 14
One child 33 33
Two children 42 7 35
Three children 55 5 11 39
Four children 31 1 3 2 25
Five children 20 1 4 4 11
Six children 12 1 1 3 2
Seven children 7 1 1 1
Eight children
Nine children 1 1
Ten or more children 1 1
8
1
State of Georgia
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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 Cases Accepted for Aid to Dependent Children With Specified Number Number of Persons in Household of Dependent Children
Total
Two persons
Three persons
Four persons
Five persons
Six persons
Seven persons
Eight persons
Nine persons
Ten or more persons
One Two Three Four Five Six Seven
Total Child Children Children Children Children Children Children
202 49 55 43 32 14 8 1
5 5
23 13 10
44 10 15 19
41 8 10 9 14
39 9 9 9 7 5
20 6 1 5 5 3
13 2 3 1 2 2 3
12 1 2 2 4 1 1 1
5 1 I 2 1 1
Department of Public Welfare
State of Georgia
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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 Dependent
Children
Total 202
Urban territory 35
Incorporated place of 100000 or more 4
Incorporated place of 2500 to 99999 31
Rural territory
Incorporated place under 2500 26
Unincorporated place adjacent to a city of 50000 or more 2
Other unincorporated place 20
Ruralfarm jjg
STATISTICAL TABLE 15 AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN AGE OF DEPENDENT CHILDREN ON JUNE 30 1940 AND SEX
Number of Children of Specified Sex
Age on June 30 1940 Accepted for Aid to Dependent
In Completed Years Children
Total Male Female
Total 252 289
Under 1 year 12 11
1 and under 2 years 19 7 12
2 and under 3 years 27 11 16
3 and under 4 years 25 9 16
4 and under 5 years 29 14 15
5 and under 6 years 32 15 17
6 and under 7 years 34 16 18
7 and under 8 years 35 18 17
8 and under 9 years 38 17 21
9 and under 10 years 42 25 17
10 and under 11 years 46 26 20
11 and under 12 years 45 19 26
12 and under 13 years 52 25 27
13 and under 14 years 37 16 21
14 and under 15 years 35 14 21
15 and under 16 years 22 8 14
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STATISTICAL TABLE 16 AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN RACE OF DEPENDENT CHILDREN
Race of Dependent Children Number of Children Accepted for Aid to Dependent Children
All races White Negro 541 484 57
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 Number of Cases Closed for Aid to Dependent Children
Total 900
Never received payment 1 month 2 months i 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 0 2 5 3 1 7 8 6 5 10 10 17 134 258 434
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STATISTICAL TABLE 18 AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN REASON FOR CLOSING
Number of Cases Closed for Aid
Specified Reason for Closing to Dependent Children
Total 900
Child reached maximum age 153
Death of dependent child1 10
Dependent child or children admitted to an institution 10
Transferred to another form of assistance 48
Relative became able to support or child received
survivors benefits 368
Oldage retirement benefits 0
Survivors benefits 0
Other resources of relatives 368
Moved out of district 76
To another county or district within state 34
To another state 42
Not eligible for original grant 14
Change of payee 19
Other 198
Two or more reasons 2
Unknown 2
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STATE OF GEORGIA
STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE NARRATIVE STATEMENT REGARDING GENERAL RELIEF EXPENDED DURING THE FISCAL YEAR FROM JULY 1 1939 TO JUNE 30 1940
During the fiscal year ending June 30 1940 General Relief expenditures from local funds amounted to 42939760 Financial responsibility for general relief rests entirely with local governmental agencies and neither the State nor the Federal governments contribute to the cost of either administration or benefits
Comparative statements of cases persons amount of obligations average per case and average per person for the years of 1938 1939 and 1940 follow
No of No of Amount of Average Average
Cases Persons Obligations Per Case Per Person
July 1937June 30 1938 98573 258764 61063274 619 236
July i 1938June 30 1939 82222 210778 50869216 617 241
July i 1939June 30 1940 81313 206657 42939760 528 208
Of the 159 counties in the state 149 expended General Relief funds Fulton County expended 17035672 approximately onethird of the entire amount The next ten high counties were as follows
Chatham
Muscogee
Richmond
Bibb
Floyd
DeKalb Clarke Glynn Whitfield Bartow
3791852 2478355 1775892 1565172 1223023 1206566 572449 537062 477639 420117
Fortyone counties spent over 100000 for General Relief purposes during the oneyear period and exclusive of the ten counties which paid out no General Relief nine made General Relief expenditures of less than 10000 each
While the cumulative total of all cases for the twelve months was 81313 the monthly average number of cases for the period was 6811 Average monthly obligations per case were 528 and average monthly obligations per person were 208
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STATE OF GEORGIA
STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE TABLE 1
Tabulation of General Relief Cases From July 1 1937 to June 30 1940 Inclusive by Months Cases Persons Amount of Obligations Average Per Case and
Average Per Person
Year and Number Number Amount of Average Average
Month of Cases of Persons Obligations Per Case Per Person
1937 July 12144 29206 7051064 581 241
August 9560 23878 5366181 561 225
September 8090 19527 4604483 569 236
October 7253 17910 4710983 650 263
November 7158 18172 4815818 673 265
December 7846 21967 5636547 718 257
1938 January 8378 23526 5504804 657 234
February 8106 22513 5128441 633 228
March 7934 22557 5033569 634 223
April 7518 20798 4525194 602 218
May 7398 19771 4394891 594 222
June 7188 18939 4291299 597 227
July 7146 18694 4381578 613 234
August 7059 18861 4434019 628 235
September 6959 18255 4356511 626 239
October 6832 17328 4491943 657 259
N ovember 6941 17803 4365427 629 245
December 7331 18932 4811774 656 254
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
July 6036 14752 2900763 481 197
August 6257 15264 3031422 484 199
September 6125 14799 3041355 497 206
October 6176 14982 3101244 502 207
November 6358 15546 3255953 512 209
December 6551 16293 3287184 502 202
1940 January 7493 20082 3741859 499 186
February 8629 24476 4155798 482 170
March 7080 18596 3744401 529 201
April 6979 17602 4230322 606 240
May 6885 17445 4252341 618 244
June 6744 16820 4197118 622 250
Total Obligations Average per year 87369 225399 154872250 51624083
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STATE OF GEORGIA
STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE
Tabulation of General Relief Cases From July 1 1939 to June 30 1940 Inclusive by Cases Persons Amount of Obligations Average for Twelve Months Period and Average Per Case and Person
Average Average Average Average Average
COUNTY Number Cases Number Amount of Persons Obligations Number Cases Number Amount of Persons Obligations Per Case Per Person
TOTAL 81313 206657 42939760 6811 17307 3598216 528 208
Appling 354 1130 132563 30 94 11047 368 118
Atkinson 46 50 35100 4 5 3191 798 638
Bacon 295 463 98850 25 39 8238 330 211
Baker 113 246 12650 9 21 1054 117 50
Baldwin 616 1497 173345 51 125 14445 283 116
Banks 75 138 52900 6 12 4408 735 367
Barrow 136 250 60920 11 21 5077 462 242
Bartow 370 918 420117 31 77 35010 1129 455
Ben Hill 86 203 36520 7 17 3043 435 179
Berrien 207 492 60575 17 41 5048 297 123
Bibb 2992 7889 1565172 249 657 130431 523 199
Bleckley 77 110 22029 6 9 1836 306 204
Brantley 186 395 72600 16 33 6050 378 183
Brooks 54 199 37815 5 17 3151 630 185
Bryan 178 331 55400 15 28 4617 308 165
Bulloch 360 689 124150 30 57 10346 345 182
Burke 156 449 158900 13 37 13242 1019 358
Butts 62 110 24100 5 9 2008 402 223
Calhoun 118 263 35000 10 22 2917 291 133
Camden 420 805 154209 35 67 12851 367 192
Candler 99 203 40367 8 17 3364 421 198
Carroll 56 74 23000 5 6 1917 383 320
Catoosa 42 60 52876 4 5 4406 1102 881
Charlton 255 789 134761 21 66 11230 535 170
Chatham 5324 12665 3791852 444 1055 315988 712 300
Chattahoochee 86 94 42600 7 8 3550 507 444
Chattooga 217 906 176855 18 76 14738 819 194
Cherokee 134 248 110700 11 21 9225 839 439
Clarke 931 2787 572449 78 232 47704 612 206
Clay 23 23 9000 8 8 3000 375 375
Clayton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clinch 175 374 95500 15 31 7958 531 257
Cobb 400 1753 132097 33 146 11008 334 75
Coffee 499 1850 306875 42 154 25573 609 1 66
Colquitt 260 852 166452 22 71 13871 631 195
Columbia 102 108 43500 4 9 3625 906 403
Cook 37 99 24876 3 8 2073 691 259
Coweta 262 1066 320480 22 89 26707 1214 300
Crawford
Crisp 188 342 72639 16 29 6053 378 209
Dade 137 287 66600 11 24 5550 505 231
Dawson 72 108 35200 6 9 2933 489 326
Decatur 369 706 166306 31 59 13859 447 235
DeKalb 2597 10497 1206566 216 875 100547 465 115
Dodge 359 1440 304776 29 120 25398 876 212
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COUNTY
Dooly
Dougherty
Douglas
Early
Echols
Effingham
Elbert
Emanuel
Evans
Fannin
Fayette
Floyd
Forsyth Franklin Fulton
Gilmer Glascock
Glynn
Gordon
Grady
Greene
Gwinnett
Habersham
Hall
Hancock
Haralson
Harris
Hart
Heard
Henry
Houston is
Irwin
Jackson
Jasper
Jeff Davis
Jefferson
Jenkins
Johnson
Jones
Lamar
Lanier
Laurens
Lee
Liberty
Lincoln
Long
Lowndes
Lumpkin
Macon
Madison
TABLE 2CONTINUED
Number Cases Average Average Average Number Amount of Number Number Amount of Persons Obligations Cases Persons Obligations Average Per Case Average Per Person
167 454 196268 14 38 16356 1168 430
619 1413 325021 52 118 27085 521 239
219 642 98705 18 54 8225 457 152
324 820 109219 27 68 9101 337 134
123 388 63000 10 32 5250 525 164
64 82 43262 5 7 3605 721 515
107 113 47877 9 9 3990 443 443
288 889 146384 24 74 12199 508 165
5 24 6220 1 6 1555 1555 259
143 172 33598 12 14 2800 233 200
11 46 1940 2 7 277 139 40
4075 15036 1223023 340 1253 101919 300 81
118 181 77433 10 15 6453 645 430
28415 66931 17035672 2368 5578 1419639 599 255
56 104 13800 5 9 1150 230 128
83 115 21600 7 10 1800 257 180
958 2058 537062 80 172 44755 559 260
207 704 125339 17 59 10445 614 177
98 333 54221 8 28 4518 565 161
49 85 7300 4 7 608 152 87
425 884 226336 35 74 18861 539 255
478 1270 211850 40 106 17654 441 167
269 673 109585 22 56 9132 415 163
155 195 39815 13 16 3318 255 207
1524 178850 40 127 14904 373 117
44 59 23727 4 5 2157 539 431
70 212 33113 6 18 2759 460 153
33 60 15800 3 5 1317 439 263
123 275 43822 10 23 3652 365 159
21 54 9496 2 6 1055 528 176
176 42625 9 16 3875 431 242
86 99 43600 7 8 3633 519 454
136 270 38955 11 23 3246 295 141
J 116 173 66600 10 14 5550 555 396
113 242 81400 9 20 6783 754 339
85 32000 15 21 8000 533 381
186 381 46757 16 32 3896 244 122
115 313 27471 14 39 3434 245 88
327 53303 14 27 4442 317 165
368 1007 97492 33 92 8863 269 96
23 27 13700 3 3 1522 507 507
324 101085 12 27 8424 702 312
165 474 85845 14 40 7153 511 179
441 921 173900 37 77 14492 392 188
25 64 8969 2 6 815 408 136
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TABLE 2CONTINUED
Average Average Average Average Average
COUNTY Number Number Amount of Number Number Amount of Per Per
Cases Persons Obligations Cases Persons Obligations Case Person
Marion 120 194 33660 10 16 2805 281 175
McDuffie 73 73 29237 7 7 2924 418 418
McIntosh 205 467 47250 17 39 3938 232 101
Meriwether
Miller 26 120 14071 2 11 1279 640 116
Mitchell 190 393 49215 16 33 4101 256 124
Monroe 115 308 36246 10 26 3021 302 116
Montgomery 88 377 26340 7 31 2195 314 71
Morgan 441 584 94003 37 49 7834 212 160
Murray 95 129 33100 8 11 2758 345 251
Muscogee 3584 10103 2478355 299 842 206530 691 245
Newton 221 840 95832 18 70 7986 444 114
Oconee 77 77 15600 6 6 1300 216 216
Oglethorpe
Paulding 243 489 87100 20 41 7258 363 177
Peach 591 1885 203122 49 157 16926 345 108
Pickens 13 13 24400 1 1 2033 2033 2033
Pierce 502 1021 151308 42 85 12609 300 148
Pike 112 240 23250 9 20 1938 215 97
Polk 656 2151 186914 55 179 15576 283 87
Pulaski 681 1037 163000 57 86 13583 238 158
Putnam 410 721 52678 34 60 4390 129 73
Quitman 45 57 15770 4 5 1314 329 263
Rabun 526 992 353876 44 83 29490 670 355
Randolph 148 266 61108 12 22 5092 424 231
Richmond 2273 4541 1775892 189 378 147991 783 391
Rockdale 93 187 43085 8 16 3590 449 224
Schlev 106 412 32850 9 34 2738 304 81
Screven 393 499 104550 33 42 8713 264 207
Seminole 133 499 29600 11 42 2467 224 59
Spalding 679 2086 208661 57 174 17388 305 100
Stephens 371 981 127041 31 82 10587 342 129
Stewart 819 1457 204525 68 121 17043 251 141
Sumter 477 737 117600 40 61 9800 245 161
Talhot 94 179 23650 8 15 1971 246 131
Taliaferro
Tattnall 136 277 81773 11 23 6814 619 296
Taylor 50 87 10015 4 7 835 209 119
Telfair 199 436 70979 17 36 5915 348 164
Terrell 8 11 2300 1 2 329 329 165
Thomas 341 1116 209173 28 93 17431 623 187
Tift 132 362 88917 11 30 7410 674 247
Toomhs 118 168 74950 10 14 6246 625 446
Towns 51 51 22250 4 4 1854 464 464
Treutlen 16 60 4647 2 7 387 194 55
Troup 41 93 15734 3 8 1311 437 164
Turner 40 78 25318 6 11 3617 603 329
Twiggs 60 72 19500 5 6 1625 325 271
Union 144 252 51600 12 21 4300 358 205
Upson 600 1849 271651 50 154 22638 453 147
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TABLE 2CONTINUED
Average Average Average Average Average
COUNTY Number Number Amount of Number Number Amount of Per Per
Cases Persons Obligations Cases Persons Obligations Case Person
Walker 284 36100 8 24 3008 376 125
Walton 572 1172 170071 48 98 14173 295 145
Ware 1407 3755 341853 117 313 28488 243 91
Warren 7 21 2700 1 3 450 450 150
Washington 114 114 29283 10 10 2440 244 244
Wayne 1055 232193 31 88 19349 624 220
Webster 40 40 13974 3 3 1165 388 388
Wheeler 144 276 89600 12 23 7467 622 325
White 91 39767 5 8 3314 662 414
Whitfield 1077 4046 477639 90 337 39803 442 118
WilOOY 207 394 72150 17 33 6013 354 182
Wilkes 19 35 11400 9 17 5700 633 335
Wilkinson 50 68 35450 5 7 3545 709 506
Worth 600 1642 293602 50 137 24467 489 179
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CHILD WELFARE
The Statistical Division handles only one program under the Child Welfare Division namely Child Welfare Services Statistical information for the other programs are included in the Child Welfare Divisions report
Tables on the following pages have been consolidated from information received in the Statistical Division during the fiscal year July 1 1939 through June 30 1940 with the exception of Table 1 which shows the disposition by counties of applications received during the period July 1 1938 through June 30 1940
One thousand fiftyone children applied for Child Welfare Services during the fiscal year July 1 1939June 30 1940 These applications received the following
dispositions
Accepted for service 1122
Referred to another agency after investigation 154
Referred to another agency without investigation 9
Advisory Service 91
Other disposition 51
Pending June 30 1940 124
Of the 1122 children accepted for Child Welfare Services 933 or 832 were white and 189 or 168 were negro
TABLE 1
REPORT BY COUNTY OF DISPOSITION OF CHILDRENS APPLICATIONS JULY 1938 THROUGH JUNE 1940
Referred Referred
to Another Children Agency Accepted for After InvesCOUNTY Service tigation to Another Agency Without Inves Other tigation Disposition Children Given PendAdvisory ing Ap Total ApService plications plications
TOTALS 1 3379 408 41 140 389 124 4481
Appling 9 8 0 0 8 0 25
Atkinson 4 0 0 0 16 0 20
Bacon 4 2 0 0 5 0 11
Baker 11 0 0 0 0 0 11
Baldwin 18 3 0 1 3 1 26
Banks 21 1 1 0 3 0 26
Barrow T 0 0 2 1 0 10
Bartow 7 1 0 0 1 0 9
Ben Hill 10 0 0 0 0 0 10
Berrien 12 0 3 0 5 1 21
Bibb 19 11 0 1 1 2 34
Bleckley 10 0 0 0 0 0 10
Brantley 7 4 0 0 0 0 11
Brooks 5 7 0 0 0 0 12
Bryan 22 1 0 0 6 0 29
Bulloch 92 0 0 0 10 0 102
Burke 19 0 0 0 2 0 21
Butts 6 0 0 0 0 0 6
Calhoun 12 0 0 0 1 0 13
Camden 2 0 0 0 10 0 12
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STATISTICAL TABLE 1CHILD WELFAREContinued Referred Referred
COUNTY to Another Children Agency Accepted for After InvesService tigation to Another Agency Without Inves Other tigation Disposition Children Given Advisory Service Pending Ap Total Applications plications
Candler 4 0 0 1 0 0 5
Carroll 18 0 0 0 0 0 18
Catoosa 45 5 0 0 0 0 50
Charlton 6 0 0 0 9 0 15
Chatham 40 0 3 0 1 0 44
Chattahoochee 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chattooga 49 2 0 1 0 0 52
Cherokee 5 0 1 2 2 0 10
Clarke 28 5 0 0 9 0 42
Clay 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
Clayton 8 1 0 0 0 0 9
Clinch 2 1 0 1 5 0 9
Cobb 47 11 0 2 1 0 61
Coffee 68 3 1 5 24 0 101
Colquitt 26 0 0 0 0 0 26
Columbia 10 0 0 0 0 0 10
Cook 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
Coweta 101 28 3 2 15 0 149
Crawford 2 0 0 1 0 0 3
Crisp 15 2 0 0 2 1 20
Dade 30 1 0 0 0 0 31
Dawson 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Decatur 15 0 0 0 0 0 15
DeKalb 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dodge 16 0 0 0 0 0 16
Doolv 6 0 0 0 0 9 15
Dougherty 244 23 0 5 5 3 280
Douelas 14 1 0 0 0 3 18
Early 4 0 0 0 0 0 4
Echols 4 0 0 0 4 0 8
Effingham 33 0 0 1 6 0 40
Elbert 13 2 2 0 9 0 26
Emanuel 81 7 0 0 2 0 90
Evans 7 0 0 0 0 0 7
Fannin 11 1 0 0 3 1 16
Fayette 14 0 1 0 1 1 17
Floyd 31 11 0 3 2 3 50
Forsyth 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Franklin 6 3 0 0 0 0 9
Fulton
Gilmer 1 3 0 0 1 0 5
Glascock 4 0 0 0 0 0 4
Glynn 6 0 0 0 0 0 6
Gordon 25 0 0 0 0 0 25
Grady 11 0 0 0 0 3 14
Greene 11 5 0 0 1 0 17
Gwinnett 21 9 0 4 8 1 43
Habersham 49 7 1 0 11 0 68
Hall 36 7 1 10 14 0 68
Hancock 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
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TABLE 1Continued
Referred Referred
to Another to Another Children
Children Agency Agency With Given Pend
Accepted for After Inves out Inves Other Advisory ing Ap Total Ap
COUNTY Service tigation tigation Disposition Service plications plications
Haralson 24 3 2 0 0 29
Harris T 1 0 1 1 0 10
Hart 9 1 0 1 0 0 11
Heard 1 0 0 3 9 0 13
Henry 6 0 0 0 0 0 6
Houston 5 0 0 0 0 3 8
Irwin 8 0 0 0 5 0 13
Jackson 10 3 0 0 0 0 13
Jasper 9 3 1 0 0 0 13
Jeff Davis 7 0 0 0 0 0 7
Jefferson 3 0 0 0 0 0 3
Jenkins 7 0 0 0 0 1 8
Johnson 26 0 0 0 8 0 34
Jones 2 7 0 0 4 0 13
Lamar 15 0 0 3 5 2 25
Lanier 5 0 0 0 13 0 18
Laurens 6 1 0 0 0 3 10
Lee 11 0 0 0 1 0 12
Liberty 23 0 0 2 1 7 33
Lincoln 6 1 0 0 0 0 7
Long 13 4 1 0 1 0 19
Lowndes 33 0 0 0 3 0 36
Lumpkin 6 0 0 0 2 0 8
Macon 1 0 0 5 0 2 8
Madison 5 6 0 0 1 2 14
Marion 14 1 0 0 0 0 15
McDuffie 8 0 0 0 0 0 8
McIntosh 16 0 0 0 0 0 16
Meriwether 16 0 0 5 0 0 21
Miller 17 0 0 0 0 0 17
Mitchell 19 0 1 0 0 0 20
Monroe 219 24 0 0 3 0 246
Montgomery 3 0 0 6 0 14 23
Morgan 25 0 0 0 1 0 26
Murray 9 0 0 0 3 0 12
Muscogee 11 37 0 0 3 1 52
Newton 22 1 0 0 3 0 26
Oconee 8 0 0 0 0 0 8
Oglethorpe 9 2 2 0 2 0 15
Paulding 16 4 0 0 0 0 20
Peach 21 4 0 1 1 3 30
Pickens 7 0 0 1 0 0 8
Pierce 28 0 2 0 0 0 30
Pike 15 0 0 0 0 0 15
Polk 54 3 0 1 5 0 63
Pulaski 18 5 0 0 0 0 23
Putnam 4 2 0 0 0 0 6
Quitman 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
Rabun 6 0 0 3 23 2 34
Randolph 6 0 0 0 0 0 6
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TABLE 1Continued
Referred Referred
COUNTY Children Accepted for Service to Another Agency After Investigation to Another Agency Without Inves Other tigatlon Disposition Children Given Advisory Service Pending Ap Total Applications plications
Richmond 4 0 0 0 0 0 4
Rockdale 7 4 0 0 1 7 19
Schley 2 0 0 3 1 0 6
Screven 5 0 0 1 2 0 8
Seminole 3 0 0 0 0 0 3
Spalding 115 33 7 0 34 0 189
Stephens 6 1 3 6 5 0 21
Stewart 5 3 0 0 3 0 11
Sumter 219 8 1 36 1 0 265
Talbot 2 8 0 1 0 2 13
Taliaferro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tattnall 68 0 0 0 1 0 69
Taylor 5 1 0 0 0 0 6
Telfair 26 2 0 0 4 3 35
Terrell 5 0 0 2 0 0 7
Thomas 19 1 0 0 1 0 21
Tift 21 2 1 2 5 0 31
Toombs 41 1 0 0 0 26 68
Towns 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Treutlen 13 0 0 0 0 5 18
Troup 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
Turner 4 0 0 0 0 0 4
Twiggs 5 3 0 0 1 0 9
Union 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
UDson 12 0 0 0 0 3 15
Walker 20 18 1 0 0 0 39
Walton 206 1 2 8 0 0 217
Ware 7 2 0 0 17 0 26
Warren 9 0 0 0 0 0 9
Washington 12 0 0 0 0 5 17
Wayne 8 0 0 0 3 0 11
Webster 4 2 0 1 0 0 7
Wheeler 7 0 0 0 3 4 14
White 5 0 0 0 6 0 5
Whitfield 167 22 0 1 0 0 190
Wilcox 17 1 0 0 1 0 19
Wilkes 11 3 0 1 0 0 15
Wilkinson 6 0 0 0 0 0 6
Worth 21 0 0 3 0 0 24
Table No 2 shows the sources from which the cases accepted for service were referred
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STATISTICAL TABLE NO 2CHILD WELFARE SOURCE OF CHILD WELFARE APPLICATIONS WHICH ACCEPTED FOR SERVICES DURING FISCAL YEAR JULY 1 1939jUNE 30 1940 WERE
SOURCE OF APPLICATION White Negro Total
Total 933 189 1122
1 County Department of Public Welfare 420 48 468
2 State Department of Public Welfare 31 1 32
3 Other Agency 61 24 85
4 Judge 30 8 38
5 Officer of the law 51 32 83
6 County or town official 15 1 16
7 County Health Department 12 2 14
8 School 65 2 67
9 Physician 16 13 29
10 Clergyman 14 0 14
11 Parents 78 19 97
12 Other relatives 27 10 37
13 Neighbors 42 18 60
14 Civic organizations 21 2 23
15 Other individuals 50 9 59
Table No 3 shows the reason for acceptance or problems of children accepted
for services and the number of white and negro children confronted with each
problem
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STATISTICAL TABLE NO 3 CHILD WELFARE
r
PROBLEM TYPES REPRESENTED AMONG CHILDREN ACCEPTED FOR CHILD WELFARE SERVICESJULY 1 1939JUNE 30 1940
White Negro Total
Total
Foster care
Poverty or bad home
Neglect or cruelty 1
Illegal birth
Conduct problem in school
Conduct problem in home or community
Mental defect
Need for mental hygiene
Crippled v
Blind
Deaf
Other physical handicap
Almshouse
Training school
Private institution
County institution
Child placing agency
Delinquency
N eglect
Adoption
Jail
933 189 1122
106 15 121
330 67 397
120 21 141
48 10 58
20 2 22
113 41 154
54 4 58
20 1 21
6 2 8
1 3 4
1 1 2
75 4 79
1 0 1
4 5 9
2 0 2
0 1 1
0 0 0
20 10 30
1 0 1
5 0 5
6 2 8
The above table shows that one problem that of poverty or bad home is responsible for 354 of the cases accepted for services The problems of foster care poverty or bad home neglect or cruelty and conduct problem in home or community are responsible for 724 almost threefourths of the cases accepted
Table No 4 analyzes the educational status of the 1122 children accepted for service
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STATISTICAL TABLE NO 4 CHILD WELFARE EDUCATIONAL STATUS OF CHILDREN ACCEPTED FOR CHILD WELFARE SERVICES JULY 1 1939JUNE 30 1940
Total White 933 Negro 189 Total 1122
Grade
1 and 2 208 57 265
3 85 33 118
4 77 20 97
5 87 8 95
6 50 6 56
7 63 3 66
High School
1 and 2 48 3 51
3 and 4 25 0 25
College
1 and 2 1 0 1
3 and 4 1 0 1
None 249 53 302
N A 39 6 45
The above table shows that 567 children or 505 of the total number accepted
have either had no education i or have not completed the second grade This is due
in part to children who have not reached school age however many children in
eluded are of school During the fiscal age but have never attended year July 1 1939June 30 1940 719 childrens cases were
closed Table No 5 gives the reasons for closing these cases
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STATISTICAL TABLE NO 5 CHILD WELFARE
REASONS FOR CLOSING
Cases Closed During Fiscal Year July 1 1939 June 30 1940
White Negro Total
Total 612 107 719
Responsibility assumed by County Dept
of Public Welfare 72 14 86
Responsibility assumed by institution or
other agency 66 10 76
Responsibility assumed by own family 222 51 273
Responsibility assumed by relatives 67 9 76
Adoption completed 6 0 6
Moved from territory but not transferred 87 18 105
Transferred 25 2 27
Other 67 3 70
From the above table it will be noted that the responsibility of 435 children or
605 of the cases closed was assumed by either parents relatives or local agen
cies after receiving special Child Welfare Services
Of the 719 cases closed during the fiscal year 270 were accepted foi service
during the same period This shows that adjustment of the problems of 375 of
the children whose cases were closed was accomplished in less than one year of
supervision

With the discharge of 270 of the children who were accepted for services during
the fiscal year a total of 852 children accepted during this period were under
supervision as of June 30 1940 The location and number of children in each
location is analyzed in Table No 6
STATISTICAL TABLE NO 6 CHILD WELFARE
LOCATION OF CHILDREN NOW UNDER SUPERVISION WHO WERE
ACCEPTED JULY 1 1939JUNE 30 1940
White Negro Total
Total 734 118 852
Own home 501 61 562
Home of relatives 119 34 153
Foster homes 64 6 70
Boarding 30 1 31
Free 24 5 29
Adoption 7 0 7
Wage 3 0 3
Institutions 50 17 67
From the above table it will be noted that 715 or 839 of the children now under supervision are in their own homes or homes of relatives
CRIPPLED CHILDREN SERVICES APPLICATIONS ANO CASES APPROVED FOR TREATMENT JULY I 1939 TO JUNE 30 1940
APPLICATIONS
CASES
Department of Public Welfare
State of Georgia
89
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 Division
During the fiscal year July 1 1939June 30 1940 one thousand ninetytwo children were examined by physicians for the Crippled Childrens Division Of this number 871 were approved for registration without reservation 207 were approved for registration only and 14 were not approved for registration
Five hundred seventy children received treatment andor appliances during the year One hundred five of these children received appliances only two hundred seventyeight received treatment only and one hundred eightyseven received both appliances and treatment
During the year one hundred seventyeight cases were closed for Crippled Childrens Services
The following tables 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 1939June 30 1940 Disposition of Applications
Applications Number
Approved for registration without reservation 871
Approved for registration only 207
Not approved for registration 14
Total number examined 1092
CASES APPROVED FOR TREATMENT
Number
I Treated 570
Appliances only 105
Appliances and treatment 187
Treatment only 278
II Approved but not yet treated 301
III Total approved for treatment 871
Percentage
7976
1896
128
10000
Percentage
6544
1205
2147
3192
3456
10000
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REPORT BY COUNTY ON NUMBER OF CRIPPLED CHILDREN EXAMINED July jj 1939June 30 1940
COUNTY Approved for Registration Only Not Approved for Registration Approved for Registration Total Without Number Reservation Examined
Total 224 13 855 1092
Appling 0 0 6 6
Atkinson 3 0 1 4
Bacon 1 0 6 7
Baker 0 0 4 4
Baldwin 1 0 1 2
Banks 3 0 1 4
Barrow 1 0 2 3
Bartow 0 0 1 1
Ben Hill 0 0 2 2
Berrien 0 0 10 10
Bibb 0 0 13 13
Bleckley 0 0 11 11
Brantley 0 0 1 1
Brooks 3 0 3 6
Bryan 0 0 0 0
Bulloch 1 0 1 2
Burke 0 0 4 4
Butts 0 0 6 6
Calhoun 0 0 3 3
Camden 0 0 5 5
Candler 1 0 2 3
Carroll 0 0 9 9
Catoosa 3 1 8 12
Charlton 0 0 2 2
Chatham 2 0 5 7
Chattahoochee 0 0 1 1
Chattooga 6 0 0 6
Cherokee 2 0 6 8
Clarke 11 0 18 29
Clay 0 0 6 6
Clayton 0 0 2 2
Clinch 2 0 5 7
Cobb 0 1 6 7
Coffee 3 0 15 18
Colquitt 1 0 20 21
Columbia 0 0 3 3
Cook 0 0 0 0
Coweta 1 0 12 13
Crawford 0 0 1 1
Crisp 0 0 9 9
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CRIPPLED CHILDREN TABLEContinued
Approved for
Approved for Not Approved Registration Total Registration for Without Number
COUNTY Only Registration Reservation Examined
Dade 2 0 2 4
Dawson 1 0 5 6
Decatur 2 0 4 6
DeKalb 0 0 13 13
Dodge 5 1 10 16
Dooly 0 0 4 4
Dougherty 1 0 7 8
Douglas 0 1 7 8
Early 3 0 9 12
Echols 1 0 2 3
Effingham 2 0 3 5
Elbert 2 0 2 4
Emanuel 2 0 9 11
Evans 0 0 0 0
Fannin 1 0 6 7
Fayette 0 0 7 7
Floyd 10 1 12 23
Forsyth 0 0 3 3
Franklin 2 0 10 12
Fulton 2 0 9 11
Gilmer 0 0 4 4
Glascock 1 0 5 6
Glynn 0 0 5 5
Gordon 0 0 4 4
Grady 3 0 22 25
Greene 3 0 4 7
Gwinnett 2 0 12 14
Habersham 1 0 7 8
Hall 1 0 6 7
Hancock 1 1 4 6
Haralson 0 0 3 3
Harris 0 0 0 0
Hart 9 2 11 22
Heard 1 0 1 2
Henry 0 0 2 2
Houston 0 0 3 3
Irwin 0 0 5 5
Jackson 4 0 14 18
J asper 0 0 2 2
Jeff Davis 6 0 4 10
Jefferson 3 0 5 8
Jenkins 0 0 2 2
Johnson 0 0 3 3
Jones 0 0 3 3
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CRIPPLED CHILDREN TABLEContinued
COUNTY Approved for Registration Only Not Approved for Registration Approved for Registration Without Reservation Total Number Examined
Lamar 0 0 1 1
Lanier 3 0 1 4
Laurens 5 0 7 12
Lee 0 0 3 3
Liberty 2 0 1 3
Lincoln 1 0 3 4
Long 0 0 4 4
Lowndes 0 0 8 8
Lumpkin 2 0 2 4
Macon 0 0 2 2
Madison 8 0 7 15
Marion 1 1 7 9
McDuffie 1 0 1 2
McIntosh 1 0 11 12
Meriwether 4 0 15 19
Miller 1 0 7 8
Mitchell 4 0 14 18
Monroe 0 0 5 5
Montgomery 2 0 5 7
Morgan 3 0 5 8
Murray 1 0 1 2
Muscogee 10 0 15 25
Newton 0 0 5 5
Oconee 1 1 3 5
Oglethorpe 6 0 4 10
Paulding 3 0 10 13
Peach 0 1 4 5
Pickens 0 0 7 7
Pierce 1 0 9 10
Pike 0 0 3 3
Polk 0 0 1 1
Pulaski 0 0 0 0
Putnam 0 0 0 0
Quitman 0 0 2 2
Rabun 0 0 1 1
Randolph 2 0 0 2
Richmond 3 0 16 19
Rockdale 4 0 1 5
Schley 2 0 7 9
Screven 0 0 3 3
Seminole 0 0 7 7
Spalding 4 0 1 5
Stephens 0 0 7 7
Stewart 0 0 2 2
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CRIPPLED CHILDREN TABLEContinued
Approved for
Approved for Not Approved Registration Total Registration for Without Number
COUNTY Only Registration Reservation Examined
Sumter 1 0 13 14
Talbot 2 0 1 3
Taliaferro 0 0 0 0
Tattnall 0 0 10 10
Taylor 0 1 7 8
Telfair 2 0 8 10
Terrell 0 0 8 8
Thomas 1 0 4 5
Tift 0 0 0 0
Toombs 3 0 22 25
Towns 0 0 3 3
Treutlen 2 0 3 5
Troup 1 0 2 3
Turner 0 0 0 0
Twiggs 0 0 2 2
Union 0 0 2 2
Upson 2 0 8 10
Walker 1 0 7 8
Walton 4 0 16 20
Ware 5 0 10 15
Warren 2 0 1 3
Washington 0 0 0 0
Wayne 2 0 12 14
Webster 0 0 5 5
Wheeler 0 0 5 5
White 2 0 1 3
Whitfield 1 0 4 5
Wilcox 0 1 10 11
Wilkes 1 0 7 8
Wlkinson 1 0 0 1
Worth 0 0 0 0
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CRIPPLED CHILDREN DIVISION
Aid to crippled children in the State of Georgia was made possible by an amendment to the State Appropriation Act passed on December 22 1937 This amendment provided for a Crippled Childrens Program to conform with the Federal Law for such services and provided for matching Federal funds allotted to the State for care to indigent crippled children In order to conform to provisions established by the Federal Social Security Act the Georgia Welfare Board and the Director of the Department of Public Welfare were designated as the official State agency charged with the administration of this program The program began on April 1 1938
Before Federal funds may be utilized by any official State agency for administering a Crippled Childrens Program it is necessary that a State Plan for services be submitted to the Childrens Bureau of the United States Department of Labor and it must be definitely shown in this plan that all provisions contained in Section 511 of the Federal Social Security Act as amended are met For guidance in the submission of this plan which must be done at the end of each fiscal year to govern the next years operations certain recommendations are made by the Childrens Bureau as to scope personnel organization and modus operandi It is necessary for the official State agency to conform so nearly as is possible to these recommendations in order that this plan receive the approval of the Childrens Bureau and its subsequent allotment of funds
The State law does not define a crippled child so that it is necessary in the plan for services covering each fiscal year to adopt a definition which will conform with the provisions of the Federal Social Security Act and will meet the approval of the Childrens Bureau The definition submitted with the plan for services covering the fiscal year ending June 30 1940 provides for treatment of children under twentyone years of age who are certified by the Directors of their respective Counties of Public Welfare as indigent and are sufficiently handicapped by any of the following conditions to restrict normal development physically socially or economically
1 Any of the abnormal conditions generally classed as orthopedic with the exception of acute fractures fractures of less than six months duration
2 Eye defects such as muscular imbalance strabismus congenital cataracts etc insofar as they are amenable to surgery Refractions and the fitting of glasses are permissible only when necessary for the completion of other operative work
3 In addition such plastic surgery may be done as is necessary to relieve conditions which may seriously restrict the childs chances for development Such cases include cleft palate harelip and burn contractures
All cases under treatment are dropped when they have reached their twentyfirst birthday and every effort is made to interest some local agency in financing continuation of treatment where necessary WTien possible the work should be planned in advance to secure maximum benefit from treatment before the child reaches his twentyfirst birthday This requirement is a requisite of the Childrens Bureau and is not peculiar to the Georgia plan for services
No case may be accepted for treatment who is primarily mentally deficient
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No pensions are paid under the Crippled Childrens Program which is concerned only with furnishing adequate medical attention for cases who are not financially able to assume the cost of such treatment and for whom there are no other available facilities
The legitimate expenses assumed by the Crippled Childrens Division include cost of hospitalization convalescent care physicians fees nursing services services of the Crippled Childrens staff including social workers physiotherapy and appliances All cases are carried to private hospitals who are paid on a case basis If necessary convalescent homes or convalescent services in hospitals are available to cases who no longer need hospitalization but who need attention which they cannot obtain at home Payment for this service is also on a case basis The Crippled Childrens Division does not own or operate any hospital or convalescent home
Cases are referred to the Crippled Childrens Division by the County Welfare Departments who certify as to financial eligibility and supply narratives setting forth a brief history of the crippling condition and remarks about the existant environmental factors which might influence aftercare in the home Operative releases signed by the legal guardian of each child accepted for treatment are secured prior to acceptance for treatment These are for the protection of the physicians operating County Welfare Departments furnish transportation
The actual rendering of medical services on the Crippled Childrens Program is in the hands of private physicians all of whom must be qualified specialists in their particular field Some of these physicians receive monthly retainers fees for parttime services and others are paid on a case basis Whenever this would appear cheaper a retainers fee is set up At present fourteen orthopedic surgeons and one plastic surgeon receive retainers fees All others are paid a nominal case fee for service
The majority of orthopedic surgeons certified by the American Board of Orthopedic Surgeons and most of the hospitals meeting requirements established for orthopedic cases are located in Atlanta Consequently most of the caseis treated are of necessity brought in to Atlanta Treatment for orthopedic cases is also available at Augusta Macon Columbus and Savannah Only one certified plastic surgeon is available at present so that acceptance of these cases for treatment is delayed All of these cases must be brought to Atlanta
District orthopedic nurses are employed who visit the cases under treatment at home render such nursing services as they are able in the field advise parents in carrying out aftercare recommendations and keep the central office advised as to the condition of these cases while not under the direct supervision of the attending physician
In addition to furnishing treatment for crippled children it is the purpose of the Crippled Childrens Service to maintain a register of the crippled children in the State even though all of them may not be eligible for treatment on this Program This register is by no means complete as cases are seldom reported to this Division unless treatment is sought
The State register for crippled children is divided into the following groups
1 Cases approved for Registration without Reservation which means that these cases are eligible for treatment when treatment is available
2 Cases approved for Registration Only which means that these cases are
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not eligible for treatment because parents will not consent patient is able to obtain private treatment or some other similar reason
3 Cases not approved for registration usually because the physical defect present is not included in the definition of a crippled child included in the State Plan and approved by the Childrens Bureau
Cases are closed when the case has reached twentyone years of age when he or she moves to another State in case of death of the applicant or when the crippling condition is terminated
Following registration cases are considered for treatment in most instances in the order received Allowances are made for emergency cases and cases nearing the age limit for service
Diagnostic clinics are held at the rate of about two a month for the purpose of obtaning for the applicants an examination by a certified orthopedic surgeon Eye cases are not carried to these clinics when it is possible to secure a doctors statement as to diagnosis Emergency cases are accepted on the recommendations of local physicians
A plan for establishment of permanent clinics is being considered to replace the itinerant type now being used During the fiscal year fourteen diagnostic clinics were held and a total of 478 children were examined at these clinics
County Number T reated Cases Number Hospital Days Number Convalescent Home Days Number Appliances Furnished
Total 915 16174 14340 749
Appling 7 27 50 9
Atkinson 5 44 41 3
Bacon 5 56 76 3
Baker 3 84 156 0
Baldwin 2 83 0 0
Banks 3 38 231 3
Barrow 3 28 51 2
Bartow 4 44 89 3
Ben Hill 2 10 99 1
Berrien 8 99 11 15
Bibb 17 243 262 18
Bleckley 5 124 0 3
Brantley 3 40 29 4
Brooks 3 334 83 3
Bryan 2 2 0 1
Bulloch 11 71 80 6
Burke 6 25 225 4
Butts 6 26 41 3
Calhoun 7 34 17 6
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County Number Treated Cases Number Hospital Days Number Convalescent Home Days Number Appliances Furnished
Camden 3 16 0 11
Candler 7 39 137 6
Carroll 11 243 397 19
Catoosa 8 59 171 8
Charlton 1 7 0 0
Chatham 7 31 233 5
Chattahoochee 1 0 0 4
Chattooga 4 0 0 2
Cherokee 7 56 68 6
Clarke 7 120 5 4
Clay 2 29 18 1
Clayton 2 47 20 0
Clinch 4 25 153 0
Cobb 10 132 184 5
Coffee 4 156 14 3
Colquitt 16 706 395 11
Columbia 8 32 79 3
Cook 6 66 1 0
Coweta 9 370 81 8
Crawford 5 35 0 2
Crisp 5 118 68 2
Dade 2 11 2 0
DaWson 3 13 111 2
Decatur 1 0 0 1
DeKalb 14 319 249 12
Dodge 8 447 30 7
Dooly 3 12 64 4
Dougherty 9 164 150 11
Douglas 6 53 0 3
Early 10 130 285 9
Echols 4 469 28 0
Effingham 8 27 46 2
Elbert 5 121 0 7
Emanuel 11 143 302 11
Evans 3 0 2 1
Fannin 8 190 185 4
Fayette 4 26 36 0
Floyd 9 95 376 6
Forsyth 5 67 2 9
Franklin 19 316 258 14
Fulton 20 140 14 26
Gilmer 3 57 99 6
Glascock 7 44 36 4
Glynn 11 375 208 8
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County Number Treated Cases Number Hospital Days Number Convalescent Home Days Number Appliances Furnished
Gordon 1 47 0 1
Grady 11 105 352 3
Greene 6 125 16 1
Gwinnett 13 108 261 12
Habersham 8 86 87 3
Hall 10 81 201 1
Hancock 7 57 225 1
Haralson 4 81 0 3
Harris 0 0 0 0
Hart 8 112 1 3
Heard 0 0 0 0
Henry 3 24 43 5
Houston 6 182 156 6
Irwin 6 296 62 7
J ackson 8 87 59 0
Jasper 3 223 0 1
Jeff Davis 5 40 40 3
Jefferson 4 36 55 2
Jenkins 1 5 49 24 7
Johnson 8 72 164 9
Jones 5 85 19 2
Lamar 3 126 0 3
Lanier 5 53 31 1
Laurens 7 99 101 2
Lee 3 22 0 4
Liberty 6 90 40 2
Lincoln 5 96 79 5
Long 2 43 20 1
Lowndes 12 132 211 9
Lumpkin 3 232 107 4
Macon 2 57 104 1
Madison 7 107 0 3
Marion 5 60 124 3
McDuffie 5 14 0 0
McIntosh 7 65 36 11
Meriwether 9 95 1 4
Miller m 8 C8 278 6
Mitchell 9 283 116 7
Monroe 10 435 86 21
Montgomery 4 57 161 0
Morgan 4 74 172 9
Murray 2 26 0 1
Muscogee 8 30 20 3
Newton 3 25 203 1
County Number Treated Cases Number Hospital Days Number Convalescent Home Days Number Appliances Furnished
Oconee 1 0 0 1
Ogethorpe 3 15 102 4
Paulding 2 0 0 2
Peach 6 135 0 1
Pickens 7 205 242 7
Pierce 7 72 226 4
Pike 3 71 222 5
Polk 5 174 0 8
Pulaski 3 97 37 2
Putnam 3 132 84 3
Quitman 1 15 101 2
Rabun 4 12 0 5
Randolph 3 12 4 3
Richmond 13 146 129 7
Rockdale 1 17 0 0
Schley 7 34 236 3
Screven 9 46 6 5
Seminole 2 22 260 4
Spalding 5 168 51 6
Stephens 4 13 0 4
Stewart 1 0 18 1
Sumter 8 425 46 3
Talbot 2 36 293 10
Taliaferro 5 181 168 4
Tattnall 7 181 113 6
Taylor 5 119 162 5
Telfair 9 258 36 9
Terrell 2 13 42 2
Thomas 7 114 129 11
Tift 3 5 0 2
Toombs 17 151 258 12
Towns 4 31 141 5
Treutlen 6 227 13 9
Troup 0 0 0 0
Turner 2 15 0 0
Twiggs 5 142 0 1
Union 1 170 148 2
Upson 9 458 259 12
Walker 9 115 366 17
Walton 8 84 9 6
Ware 7 187 76 13
Warren 3 53 65 3
Washington 3 34 50 2
Wayne 13 114 73 8
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Number
Treated
County Cases
Webster 3
Wheeler 5
White 3
Whitfield 5
Wilcox 8
Wilkes 8
Wilkinson 5
Worth 1
Number Number Number
Hospital Convalescent Appliances
Days Home Days Furnished
51 3 1
150 1 1
19 0 0
7 26 9
176 147 5
101 101 6
42 194 2
26 0 1
PART IV
SURPLUS COMMODITY DISTRIBUTION DIVISION
Frank C Shirley Director
Pro Bono Publico
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COMMODITY DISTRIBUTION DIVISION
The fiscal year of 19391940 witnessed several important changes in commodity distribution New programs were inaugurated policies were modified and even the name of the Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation wps changed At midnight June 30 1940 the Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation became the Surplus Marketing Administration This change was made in conformance with the Presidents reorganization plan
The F S C C commonly referred to as the Corporation was not discontinued entirely but was retired from active service For seven years the F S C C waged a victorious battle against farm surpluses and it was one of the most potent weapons ever used by the Agricultural Adjustment Administration in its never ending war on surplus farm crops
The method employed by the Corporation was direct and to the point The attack was concentrated against the existing surpluses in strategic areas The results were both gratifying and immediate Market prices of commodities that had fallen below the cost of production were bolstered and the farmer benefited
Of course the SMA will continue the practice of surplus removal via the direct distribution route and the policies governing this phase of the program are similar to the time tried methods of the old F S C C
The SMA functioning as a unit of the A A A operates three programs in Georgia
1 Direct Distribution of Surplus Commodities
2 The School Lunch Program
3 The Food Stamp Plan
On the direct distribution program the State of Georgia received and distributed over 42000000 pounds of food stuffs See Table I
While there is nothing new about the School Lunch Program it was not until September 1939 that any real or extensive effort was expended toward the enlargement of this fine program How well this effort was received by the school children teachers sponsors and PTA is evidenced by the fact that the school lunch enrollment figures jumped from 10472 pupils at the beginning of the school year September 1 1939 to 280259 pupils at the close of the school year June 1 1940 We take this opportunity to thank the SMA the Certifying Agents the County Welfare Directors and all organizations for their untiring and unselfish efforts in behalf of the School Lunch Program
During the fiscal year the Food Stamp Plan of surplus commodity removal was placed in operation in Atlanta Columbus Macon and Savannah
The Chief of the Commodity Division and his organization have had the responsibility of acting as agent for the State of Georgia in relationship with the Surplus Marketing Administration and of maintaining a system of commodity distribution for the receiving storing packaging distribution and accounting for all surplus commodities in a way acceptable to the Surplus Marketing Administration
On February 26 1939 the SMA and the State Welfare Department executed an agreement defining the responsibilities and operating policies of both organizations The adoption of this instrument has resulted in improved relationship with the SM