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San Francisco Relief Survey; the organization and methods of relief used after the earthquake and fire of April 18, 1906

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PART I. EMERGENCY METHODS

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1. Cash receipts of the Finance Committee of Relief and Red Cross Funds, and its successor, The Corporation, to June 1, 1909 33

2. Cash contributions for the relief of San Francisco, to June 1, 1909, received by the Finance Committee of Relief and Red Cross Funds, and its successor, The Corporation, and by American National Red Cross, by country of origin 34

3. Disposition of cash contributed for the relief of San Francisco through the American National Red Cross, to June 1, 1909 35

4. Character of location, origin, and dates of opening and closing of relief stations of Civil Section VI 41

5. Relief stations in the seven civil sections on May 3 and on June 3, 1906 42

6. Daily issues of rations from April 19 to May 12, 1906 43

7. Families and individuals registered in the seven civil sections, May, 1906 45

8. Meals served by hot meal kitchens, from May to October, 1906, inclusive 51

9. Free and paid meals served by hot meal kitchens on specified dates in 1906 52

10. Expenditures of San Francisco Relief and Red Cross Funds for purchase and distribution of food, to May 29, 1909 53

11. Persons to whom rations were issued in May and June, 1906 53

12. Persons carried from San Francisco as free passengers by the Southern Pacific Railroad, from April 18 to April 26, 1906 58

13. Destination of persons sent from San Francisco by the transportation committee, from April 26 to May 10, 1906, inclusive 66

14. Persons sent from San Francisco, by period and by general destination, April 26, 1906, to June, 1908 67

15. Terms of transportation of persons sent from San Francisco in second and third periods 68

16. Destination of persons sent from San Francisco in second and third periods 68

17. Value at reduced rates of transportation furnished through the committee 69

18. Housing of registered families, by civil sections, May, 1906. Numbers 72

19. Housing of registered families, by civil sections. Percentages, based on the total number of families whose addresses in May, 1906, were given 72

20. Nationality of population of San Francisco in 1900, compared with nationality of heads of families among refugees in 1906 75

21. Nationality of heads of families among refugees, by civil sections, May, 1906. Numbers 76

22. Nationality of heads of families among refugees, by civil sections, May, 1906. Percentages based on the total number of cases in which information as to nativity was available 76

23. Ejectments from camps during the entire period of the relief work, by months 80

24. Reasons for ejectments from camps during the entire period of relief work 80

25. Population of official camps, exclusive of Ingleside Model Camp, from May, 1906, to June, 1908, inclusive 81

26. Cost of camps during the entire period of the relief work 87

27. Disposal of claims acted upon by the department of bills and demands, to March 16, 1907 97

28. Payments upon claims acted upon by the department of bills and demands, to March 16, 1907 98

PART II. REHABILITATION

29. Estimate of amount required for carrying on work of relief, presented August 16, 1906 121

30. Reasons for the refusal of grants to certain societies, to May 11, 1907 145

31. A. Amount expended monthly by Bureau of Special Relief for all purposes from August 15, 1906, to June 30, 1907 148

B. Amount expended by Bureau of Special Relief for administration and for supplies from August 15, 1906, to June 30, 1907 148

32. Disposal of applications for rehabilitation following investigation 152

33. Disposal of applications for rehabilitation, by nature of application 153

34. Applicants for rehabilitation, by age, and by nature and disposal of application 153

35. Applicants for rehabilitation, by domestic status and by nature of application 154

36. Applicants handicapped by personal misfortunes or defects 155

37. Applicants affected by handicaps of each specified kind 155

38. Number of persons in families of applicants for rehabilitation 156

39. Families among the applicants for rehabilitation with children, by number of children under fourteen years of age in each family 156

40. Number of principal and subsidiary grants, by nature of grants 157

41. Amount of principal and subsidiary grants, by nature of grants 158

42. Amounts given to applicants receiving $500 or more, by nature of principal grant 159

43. Applications for relief passed upon by sub-committees and by the Rehabilitation Committee, without action by a sub-committee, in the period from November 1, 1906, to April 1, 1907, by nature of the application 160

44. Number of re-opened cases by nature of first grant 161

45. Grants for rehabilitation by amount and by nature of relief given 165

46. Grants and refusals to applicants who possessed resources, by amount of resources 167

47. Reasons for refusal of rehabilitation, by nature of application 168

PART III. BUSINESS REHABILITATION

48. Nativity of heads of families receiving business rehabilitation 175

49. Conjugal condition of family groups receiving business rehabilitation 175

50. Changes in family composition between period before fire and the re-visit in 120 families receiving business rehabilitation 177

51. Nature of premises occupied and of rentals paid before and after the fire, by families receiving business rehabilitation 178

52. Residence rentals paid, before and after the fire, by 94 families receiving business rehabilitation, who paid rentals for separate residential quarters in both periods 179

53. Number of rooms in residences occupied before and after the fire, by 94 families receiving business rehabilitation, who paid rentals for separate residential quarters in both periods 180

54. Business rentals paid, before and after the fire, by 74 families receiving business rehabilitation, who paid rentals for separate business quarters in both periods 181

55. Combined business and residential rentals paid, before and after the fire, by 285 families receiving business rehabilitation, who paid combined rentals in both periods 182

56. Proposed occupation of applicants receiving business rehabilitation 184

57. Business and employment status at the time of the re-visit, of applicants receiving business rehabilitation 186

58. Business status at the time of the re-visit of applicants receiving business rehabilitation, by health of families 193

59. Amount of grants to and of capital available for applicants receiving business rehabilitation 194

60. Business status at the time of the re-visit of applicants receiving business rehabilitation, by occupations 196

61. Business status at the time of the re-visit of applicants receiving business rehabilitation for personal and domestic service, by size of grants and amount of capital 201

62. Business status at the time of the re-visit of applicants receiving business rehabilitation for trade, by size of grants and amount of capital 207

PART IV. HOUSING REHABILITATION

63. Houses erected by or with the aid of the San Francisco Relief and Red Cross Funds, by style of houses or plan under which relief was given 219

64. Expenditures for housing made by the Finance Committee of Relief and Red Cross Funds, by the San Francisco Relief and Red Cross Funds, a Corporation, and by the United States Army from congressional appropriation, from April, 1906, to June, 1909 220

65. Nationality of applicants receiving aid under the cottage plan 223

66. Conjugal condition of families receiving aid under the cottage plan 224

67. Ages of applicants receiving aid under the cottage plan 225

68. Occupation before the fire, of 415 of the men in families receiving aid under the cottage plan 226

69. Estimated monthly wages received before the fire by the 380 men who worked for wages, in the families receiving aid under the cottage plan 227

70. Estimated yearly incomes before and after the fire of families receiving aid under the cottage plan 228

71. Types of houses occupied before the fire by families receiving aid under the cottage plan 230

72. Number of rooms per family occupied before the fire by families receiving aid under the cottage plan 230

73. Costs incurred, by or in behalf of applicants, for cottages occupied by families receiving aid under the cottage plan 232

74. Nationality of applicants receiving aid under the bonus plan 241

75. Conjugal condition of families receiving aid under the bonus plan 242

76. Ages of applicants receiving aid under the bonus plan 243

77. Occupations before the fire of 433 men in families receiving aid under the bonus plan 244

78. Value of lots owned before the fire by applicants receiving aid under the bonus plan 246

79. Indebtedness carried before and after the fire by families receiving aid under the bonus plan 247

80. Cost of houses rebuilt after the fire by applicants receiving aid under the bonus plan 249

81. Number of rooms in houses owned before the fire and in houses rebuilt after the fire by applicants receiving aid under the bonus plan 249

82. Number of rooms per family occupied before and after the fire by families receiving aid under the bonus plan 250

83. Style of 543 houses built by the housing committee for applicants receiving aid under the grant and loan plan 258

84. Nationality of applicants receiving aid under the grant and loan plan 259

85. Conjugal condition of families receiving aid under the grant and loan plan 260

86. Ages of applicants receiving aid under the grant and loan plan 261

87. Monthly income before and after the fire of men receiving aid under the grant and loan plan who were in business before the fire 262

88. Monthly income before and after the fire of women in families receiving aid under the grant and loan plan 264

89. Value of lots purchased after the fire by 670 applicants receiving aid under the grant and loan plan 266

90. Number of rooms per family occupied before and after the fire by families receiving aid under the grant and loan plan 267

91. Value of houses owned before and after the fire by applicants receiving aid under the grant and loan plan 269

92. Monthly rentals paid before the fire by families receiving aid under the grant and loan plan 270

93. Status on January 1, 1911, of loans to families receiving aid under the grant and loan plan 272

94. Additional aid from the relief funds given to families receiving aid under the grant and loan plan 273

95. Amount of additional grants from the Relief Funds made to families receiving aid under the grant and loan plan 273

PART V. RELIEF WORK OF THE ASSOCIATED CHARITIES

96. Number of applications to the Associated Charities for assistance, by months. 1908 and 1909 284

97. Associated Charities cases classified as having lived or not having lived in the burned area, and by number aided, and number refused aid. June 1, 1907, to June 1, 1909 285

98. Nativity of applicants for relief from Associated Charities, before fire and after fire 287

99. Family types among applicants for relief from Associated Charities, before fire and after fire 288

100. Age of principal breadwinner in families applying for relief from Associated Charities. June 1, 1907, to June 1, 1909 290

101. Age of principal breadwinner in families applying for relief from Associated Charities, before fire and after fire, by family type 290

102. Age of principal breadwinner in families that had been burned out applying for relief from Associated Charities, by nativity and rehabilitation record. June 1, 1907-June 1, 1909 291

103. Number of children in families having children applying for relief from Associated Charities, before fire and after fire 292

104. Causes of disability among applicants for relief from Associated Charities, before fire and after fire 293

105. Applicants for relief from Associated Charities classified by general occupations, as refugees with and without rehabilitation record, and as non-refugees, June 1, 1907, to June 1, 1909 294

106. General occupations of applicants for relief from Associated Charities, before fire and after fire 295

107. Size of grants made by the Rehabilitation Committee, before June 1, 1907, to applicants for relief who afterwards applied for relief from the Associated Charities 299

108. Emergency and temporary relief given in money or in orders by Associated Charities June 1, 1907, to June 1, 1909 300

109. Expenditure by Associated Charities for care of sick, in addition to aid from Red Cross Funds. June 1, 1907, to June 1, 1909 301

110. Grants and pensions of $50 and over given by the Associated Charities 306

111. Applicants for aid from the Associated Charities to whom aid was refused, classified as having lived or not having lived in the burned area. June 1, 1907-June 1, 1909 310

112. Reasons for not giving aid from Associated Charities to applicants 313

PART VI. THE RESIDUUM OF RELIEF (INGLESIDE MODEL CAMP)

113. Inmates of Ingleside Model Camp by conjugal condition and sex 328

114. Conjugal condition of inmates of Ingleside Model Camp, compared with conjugal condition of inmates of all almshouses of the United States in 1903-4 and of the general population of California 15 years of age and over, in 1900 329

115. Age distribution of inmates of Ingleside Model Camp, compared with age distribution of inmates of San Francisco almshouse during a ten-year period, and of inmates of all almshouses of the United States, in 1903-4 330

116. Nativity of inmates of Ingleside Model Camp, compared with nativity of inmates of San Francisco almshouse during a ten-year period, and of the general population of the city and county of San Francisco in 1900 331

117. Occupations of inmates of Ingleside Model Camp 332

118. Family relations of inmates of Ingleside Model Camp 335

119. Inmates of Ingleside Model Camp classified as families and single and widowed men and women and as applicants to San Francisco Relief and Red Cross Funds, applicants to Associated Charities, and non-applicants 336

120. Single and widowed inmates of Ingleside Model Camp applying to the San Francisco Relief and Red Cross Funds for Rehabilitation, by nature of rehabilitation applied for 344

121. Disabled single and widowed inmates of Ingleside Model Camp who did not apply for rehabilitation, by sex and nature of disability 353

122. Subsequent history of single and widowed inmates of Ingleside Model Camp, who did not apply for rehabilitation, by sex 354

123. Proportion of almshouse inmates and of almshouse admissions to total population, San Francisco, 1890, 1900, 1905, and 1909 356

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