200 



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Table 31. 



-Expenditures for Charity, Health and Correction, 1926. 

 (Amounts in thousands of dollars) 



with one-half in 1910. The relative amount paid by the State has declined from 

 33 per cent in 1910 to 27 per cent in 1926. Counties and small towns pay 5 per 

 cent and the relative amount has not changed appreciably since 1910. 



Over .$33,000,000 were spent for public health and sanitation in 1926 (Table 

 31); and if recreation is included, nearly two-thirds of the total expenditures 

 for this group were for the improvement of public health. Over $19,000,000 

 were for charitable purposes, amounting to 30 per cent of the group expendi- 

 tures, but only 5 per cent of all expenditures. Cities and the State support 86 

 per cent of the charitable activites, the towns spending one-seventh of the total, 

 the counties nothing. 



Table 32 shows the percentage distribution of expenditures for charity, 

 health and correction among the civil groups. The State and counties spend 

 most for correction, while pracfically all expenditures for recreation are made 

 by cities or large towns. All civil groups spend a part of their appropriations 

 on some phase of public health or sanitation, and expenditures for these pur- 

 poses tend to increase in importance with the size of the city or town. 



Table 32. — Distribution of Expenditures for Charity, Health and Correction, 



by Jurisdictions, 1926. 



(Percentages) 



