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The charitable agency operating in the county for which 
we have complete records is the Township Poor Relief. These 
records cover a period of time extending from 1901 up to the 
present time. 
In looking over these Poor Relief records, the outstanding 
fact is that many of those people receiving large amounts of 
aid are the same ones who have been recipients of aid from 
other charitable agencies. The same names appear repeatedly. 
Not only are the names of these present mental defectives in 
the county to be found, but the names of their parents, grand- 
parents, uncles, and cousins appear somewhere on the record. 
Table VI is a list of the names of the county defectives 
whose names appear on the Poor Relief records. This does 
not mean that all of the mental defectives in the county who 
have received poor relief are listed. Because of the fact that 
a person whose name appears is usually not the only one in 
the family or group benefited by the help given, it is probable 
that many who have received aid are not on record. The vari- 
ous members of the family are not listed as receiving poor 
relief, excepting the case of husband and wife, altho in most 
cases it is certain that they have shared in the material aid 
given. The second table in this section is a listing of the 
persons on the records according to family group. 
There are 148 mental defectives listed as having received 
poor relief between the years of 1901 and 1918. Together 
they have received a total of $6,682. The following shows 
how this sum is distributed according to kinds of defect. The 
first column gives the number of individuals in each class ;, 
the second gives the total amount of money paid out to each 
class; and the third gives the average amount paid the indi- 
vidual according to the grade in which he is classified. 
Table VI 
Moron 
108 
$5,545.66 
151.35 
Imbecile 
18 
625.27 
34.94 
Insane 
15 
425.47 
28.36 
Epileptic 
5 
141.60 
28.36 ^ 
