United States. Children's Bureau , Schwartz, Edward E. (Edward Edgar) and Sherman, Eloise R. (Eloise Raef). Community Health and Welfare Expenditures in Wartime : 1942 and 1940—30 Urban Areas, Bureau Publication No. 302 , Washington, D.C: Government Printing Office, 1944, https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/title/8569, accessed on July 29, 2025.

Title: Community Health and Welfare Expenditures in Wartime : 1942 and 1940—30 Urban Areas, Bureau Publication No. 302

Authors: United States. Children's Bureau, Schwartz, Edward E. (Edward Edgar), Sherman, Eloise R. (Eloise Raef)
Date: 1944
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image-container-0 FAMILY WELFARE WELFARE C O M M U N I T Y HEALTH “^W ELFARE EXPEN D ITU RES IN W A R T I M E 1 9 4 2 W 1 9 4 0 - - - - - - - HE ALT iH«> T 30 URBAN AREAS Edward E. S c h w artz El oise R. Sherman U . S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR FRANCES PERKINS “ SECRETARY C H I L D R E N'S BUREAU KATHARINE F . L E N R O O T - C H I E F Bureau Publication 302 1 9 4 4
image-container-1 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 6 7 8 8 9 11 11 12 12 13 14 16 18 18 18 19 20 21 23 23 23 25 26 26 26 28 29 32 33 34 34 34 35 35 36 37 37 39 CONTENTS P ag« Foreword______________________________ ___ ______________ _ ________________________ in Setting of health and welfare services: 1940-42______ .______________ _______________ Rise in employment and earnings___________________ __________________________ Population changes in urban areas_ _ . _______________ ______ __________________ Changes in community organization for health and welfare services____________ Measuring changes in health and welfare services__________________________________ Areas and services included_______________________________________________ :____ Expenditures as a measuring rod___________________ __________ s ________________ Use of descriptive reports from the areas______________________________________ Changes in the first war year— in brief__________________ _______ ___________________ Changes in financing______ ____________________________________________________ Changes in programs__________________________________________________________ Child welfare______________________________________________________________________ Changes in expenditures for child welfare______________________________________ Effects of the war on child-welfare expenditures______________ _________________ AuspiceS of agencies providing child-welfare services________________________ ___ Changes in financing child-welfare services_____________________________________ Family welfare and relief_____________ _ ____ ,__________________________________ _____ Changes in expenditures for family welfare and relief__________________ _______ Effects of the war on public financial assistance________________________________ Effects of the war on services to adults and families___________________________ Changes in financing family welfare and relief__________________________ -______ Health services.__________ _____________________________ __________i ________________ Changes in expenditures for health services_____________________________________ Effects of the war on expenditures for health services___________ ______________ Hospital care__ _____________ . . . _______________________________ 1_____________ Health services other than hospital care_______________________________________ Changes in financing health services___________________________________________ Group-work and leisure-time activities________________________________________________ Changes in expenditures for group-work and leisure-time activities__ __________ Effects of the war on group-work and leisure-time expenditures_________________ Changes in financing group-work and leisure-time activities__________ i _________ Planning, financing, and coordinating services._________ ___________________________ Changes in expenditures for planning, financing, and coordinating services____. Effects of the war on expenditures for planning, financing, and coordinating services___________ _ _______________________________________________________ Changes in financing planning, financing, and coordinating services____________ Local factors in changes in health and welfare expenditures________________ ________ Methods and procedures used in this study_________________________________________ Coverage of the study__________________________ , ______________________________ Use of estim ates._____ ^______________________ _____ ____________________________ Comparability of 1942 and 1940 data__________ _ _____________________________ __ Computation of aggregate change_____________________________________________ Further uses of the data____________________________________________________________ Uses of per capita data_____;________________ ____________ _____________________ Considerations of the population at risk________________________ _____________ 35 An illustration of analysis of per capita expenditures__________________________ Development of per capita analysis in communities____ _______________________ Establishment of standards of expenditures___ ________________________________ Appendix tables ___________ V
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