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Show (years of age or over has been six years, and only six inmates have been in the institutions for longer than 20 years. "Sixty per cent of those Inmates of 65 years of age and over were formerly employed as unskilled workers, 38 per cent were skilled workers, and only 2 per cent were employed in the professions," the report states. "Seventy seven per cent of the former wage earning group earned less than $25.00 a week, and only 1.2 per cent earned more than $60.00 a week. Only 1.4 perl cent have a college education, 60 per cent; have only an elementaryu education, and 28 per cent have not education." one phase of a study of old-age dependency de-pendency in Utah being directed by Dr. Arthur L. Beeley, head of the sociology department, as a make-work make-work FERA project. "The number of people served by the infirmary system does not justify justi-fy its continuance as a special system of relief," the report states. "The four infirmaries in the state, located in Salt Lake City, Price, Provo and Ogden, care for only .06 per cent of the total state population and only 2 per cent of the state population of 65 years of age or over. One institution in-stitution is maintained for the care of a single inmate. Two other institutions insti-tutions care for only 43 and 53 inmates." in-mates." I The range of ages of the 346 inmates in-mates in the Salt Lake City, Provo, : and Ogden infirmaries is from 25 to ' 95 years, with the average age being 67. Seventy three per cent of the inmates are male and twenty seven per cent are female. The average number of years spent in the institutions insti-tutions by persons who are now 65 "U" Socialogist Advocate Change In Care of Aged Salt Lake City Institutional care of old-age persons should be abandoned aban-doned in favor of a system of outdoor out-door relief, preferably old-age pensions pen-sions combined with an extended system of public hospitalization, according ac-cording to a thesis written by Miss Virginia Parsons, Salt Lake City, graduate student in sociology at the University of Utah. The report is |
