The Survey, Volume 30, Number 4, Apr 26, 1913Various
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The Survey, Volume 30, Number 4, Apr 26, 1913
Various
Charities -- Periodicals; Social problems -- Periodicals; United States -- Social conditions -- Periodicals
There is no longer talk of plans for rehabilitation, for rehabilitation
is in actual process. The careful Red Cross registration which was begun
before the end of the week in which the disaster occurred, is proceeding
rapidly. Four thousand families had been registered and the
supplementary visits largely completed at the end of two weeks. On the
basis of this registration, furniture is being provided, assistance in
repairing houses and cash donations of moderate amounts, and other
measures taken. All of these are intended to be a distinct step, even if
in some instances not a very long one, towards the restoration of
ordinary family life.
Among the measures which have been adopted in the rehabilitation stage,
as distinct from the emergent distribution of supplies, are the
following:
Houses which were occupied by owners of limited means and which were
comparatively slightly injured are being repaired by gangs of carpenters
who work in one section of the city after another. The work mainly
consists of putting frame houses on their foundations, moving them back
across the street, or doing such other things as an owner unaided cannot
do, but which a gang of half a dozen men, some of whom are skilled
carpenters can do in half a day or a day. This service is not rendered
if the owner is in position to hire men to do it, or if the house is so
badly injured that it involves much labor and expense.
Owners of lots, whose houses have been entirely demolished, and who wish
to rebuild on the same site, are to be given an army pyramidal tent
equipped with cots and tent stove. These tents will be put up by a
hospital corps, under the direction of an army surgeon who will advise
where on the lot the tent should be pitched, see that sewer connection
or latrine is in order, and give instructions as to the use and care of
the tent, so that the investment of about $100 which the donation
represents may not be wasted.
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