The Almshouse Construction and Management (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Almshouse Construction and Management

While parsimony is always to be deplored, the importance of true economy in almshouse manage ment can hardly be overestimated. But while con sidering economy in our methods for the relief of poverty in one department, we must not overlook its bearing upon others; we must consider the problem as a whole; hence it by no means follows that the almshouse with the lowest per capita cost is the most economical for the community. In many instan...