First Applications. Total Applications.
Number. Percent. Number. Per cent.
Lack of employment. 115 25.0 184 22.1
Sickness or accident. 102 20.4 164 19.7
Physical defects or old age. 27 5.4 42 5.0
Death of wage earner. 18 3.6 30 3.6
Desertion 15 3.0 24 2.9
Intemperance 87 17.4 166 19.9
Shiftlessness 50 10.0 101 12.2
No need 86 17.2 121 14.6