San Francisco Relief Survey; the organization and methods of relief used after the earthquake and fire of April 18, 1906

PART I. EMERGENCY METHODS

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1. Cash receipts of the Finance Committee of Relief and Red Cross Funds, and its successor, The Corporation, to June 1, 1909 33

2. Cash contributions for the relief of San Francisco, to June 1, 1909, received by the Finance Committee of Relief and Red Cross Funds, and its successor, The Corporation, and by American National Red Cross, by country of origin 34

3. Disposition of cash contributed for the relief of San Francisco through the American National Red Cross, to June 1, 1909 35

4. Character of location, origin, and dates of opening and closing of relief stations of Civil Section VI 41

5. Relief stations in the seven civil sections on May 3 and on June 3, 1906 42

6. Daily issues of rations from April 19 to May 12, 1906 43

7. Families and individuals registered in the seven civil sections, May, 1906 45

8. Meals served by hot meal kitchens, from May to October, 1906, inclusive 51

9. Free and paid meals served by hot meal kitchens on specified dates in 1906 52

10. Expenditures of San Francisco Relief and Red Cross Funds for purchase and distribution of food, to May 29, 1909 53

11. Persons to whom rations were issued in May and June, 1906 53

12. Persons carried from San Francisco as free passengers by the Southern Pacific Railroad, from April 18 to April 26, 1906 58

13. Destination of persons sent from San Francisco by the transportation committee, from April 26 to May 10, 1906, inclusive 66

14. Persons sent from San Francisco, by period and by general destination, April 26, 1906, to June, 1908 67

15. Terms of transportation of persons sent from San Francisco in second and third periods 68

16. Destination of persons sent from San Francisco in second and third periods 68

17. Value at reduced rates of transportation furnished through the committee 69

18. Housing of registered families, by civil sections, May, 1906. Numbers 72

19. Housing of registered families, by civil sections. Percentages, based on the total number of families whose addresses in May, 1906, were given 72

20. Nationality of population of San Francisco in 1900, compared with nationality of heads of families among refugees in 1906 75

21. Nationality of heads of families among refugees, by civil sections, May, 1906. Numbers 76

22. Nationality of heads of families among refugees, by civil sections, May, 1906. Percentages based on the total number of cases in which information as to nativity was available 76

23. Ejectments from camps during the entire period of the relief work, by months 80

24. Reasons for ejectments from camps during the entire period of relief work 80

25. Population of official camps, exclusive of Ingleside Model Camp, from May, 1906, to June, 1908, inclusive 81

26. Cost of camps during the entire period of the relief work 87

27. Disposal of claims acted upon by the department of bills and demands, to March 16, 1907 97

28. Payments upon claims acted upon by the department of bills and demands, to March 16, 1907 98