
The Poor and Alms Department, and the Almshouse, of Newark, N.J.
About This Book
This study of the Newark Almshouse and the Department of the Overseer was made in 1919 for the Newark Board of City Commissioners by the Department of Surveys and Exhibits at the Russell Sage Foundation. It provides recommendations for the alieving of family welfare in the city, going over the scope of work for the department and the almshouse and what reforms could be done.
FRANCIS H. McLEAN was field secretary of the Charity Organization Department of the Russell Sage Foundation.