88 + REPORT OF THE GOVERNOR OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS


Caseload distribution by districts


During year Closed
St. Thomas- St. Croix
St. John

 38 66
 69 65
 2 1
 3 16
 38 24
 65 27
 215 199


During year Caseload June 3, 1961
St. Thomas- St. Croix St. Thomas-
St. John St. John


32 312
51 214
3 13
4 57
36 76
65 0
191 672


214
85
 3
 38
 68
 0
408


Comparison of caseloads and expenditures


Old age assistance-----......
Aid to dependent children....
Aid to the blind.---
Aid to the disabled. ......
General assistance---- -- ....
Medical assistance to the aged -----


Number of persons aided

June 1961 June 1962

 527 532
 865 1,043
 19 16
 98 96
 124 140
 235 451
 1,868 2,278


 The movement of this program during the past 6 years is reflected
in the caseload changes noted in the following table:


 Comparison of caseloads, 1957-62


 Number of Persons

Old age assistance .-- ---...
Aid to dependent children__--
Aid to the blind.... ---... .
Aid to the disabled ---.------- .....
 Total Federal categories .---------
General Assistance ----------_ --.------
 Grand total-------------- --


1957 1958

 659 620
 1,007 785
 25 21
 105 103
 1,796 1,529
 139 128
 1,935 1,657


1959

 584
 777
 20
 101
 1,482
 118

1,600


1960 1961

 561 527
 922 865
 19 19
 107 98
 1,609 1,509
 107 124
 1,716 1,633


1962

 532
 1,043
 16
 96
 1,687
 140

 1,827


 During the year, the program continued grants to assistance clients,
who were not hospitalized, to cover medicines and medical appliances
prescribed by physicians, clients received free hospitalization and
medicines while they were in-patients of the public hospitals. This
limited medical care program for assisting clients has been advanta-
geously handled through the prepayment plan operated by the De-
partment's pooled medical fund. Payments for medical care services
in 1962 totaled $60,211.85 as compared with $9,979.34 in 1961. The
large increase in 1962 is due to the new Medical Assistance to the

Aged program.
 Under the provisions of Act 651, Third Legislature, the Depart-
ment of Social Welfare purchased medical care from the Department


 Category


OAA _......
ADC.
AB --.......
DA.._
GA -.
EA ..
Total-- .


Caseload
St. Croix


 325
 198
 14
 60
 68
 0
 665


July 1,1961
St. Thomas-
St. John

 208
 67
 4
 41
 64
 0
 384


Added
St. Croix


 53
 87
 0
 3
 36
 27
 206


Expenditures


 1961

$183,554.78
169,649.15
 6,199.02
 38,324.70
 39,192.48
 2,880.19
$439,800.32


 1962

$227,370.25
205,507.85
 6,499.00
 40,935.75
 56,449.41
 25,215.19
$561,977.45