REPORT OF THE GOVERNOR OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS + 93

 lature made funds available to the Department of Social Welfare
 to assist with this problem through the construction of Emergency
 Housing. During the year, four eight-room units were built bringing
 the total prefabricated houses to 20. The following chart shows the
 progress of the program in St. Thomas:


 Report of emergency housing

 Total Men Women Girls Boys Infants Total
 families persons

St. Thomas:
 Applications pending July 1, 1961. 369 260 401 442 459 95 1,655
 Received during year -.------- 118 91 120 114 118 66 509
 Closed during year..---------- 23 15 27 26 33 17 118
 Applications pending June 30,
 1962 ---------_-- ----- 464 336 494 30 4 44 908
 Persons housed July 1, 1961------ 33 29 39 57 61 14 200
 Housed during year---- 18 14 21 23 28 15 101
 Moved during year ._----------- 1 1 1 1 3 0 6
 Total housed June 30, 1962. --- 50 42 59 79 86 29 295
St. Croix:
 Applications pending July 1, 1961 54 23 48 54 43 1 169
 Received during year .-------- 205 152 172 208 225 35 792
 Closed during year ...----------- 21 15 14 22 21 6 78
 Applications pending June 30,
 1962---- --------- 238 160 206 240 247 30 883
 Total housed July 1, 1961:
 Housed during year _------ 85 53 60 69 78 20 280
 Moved during year---------- 5 5 2 1 6 0 14
 Total housed June 30, 1962_. 80 48 58 68 72 20 266


 In St. Croix, the emergency situation was met by renovating 13 old
units and leasing 56 units from the Virgin Islands Corporation.
 Surplus Food Distribution Program.-The distribution of Federal
 surplus commodities to needy individuals, hospitals, Homes for the
 Aged, Baby Clinics and other institutions began on July 5, 1961.
 The initial caseloads of 1,936 persons increased to 2,385 at year end.
 The following chart shows the kind and amount of commodities re-
 ceived and the wholesale and retail value thereof:


 Federal surplus commodities received

 Commodity Pounds Wholesale Retail
 Value Value

Cornmeal...---.__-__-. ---.-.....---. --.....- 71.885 $5, 031.95 $6, 469.65
Wheat flour---- ---------- 84, 030 6,722.40 8, 403. 00
Dry pea and pinto beans-....--- -------------- 45, 319 4, 531.90 8,610.71
Lard ..--- ----__------- ------- --.. .--.-.- 49, 068 7,360.20 12,267. 00
Rolled oats.--------------....-- ------__ ------- 20,052 2,406.24 7,018.20
Chopped meat.---... -- ------------------- 46.421 20,425.24 27,709.44
Milk .....--- ..-----------------._ -.. -- 134,392 26,878.40 88,698.72
Rice ----- -..-------------- .. 102,054 10,205.40 16,328.64
Butter.- --------------.___..._ --------- 5,071 3,042.60 5,071.00
Cheese.. ..--. 16,303 9,781.80 11,901.19
Rolled wheat.. ------ --------- 16,380 1,965.60 4, 586.40
 Total .-.___. -_______-- ---.-_-..---_ 590,975 98,351.73 197,063.95


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