Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Illinois - University Library

246 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS
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1907 2,596
1908 3,031
1909 1,315
1910 1,305
1911 3,533
1 912 3,785
1913 3,340
Total 24.771
TABLE OF AVERAGES, SUBORDINATE LODGES, ILLINOIS.
Average membership per Lodge in Illinois, 103. 4+.
Average amount of relief paid by the Order for each day in 1912-13,
$890.37+.
13.18.
The number of Brothers who received benefits was one in every
Average amount received by each sick Brother, $20.91 + .
Average cost per member to pay sick benefits, $1.35+.
Average duration of sickness, 6 weeks, 3 days+.
Average duration of sickness if spread over the entire member-
ship, 2 days, 11 hours, 5 minutes.
Average amount paid by each member for maintenance of Orphans'
and Old Folks' Homes, $.614+.
Ratio of deaths, 9.4+ in 1,000.
Average amount of funeral benefits and expenses paid for each
death, $78.66 + .
$33.14 + .
Total average receipts per member, $9.16+.
Average cost per member for relief and charity, $3.16+.
Average excess of receipts over expenditures, $1.41 + .
Average assets per member, the total being $3,408,734.77, is
SICK BENEFITS.
In order to view the work of the Order intelligently, I have compiled
a table below showing the membership of the Order, the number
of weeks' benefits paid, and the average number of days' sickness per
member for twenty years.
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