Social special care: the living expenses of demobilized soldiers, survivors of martyrs and disabled soldiers returning to their hometowns are regularly and quantitatively subsidized by the state civil affairs. In 2007, all kinds of special allowances were paid * * totaling 92 185 yuan.
Social welfare: since 1953, the relief and welfare undertakings in Tantou Township have never stopped. For the five-guarantee households, the elderly, orphans, the disabled, the weak and the people in social difficulties, they can get timely assistance when there are difficulties in production and life. In 2007, there were 2 12 people in the township, and each person received a monthly minimum living allowance in 50 yuan. The minimum living allowance for urban population in that year was 184546 yuan. In 2007, Tantou Town Civil Affairs provided disaster relief funds188,665,438 yuan and disaster relief food106,000 Jin.
By the end of 2007, there were disabled people 17 10 in the township, accounting for 6.0% of the total population of 28,504. Among them, there are 874 persons with physical disability, 277 persons with visual disability, 73 persons with hearing disability/kloc-0, 27 persons with mental disability/kloc-0, 93 persons with comprehensive disability and 76 persons with disability certificate/kloc-0. For disabled people living in rural areas, village communities and guardians guarantee their basic livelihood. When there are special difficulties, the township people's government will give temporary relief, and the urban disabled will be given regular and quantitative living allowance by the state.