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APPENDIX 16
RELIEF SECTION
SERVICES RENdered During the period 1st April, 1957 to 31ST MARCH, 1958
(See Paragraph 55)
Welfare Centres
Type of Service
Totals
Happy
Valley
Shau Kei Wan
Western District
Yau Ma Tei
Sham Shui Po
Kowloon City
No. of cooked meals issued
127,570
139,365
256,650
No. of dry rations issued *
354,242
123,265
498,627
169,555
85,866
902,271
852,869
Letter Writing
16
27
104
21
357
Jobs Found
14
3
10
23
51
101
Attempted Suicide Cases †
(advice given).
Referred to clinics
Referred to other agencies
:
274
385
659
:
1,726
904
3,100
976
2,421
1,715
10,842
for financial assistance
Miscellaneous Services
Home Visits
2
1
59
62
:
543
165
921
656
386
296
2,967
723
432
416
1,172
827
517
4,087
Average Daily Total of Cooked Meals issued during the year Average Daily Total of Dry Rations issued during the year
Percentage of male food recipients
Percentage of female food recipients
Percentage of child food recipients (under eight years)
* Issued only at the main centres in Victoria and Kowloon.
Figures include 11,258 days' rations issued as emergency relief.
+ For details see Appendix 19 column (2).
2,472
2,306
5.9%
29.9%
64.2%
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