registered homeless were later found to be imposters or people who suffered very superficially from the typhoon; but the registration and feeding, with two hot meals a day, of such a large number of people for a time strained the resources of the Department beyond their limits. An appeal had to be made to the Army to assist with mass cooking and transport; cooks at Camp Kowloon, Chatham Road and the Gun Club and personnel from the Kowloon transport unit rose to the occasion and did an impressive job, both in quantity and in quality, in relieving the Department at a time of almost intolerable pressure. A total of 68 lesser disasters claimed another 69 lives and required the registration and feeding of another 15,000 victims (See Appendix 16 for details). In all a total of over 2,500,000 cooked meals and 100,000 portions of dry rations were issued for emergency relief purposes.
64. The Community Relief Trust Fund, established by law on 15th June, received almost $5 million dollars after the typhoon, nearly all of which had been expended for the relief of the victims by the end of the year; the annual report of the Fund contains details,
65. The co-operation of voluntary agencies remained invaluable in times of emergency. The British Red Cross Society, Catholic Relief Services, C.A.R.E., Church World Service, the Kaifong Associations, Lutheran World Service, and the Salvation Army are among the most active in distributing cash grants, blankets, used clothing, food parcels and cooking utensils.
CHAPTER VI
THE PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY HANDICAPPED
66. In providing for the welfare of the handicapped which is the sphere of the Special Welfare Services Section of the Department, increasing emphasis is being placed on training and rehabilitation rather than on relief and institutional care. This more constructive approach to work with the handicapped has brought about a gradual change in the role of the North Point Camp from that of a relief camp to a rehabilitation and training centre. It was decided that positive progress in this direction would justify the transfer of the administration of the Camp from the Relief Section to the Special Welfare Services Section of the Department and the change took place on 24th September, 1962. Details of the forms of training available to the 300 inmates of the Camp appear at Appendix 17. By the close of the year a new rehabilitation centre at Aberdeen, with expanded and improved
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