APPENDIX 9
FAMILY SERVICES DIVISION
SERVICES RENDERED FROM 1 APRIL 1967 to 31 MARCH 1968
No. of Occasions
Kowloon
Eastern
Type of Service
District
District
Total
Western
Office &
Office &
District
Family
Family
Office
Services
Services
Centres
Centre
Counselling and Casework
Home visits
9,127
6,669
4,211
20,007
Office interviews
16,464
11,045
8,505
36,014
Public assistance
Dry rations
Cooked meals
Rice
Cash
Social Investigations
Legal aid
+
Workmen's compensation
Canadian pensioners
Others
Referrals
7,058
2,428
2,043
11,529
120
287
112
$19
2,093
143
2,244
824
515
244
1,583
596
182
89
180
37
53
31
17
1,296
309
A0008
867
270
53
1,609
Institutional care for children
298
321
Institutional care for the aged
78
Institutional care for the disabled
60
Vocational training
220
Clubs
45
Employment
578
Medical attention
2,341
707
***
Assistance in schooling
Welfare agencies
Others
Recommendations
Compassionate resettlement:
Domestic
..
182
**4
11
344
310
321
22
112
731
89
51
218
20
8
88
88
41
349
39
25
109
384
109
1,071
255
3,303
67
12
261
88
77
509
43
674
1,026
119
77
1,222
Shop Site
130
16
4
150
Hawker licences
632
128
116
876
Bootblack licences
10
4
14
Community Relief Trust Fund
31
3
9
43
War Memorial Fund
15
28
43
Far Eastern Relief Fund
Brewin Trust Fund
18
11
2
31
34
Repatriation
7
7
Jockey Club Scholarship Fund Government primary school places
4
4
8
45
12
57
Others
429
172
147
748
Total
44,592
24,118
16,497
85,207
* As Kowloon District Office was opened in August, 1967, it could only provide figures from
1st October onwards.
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