Social_Welfare_Annual_Report_1967-1968 — Page 84

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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