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Nevertheless, despite all the staffing difficulties, the Social
Work Services were largely maintained.
Not including the Senior Social Worker and his Deputy
(both of whom, because of the shortage of supervisory staff, undertook
direct supervision of the social work service in addition to
visiting) the average working week of the 15 Social Workers may be
analysed as follows:—
Office Work (case reports and interviews) 33 %
Attendance at Clubs and Centres 25 %
Homeless Family Units 13%
Domiciliary Visiting 29 %
Departmental registers cover not only the blind and partially
sighted but the deaf and dumb and those persons severely or permanently
handicapped by illness, injury or congenital deformity
and, during 1966, efforts were continued to make these registers
more comprehensive.
Although registration is normally a pre-requisite to the provision
of services, no call for assistance goes unheeded by the department.
Visits to the handicapped during the year totalled 6,394 compared
with a figure of 3,185 for the previous nine-month's period.
This is equivalent to an increase of almost 50% over the 1965 figure
as estimated from the 9-month total.

Visits carried out by Social Workers during the year in connection
with applications for admission to Old People's Homes
amounted to 805. These were in addition to those also undertaken
by the Women Public Health Officers.
Furthermore, Social Workers dealt with 423 applications
(almost 2 cases every working day) in respect of the Council's
Homeless Families' temporary accommodation which resulted in
the admission of 120 families. With regard to many of the cases not
admitted, advice was given on obtaining alternative accommodation