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Social Casework
During the year, 135 families with problems were referred to the
Section from the various statutory and voluntary bodies.
There was a certain amount of movement during the year, and
various cases were closed, or referred to other Departments, leaving,
at the end of the year, a case load of 81 families with problems.
Throughout the year, patients attending the Chest Clinics at
Cumberland Hospital were referred by the Chest Physicians for
domiciliary visits to help with social and financial problems. The case
loads in this category were fairly consistent, and at the end of the year
the case load was 122.
The average number of cases carried throughout the year was
203.
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