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accommodation, or for reception of children into care by the Children's
Department. Other families have been encouraged to apply for mortgages,
if their financial position permits this. Homelessness was
averted in 52 cases, involving 114 children, thereby saving a great
deal of time and money for the Local Authority.
Social Casework
The number of cases carried throughout the year was 455, this
includes referrals throughout the year-269, and the cases brought
forward from 1966—186. The number of cases closed during the
year was 86.
The number of families with problems referred was 139, and each
family was visited and supervised. Unfortunately, this side of the work
is rather limited since many families live in temporary accommodation
provided under Part III of the National Assistance Act, 1948, which
can make rehabilitation difficult. In many cases, the Social Workers
raised funds from voluntary organisations to help the family to maintain
the standard of the home, and also to make the home more
comfortable for the children.

The 'chest clinic families' dealt with involved 11 children, six of
them being under five years of age. For families with problems the
corresponding figures were 280 and 180 respectively and for mortgage
arrears cases, 28 and 12.
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