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There is a continued close liaison between the Social Welfare
Section and other departments and in addition to the primary enquiries
for families rendered homeless, or potentially homeless, the
Social Workers deal with families who are under Notice to Quit
because of rent arrears. Again it is essential that urgent and prompt
action is taken to prevent families losing their homes, and ' go through
the rounds' of Part 111 Accommodation. Towards the end of the
year a good stable service was built up between voluntary housing
associations and this Section which helped to alleviate the suffering
of families who were living under overcrowded and cramped
conditions.
At the beginning of the year there were 490 active cases which
were receiving supervision by this section. During the year 483 new
cases were referred and by the end of the year 631 cases were still
receiving supervision.
It will be noted from the attached figures that the work is increasing
and all the Social Workers are aware that there is insufficient time
to give each family the help and guidance which they require, especially
now that families appear to be more aware of their own problems
and they come to the Section to make known their problems.