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Black,\nMinister of Social Welfare, Victoria, B.C.\nSir,\u2014I have the honour to submit the Annual Report of the Department of\nSocial Welfare for the year ended March 31st, 1960.\nE. R. RICKINSON,\nDeputy Minister of Social Welfare.\nDepartment of Social Welfare,\nVictoria, B.C., November 30th, 1960.\nE. R. Rickinson, Esq.,\nDeputy Minister of Social Welfare.\nSir,\u2014I submit herewith the Report of the Department of Social Welfare for\nthe year ended March 31st, 1960.\nJ. A. SADLER,\nDirector of Social Welfare.\ni\n DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WELFARE\nApril 1st, 1959, to March 31st, 1960\nHon. W. D. Black Minister of Social Welfare.\nSENIOR ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF\nE. R. Rickinson Deputy Minister.\nJ. A. Sadler Director of Social Welfare.\nMiss Marie Riddell Assistant Director of Social Welfare.\nJ. McDiarmid Departmental Comptroller.\nMrs. Jean Scott Supervisor, Family Division.\nMiss Ruby McKay Superintendent of Child Welfare.\nE. W. Berry Chairman, Old-age Assistance and Blind Per\nsons' and Disabled Persons' Allowances\nand Supplementary Assistance.\nDr. G. E. Wakefield Director of Medical Services.\nA. A. Shipp Chief Inspector of Welfare Institutions.\nMrs. M. Titterington Supervisor, Social Service Department, Division of Tuberculosis Control.\nF. G. Hassard Superintendent, Brannen Lake School for\nBoys.\nMiss W. M. Urquhart Superintendent, Willingdon School for Girls.\nG. P. Willie Superintendent, Provincial Home.\nE. L. Rimmer Administrator, Region I.\nH. E. Blanchard Administrator, Region II.\nR. I. Stringer Administrator, Region III.\nR. J. Burnham Administrator, Region IV.\nV. H. Dallamore Administrator, Region V.\nA. E. Bingham Administrator, Region VI.\nW. H. Crossley Administrator, Region VII.\n TABLE OF CONTENTS\nPage\nPart I.\u2014General Administration\u2014\nDirector of Social Welfare\t\nAssistant Director of Social Welfare 11\nPart II.\u2014Regional Administration\u2014\nRegion I 13\nRegion II 15\nRegion III 17\nRegion IV 19\nRegion V 20\nRegion VI 22\nRegion VII 25\nPart III.\u2014Divisional Administration\u2014\nFamily Division\u2014\nSocial Allowances 28\nFamily Service 32\nChild Welfare Division 36\nOld-age Assistance, Blind Persons' Allowances, Disabled Persons' Allowances, and Supplementary Assistance 48\nMedical Services Division 69\nPart IV.\u2014Institutions\u2014\nIndustrial School for Boys 74\nIndustrial School for Girls 79\nProvincial Home, Kamloops 82\nWelfare Institutions Board 85\nPart V.\u2014Medical Social Work Services\u2014\nDivision of Tuberculosis Control and Poliomyelitis Pavilion 91\nPart VI.\u2014Accounting Division 93\n Report of the Department of Social Welfare\nPART I.\u2014GENERAL ADMINISTRATION\nREPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE\nJ. A. Sadler\nIn this Report it will be noted from the information submitted by each divisional head and regional administrator that the demand for welfare services in this\nProvince continued to increase.\nRequests for services from all groups have taken an upward turn throughout\nthe fiscal year. It has been necessary to place more children in the care of the\nCrown and to provide more financial services for the older individuals. A marked\nincrease has taken place in payments made to persons in receipt of Social Allowance, due to the unemployment situation which has been prevalent throughout\nthe year.\nAs at August 1st, 1959, an increase in rates for the care of welfare patients in\nboarding and nursing homes was authorized. Also, on the same date, the payments\nfor the maintenance of children in foster homes were increased. These higher rates\nwere necessitated by the increase in the cost of maintenance for the persons involved.\nIn July, 1959, changes were made in the cheque-writing procedures for a portion of the Social Allowance group. The names of persons in receipt of Social\nAllowance who would obviously continue to receive assistance for an indefinite\nperiod were transferred to an I.B.M. machine system for the issuance of cheques.\nFormerly the cheques had been issued in the local area and were manually typed.\nThe change to a mechanical system, centralized in Victoria, has resulted in economy\nof effort and time.\nThe Research Consultant continued her survey of case loads in order that the\nDepartment would be aware of the types of individuals requesting services and the\nchanging circumstances which made it necessary for persons to request aid from\nthis Department.\nRevision of the Departmental manuals was continued by the Office Consultant.\nThe main Policy Manual has been stream-lined and a Resources Manual developed.\nOn April 7th, 1959, the School for Girls was moved from Cassiar Street, Vancouver, to Willingdon Avenue, Burnaby. The new facilities of the Willingdon\nSchool for Girls have enhanced the work of rehabilitation of the girls, and the cottage\nsystem allowing proper segregation has proved to be most beneficial.\nThe Greater Vancouver Health League Joint Study Committee on Nursing\nHomes was established, with representatives from this Department and from the\nHospital Insurance Service department as members. The Committee is studying all\nphases of the licensing of institutions and care for aged and infirm persons.\nThe following tables show, on a comparative basis, case loads and changes in\ncase loads:\u2014\n L 10\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\nTable I.\u2014Numerical and Percentage Comparison of Case Load by Major\nCategories as at March 31st for the Years 1959 and 1960\nCategory\n1959\nNumber\nPer Cent\n1960\nNumber\nPer Cent\nFamily Service _\nSocial Allowance \t\nBlind Persons' Allowance1-\nOld-age Assistances-\nOld Age Security supplementary assistance.\nDisabled Persons' Allowance1\t\nChild Welfare \t\nHealth and Institutional-\n1,317\n17,578\n660\n8,544\n32,239\n1,666\n6,379\n663\n1.9\n25.5\n1.0\n12.4\n46.7\n2.4\n9.2\n1.0\n1,366\n19,503\n661\n8,512\n32,645\n1,958\n6,775\n721\nTotals for Province.\n69,046\n100.0\n72,141\n1.9\n27.0\n0.9\n11.8\n45.3\n2.7\n9.4\n1.0\n100.0\n1 Includes Old-age Assistance Board figures which are not shown in regional reports.\nTable II.\u2014Movement in Case Load during Fiscal Year 1959\/60\nMajor Category of Service\nCases Opened during Year\nCases Closed during Year\nNumber\nPer Cent\nNumber\nPer Cent\n1,978\n2.8\n1,915\n2.8\n40,477\n56.1\n3'8,212\n55.6\n378\n0.5\n388\n0.6\n1,177\n1.6\n882\n1.3\n6,358\n8.8\n6,399\n9.3\n14,716\n20.4\n14,286\n20.8\n6,633\n9.2\n6,243\n9.1\n453\n0.6\n380\n0.5\nFamily Service\t\nSocial Allowance \t\nBlind Persons' Allowance\t\nDisabled Persons' Allowance..\nOld-age Assistance-\nOld Age Security supplementary assistance-\nChild Welfare-\nHealth and Institutional-\nTotals for Province-\n72,170 ; 100.0 | 68,705\n100.0\nTable III.\u2014Number of Cases by Category and as a Percentage of Population\nas at March 31st, for the Years 1959 and 1960\n1959\n1960\nCategory\nNumber\nPer Cent of\nPopulation\n(1,544,000)\nNumber\nPer Cent of\nPopulation\n(1,570,000)\n1,317\n17,578\n660\n8,544\n32,239\n1,666\n6,379\n663\n0.09\n1.14\n0.04\n0.55\n2.09\n0.11\n0.41\n0.04\n1,366\n19,503\n661\n8,512\n32,645\n1,958\n6,775\n721\n0.09\n1.24\nBlind Persons' Allowance1 \t\nOld-age Assistance1 . - - -\t\n0.04\n0.54\n2.08\n0.12\nChild Welfare \t\n0.43\n0.05\n69,046\n4.47\n72,141\n4.59\n1 Includes Old-age Assistance Board figures which are not shown in regional reports.\nThe above tables show the increases which have taken place, not only in case\nload, but in the activity in the case load. The marked increase in Social Allowance\ncase load has wider implications than the mere fact that people are drawing financial\nassistance from public funds in that worsening economic conditions in families\ndevelop other social problems and in many cases family-unit breakdowns. This,\nof course, increases the demands for family and child services.\nThe co-operation and help extended by all public and private agencies and other\norganizations interested in the welfare of the people of British Columbia has\nbeen greatly appreciated, and I would like to extend the thanks of the staff of this\nDepartment to these groups.\n REPORT OF SOCIAL WELFARE BRANCH L 11\nREPORT OF THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE\nMiss Marie Riddell\nThe responsibilities of the office of the Assistant Director of Social Welfare are\ndefined as participating in the administration of the Department, assisting the\nDirector of Social Welfare in certain delegated duties, and primary responsibility for\nmaintaining the social work and clerical staff for the field service and divisions of\nthe Department. This latter function is delegated in part to the Provincial Supervisor of Training and her assistant in Vancouver. An Office Consultant is also a\nmember of the staff of the Assistant Director of Social Welfare.\nThe defined function of the Department is \" all matters relating to social and\npublic welfare and social assistance.\" As provided in legislation, the Department is\nrequired to give a casework service as well as grant financial assistance. The former\nresponsibility is no less important than the latter because it is with casework skill\nand knowledge that a social worker fulfils the basic preventive and rehabilitative\nfunction of the Department in working with people who come to us for help.\nThis year under review has presented serious demands on the social-work staff\nto try to fulfil both responsibilities, in that it has seen an increase in the total caseload from 68,818 as at April, 1959, to 72,514 as at March, 1960\u2014approximately\n6 per cent.\nThe cases active totalled 16,815 in April, 1959, and 18,512 in March, 1960,\nan increase of 10 per cent. Cases opened in April, 1959, were 5,482, and in March,\n1960, 7,058, an increase of 30 per cent. Cases closed in April, 1959, were 5,710,\nand in March, 1960, 6,685, an increase of 14 per cent. The increase in the Social\nAllowance caseload alone, however, rose from 17,188 in April, 1959, to 19,281 in\nMarch, 1960, or 12 per cent. Consequently, the increase in the total caseload is\nmore than equalled by the increase in the Social Allowance caseload.\nDuring this past year, approval was received for an increase in the staff establishment of the field service of three social workers in Novembmer, 1959, and in\nFebruary, 1960, eleven social workers and six clerical staff. This offered some\nalleviation of pressure to some offices where the demands of caseload had reached\nemergency proportions.\nThe following table shows the total number of casual and permanent staff\n(clerical, professional, and technical) that were employed and their location in the\nDepartment as at March 31st, 1960:\u2014\nOffice of Deputy Minister 2\nDirector of Social Welfare 4\nField Service 288\nMedical Services Division 13\nChild Welfare Division 18\nProvincial Home 34\nBrannen Lake School for Boys 62\nGirls' Industrial School 50\nOld-age Assistance Board 74\nFamily Division 5\nTotal * 550\n L 12\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\nThe following table gives the total social-work staff employed for the fiscal\nyears ending March 31st, 1959, and March 31st, 1960:\u2014\nUniversity\nTrained\nIn-service\nTrained\nTotal\nTotal staff, March 31st, 1959 ,\t\n77\n+5\n132\n\u20145\n209\nStaff appointed April 1st, 1959, to March 31st, 1960 :,\t\n82\n14\n18\n127\n55\n45\n209\n69\n63\n78\n137\n2151\n1 This figure does not reflect the total increase of fourteen social workers as they could not all be recruited\nprior to March 31st, 1960.\nDuring the year under review there was a total of 144 separations and an equal\nnumber of replacements to fill them. Of these, sixty-three were social workers who\nleft the Department for the following reasons: Fifty-nine resigned, three died, and\none retired.\nResponsibility for appointments, promotions, reclassifications, and processing\nof resignations covered a total of 340 staff members.\nDuring the course of the year eighty-six persons were given in-service training\nby the Training Division in seven introductory and five final group sessions.\nThe Department was represented at six conferences and institutes related to\nsocial welfare, and seventy-one delegates attended, forty-five of whom attended the\nregional conference of the Child Welfare League of America, held in Vancouver for\nthe first time, and thus presenting a unique opportunity for the staff of the Department to participate.\nDuring this fiscal year twenty-eight district supervisors' meetings were held\nthroughout the seven regions.\nThe combined staff of Regions V and VII met in Prince Rupert in October,\n1959, which the Assistant Director of Social Welfare attended, and later visited\nseveral of the individual district offices of the two northern regions.\nDuring this fiscal year the Office Consultant visited one district office to review\nand revise office routines and procedures. All recommendations were then reported\nto Senior Administration and the Regional Administrator concerned.\nIn conclusion, I wish to express my sincerest appreciation for the co-operation\nof the staff with the office of the Assistant Director of Social Welfare, and gratitude\nto them for their loyalty and supreme effort, for without the field service the Department could not function or try to fulfil its responsibilities.\nMy personal thanks are expressed to the staff of my own office, both professional and clerical, whose support is given at all times without fail.\n REPORT OF SOCIAL WELFARE BRANCH\nPART IL\u2014REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION\nL 13\nREGION I\nE. L. Rimmer, Regional Administrator\nThe physical boundaries remain the same. The region comprises Vancouver\nIsland, the Gulf Islands, and a small section of the Mainland contiguous to the\nJohnstone and Queen Charlotte Straits. According to estimated figures, the population for the region approximates 245,000 persons, with a land area of roughly\n13,000 square miles. About half the population lives in the southerly part.\nThe social-worker staff, who serve the people in the area for welfare services,\nand who operate from seven administrative offices, consists of thirty-three social\nworkers, with four supervisors, two municipal administrators, and one Regional\nAdministrator.\nHereunder are shown three tables as at March 31st, 1960, which are of a\nstatistical nature.\nTable I.\u2014Analysis of Case Load and Population in Each Municipality of Region I\nas at March 31st, 1960, as Related to the Administrative Plan (Section 6 of\nthe Regulations under the Social Assistance Act).\nArea\nPopulation,\n1956 Census\nWelfare Services\nPer Capita\nPlan\nAmalgamated\nPlan\nWelfare\nCase Load\n3,947\n10,373\n3,069\n2,477\n1,039\n3,025\n3,247\n10,384\n2,107\n12,705\n1,949\n7,781\n726\n14,857\n38,358\n54,584\n895\n1,151\n1,112\n1,371\n389\n520\n154\nX\nX\nO)\nX\nC1)\nX\n158\n403\n109\n97\nX\n178\nX \\\nO)\nX\n(*)\nX ]\nO)\nX !\n, X\n V\n285\nVillage of Ladysmith\t\n900\nVillage of Lake Cowichan\t\n281\n255\n1,119\n3,826\nC1)\n\n3\n_ o\nO cd\nz>\nTJ\nC\nO\nB\n.c\no\n5\nu\n>\nO\n9 if\n\u00ab.\u00ab\n>o\n>\nU 1-\n>\n3\nO '\nIs,\no\nu\nTotal\n38\n598\n35\n451\n2,244\n89\n407\n54\n20\n154\n6\n99\n273\n32\n150\n3\n66\n563\n14\n215\n808\n32\n138\n22\n19\n225\n2\n105\n416\n26\n158\n9\n29\n234\n11\n136\n837\n31\n155\n30\n14\n170\n4\n151\n434\n40\n134\n15\n26\n136\n3\n87\n394\n28\n310\n32\n13\n33\n4\n47\n325\n14\n43\n21\n12\n103\n2\n39\n167\n17\n72\n10\n237\n5,391\n179\n2,368\n9,001\n499\n7,607\nBlind Persons' Allowance\t\nOld-age Assistance\t\nSupplementary assistance to\n260\n3,698\n14,899\nDisabled Persons' Allowance\nChild Welfare _\t\n808\n1,567\n196\nTotals \t\n3,916\n737\n1,858\n960\n1,463\n962\n17,438\n1,016\n500\n422\n29,272\nEmergency Shelter\nIn Vancouver during the winter of 1959\/60 special provision was required\nfor the sheltering of unemployed single transient men congregated in the City\nof Vancouver. In former years the extent of the problem was not clear because\nmen would go from agency to agency requesting help and the reported total was\nmuch exaggerated. This problem was overcome by the co-operation of all \" shelter \" agencies in maintaining a simple registration that could be cleared with the\nVancouver City Social Service Department. Such reports showed a shortage of\nsleeping accommodation. This was overcome by the provision of temporary shelter\nfacilities furnished with equipment loaned from the Department of National Defence.\nThe Salvation Army managed and supervised the project, and costs were absorbed\nby the Provincial-municipal welfare departments. The facilities of existing agencies\nwere used to the full, and the emergency shelter took care of the surplus. The shelter, accommodating eighty-five men, was opened November 30th, 1959, and by\nMarch 31st, 1960, a total of 6,498 bed-nights had been provided to an average of\n279 men each month at a total cost of $2,838.73, and an average cost per bed-night\nof approximately 44 cents.\nThe staff-case load situation in Region II for the fiscal year 1959\/60 was as\nfollows:\u2014\n REPORT OF SOCIAL WELFARE BRANCH L 17\n(1) The establishment of social workers, exclusive of clerical, supervisory,\nand administrative staff, was seventy-eight. Vancouver City Social Service\nDepartment, which does not handle child welfare cases, has forty-two\nsocial workers.\n(2) Case load: March 31st, 1959 March 31st, 1960\nTotal for Region II 28,444 29,272\nVancouver 17,145 17,438\nAll other offices in Region II 11,299 11,834\n(3) Number of Old Age Security supplementary assistance cases:\u2014\nMarch 31st, 1959 March 31st, 1960\nTotal for Region II '. 14,697 14,899\nVancouver 8,757 9,001\nAll other offices in Region II 5,940 5,898\n(4) The average case loads were as follows:\u2014 March 3ist, 1959 March31st, i960\nAll of Region II 364 375\nVancouver 408 415\nAll other offices in Region II 313 328\nThe above analysis is given to explain weight of work. Old Age Security\nsupplementary assistance cases constitute approximately 50 per cent of the total\ncase load. Annual field service reports on these cases are not required, but an\napproximate 10 per cent of such is the objective. Somewhat more than 10 per cent\nare done due to the opportunity for reporting when applications are received for\nancillary services such as boarding home, nursing home, dentistry, glasses, etc. The\nlarge majority of these cases require little attention in any given year. Average case\nloads have to be viewed accordingly. Case loads well weighted with such cases are\nless heavy in actual practice. Therefore, generalized case loads of 313 and 328\ncan be heavier than is consistent with good work if they are weighted with child and\nfamily and social allowance cases.\nOnce again this is an opportunity to thank private agency and municipal welfare\nadministrators and their staffs who have co-operated so generously in carrying out\nthe task we have all undertaken to do. To the staff of the Department of Social\nWelfare, clerical persons, social workers, supervisors, and senior administration, I\nwould like to extend special thanks for their help.\nREGION III\nR. I. Stringer, Regional Administrator\nThere have been no changes in the regional boundaries during the past year.\nThe region is bounded on the south by the International Border, on the north by\nWells Gray Park, on the east by Revelstoke and district; and on the west by Bralorne.\nThe principal concentrations of population are in and around the cities of Kamloops,\nVernon, Kelowna, and Penticton. The Department of Social Welfare services are\nprovided from six Provincial offices, one each located at Kamloops, Kelowna, Penticton, Oliver, Salmon Arm, and Vernon, and four amalgamated offices located at\nKamloops, Kelowna, Penticton, and Vernon.\nThe Department of Social Welfare provides welfare services in the municipalities of Armstrong, Enderby, Revelstoke, Salmon Arm, and Summerland, these services being paid for by the municipalities concerned on a per capita basis.\n2\n L li\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\nThe population in this region continues to grow at an estimated 5 per cent per\nyear. This increase in population has resulted in a greater demand for our services,\nwhich is confirmed in the statistics which follow. As suggested in the last report\nand because of the larger population in the outlying areas, consideration should be\ngiven to opening up another office to cover the Lytton-Spences Bridge-Lillooet-\nBralorne-Ashcroft-Clinton area. With an office in that area, possibly located at\nLillooet, travelling time would be cut considerably and a larger proportion of the\nsocial workers' time could be spent with their clients. It would also be possible to\nopen up badly needed foster homes in the Bralorne and Lytton areas, at the present\ntime too inaccessible for adequate supervision from the Kamloops office. Lack of\nadequate homes has been a continuous problem in the Kamloops area and, to varying degrees, throughout the region.\nAs noted in last year's report, this region has a mixed economy, which has, in\nthe past, tended to provide an adequate income for the majority of the residents.\nHowever, in spite of this there has been an increase in unemployed persons requiring\nassistance. Persons have come to this region seeking seasonal work picking fruit\nand vegetables or in the lumbering industry who previously have been employed\nelsewhere in the Province. Although there has been the usual amount of employment, it has not been enough to take care of the large influx of unemployed persons\nfrom other areas. As a result, there has been a greatly increased demand on our\nservices. This year there was $256,634.89 dispensed to assist employable persons.\nThis is an amount 58 per cent greater than that dispensed in the year before, which\nin turn was almost eight times greater than the previous year.\nThe foregoing comments on assistance to employable persons are supported by\nthe fact that the Social Allowance, as a percentage of total case load, increased from\n25.6 per cent at March 31st, 1959, to 27.1 per cent at March 31st, 1960. During\nthe same period total case load increased from 8,133 to 8,459, an increase of 4 per\ncent. In addition to this increase in case load, there were 18,204 cases opened and\nclosed, an increase of 51.3 per cent over the year before, which is, in turn, an\nincrease of 22.5 per cent over the previous year.\nFrom the above it can be seen that the work load carried by the staff in this\nregion has increased at a considerable rate, and I would like to take this opportunity\nof thanking them for the extra efforts they have been making and for the loyalty\nand high ideals and principles that they have maintained under considerable\npressures.\nThe following tables show the regional case load as of March 31st, 1959, and\nMarch 31st, 1960, by types of assistance and location of servicing offices.\nTable I.\u2014Case Load by Major Categories in the District Administrative Offices of\nRegion III as at March 31st, 1960\nCategory\na>\no.\no\n0\nE\nrt\nO\na\no\nCJ\nC\nu\na,\nu\n0\na\no\nEc\ns\no\nS\nCJ\n>\na\no\no\n\u00a3>,\na\no\n_CJ\nn\u00a3\nCJ-C-\na\no\no\n113\n644\n27\n206\n566\n32\n462\n34\n42\n183\n9\n98\n322\n42\n151\n11\n74\n237\n9\n111\n311\n30\n240\n15\n18\n121\n3\n45\n158\n14\n41\n, 3\n13\n207\n11\n92\n328\n17\n106\n14\n15\n266\n6\n130\n422\n30\n212\n11\n187\n2\n52\n196\n20\n105\n9\n79\n350\n35\n5\n210\n5\n62\n282\n20\n131\n7\n101\n343\n22\n275\n2,291\nBlind Persons' Allowance _ .\t\n88\n976\nSupplementary assistance to Old Age Security \t\n3,278\n262\nChild Welfare \t\n1,212\n4\n97\nTotals . \t\n2,084\n858\n1,027\n403\n788\n1.0921 457\n583\n583\n604\n8 479\n REPORT OF SOCIAL WELFARE BRANCH\nL 19\nTable II.\u2014Numerical and Percentage Comparison of Case Load by Major\nCategories in Region III for Fiscal Years 1958\/59 and 1959\/60\nCategory\n1958\/59\n1959\/60\nNumber\nPer Cent\nNumber\nPer Cent\nFamily Service \t\nSocial Allowance - -\t\n265\n2,082\n87\n972\n3,289\n232\n1,124\n82\n3.3\n25.6\n1.1\n11.9\n40.4\n2.8\n13.9\n1.0\n275\n2,291\n88\n976\n3,278\n262\n1,192\n97\n3.2\n27.1\n1.1\nOld-age Assistance - \t\n11.6\nSupplementary assistance to Old Age Security\t\nDisabled Persons' Allowance\t\n38.7\n3.2\nChild Welfare\t\n14.1\nHealth and Institutional\t\n1.0\nTotals\t\n8,133\n100.0\n8,459\n100.0\nREGION IV\nR. L. Burnham, Regional Administrator\nThere were no changes in the regional boundaries during the past year. Region\nIV forms a rough triangle in the south-eastern corner of the Province, taking in the\nEast and West Kootenay areas. There were seven Provincial and one municipal\noffices providing welfare services to the people in this area, and these were located\nat Fernie, Cranbrook, Creston, Nelson, New Denver, Trail, and Grand Forks, with\nTrail City providing its own services. These eight administrative offices were staffed\nby twenty social workers, three district supervisors, one municipal administrator, and\none regional administrator. The staff was increased by two social workers during\nthe year to assist in handling the much-increeased volume of work. These two\nadditional workers were placed in the Cranbrook and Nelson offices.\nOnce again our figures demonstrate the ever-increasing demands made on staff.\nIt will be noted in Table II that the total case load in this region increased by 660\ncases, or 12 per cent, over the previous year's figures. It will be noted, too, that\nthe Social Allowance category accounts for the greater part of this increase, and this\nhas been the situation over the past two years. For example, as at March 31st,\n1958, we had 956 Social Allowance cases in this region, constituting 19.7 per cent\nof our total case load. On March 31st, 1959, we had 1,296 Social Allowance cases,\nor 23.9 per cent of our total case load. As at March 31st, 1960, these figures\nclimbed to 1,993 cases, or 32.9 per cent of our case load.\nIt is interesting to note that an especially heavy increase in our Social Allowance\nroles was shown in the Cranbrook, Trail, and Trail City offices. Cranbrook experienced an increase in this category of 121 per cent over the previous year's number. The Trail Provincial office recorded a 63 per cent increase, while the City of\nTrail figures showed a 134 per cent jump. The increases in the Cranbrook and\nTrail districts seem to be related to the fact that two major construction projects\nwere being undertaken in the immediate vicinities\u2014the pulp-mill at Castlegar and\nthe steel-mill at Kimberley. Both Trail and Cranbrook had an influx of unemployed\nmen seeking work at these two projects, and many, not being able to obtain a hoped-\nfor job, had to apply to our offices for financial assistance.\nBoarding- and nursing-home facilities are still in demand in this region. A\nsmall number of the existing homes increased their capacity to a limited extent,\nbut not sufficient to meet the need that exists.\nDuring this past year seventy-nine Doukhobor children who had been resident at the dormitory at New Denver were discharged from care of the Superin-\n L 20\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\ntendent of Child Welfare. The staff in the district office in Nelson has had heavy\nresponsibilities in dealing with the parents and children in this difficult situation and\ndeserve special thanks for their patience and efforts.\nTo all staff members in Region IV, I should like to express my sincere appreciation for their response to the heavy demands made on them. I should also like\nto express my appreciation to those members of the community who assisted us in\nso many ways to provide a better service to our clients.\nTable I.\u2014Case Load by Major Categories in the District Administrative Offices\nof Region IV as at March 31st, 1960\nCategory\no\no\n\u25a1\nrt\n6\nc\no\ncn\nOJ\nu\n1\nu\nM\no\n\u25a0a\na\na\n0\nc\no\n*QJ\nz\nOJ qj\nis\nrt\n&\n0\n1\n\"rt\nO\nH\n41\n499\n8\n97\n397\n22\n171\n23\n31\n132\n2\n92\n229\n24\n81\n6\n10\n85\n3\n67\n221\n18\n24\n1\n5\n168\n9\n116\n268\n20\n31\n2\n54\n449\n2\n164\n505\n29\n113\n13\n4\n69\n4\n57\n246\n6\n50\n3\n15\n322\n6\n114\n316\n37\n86\n20\n8\n269\n4\n28\n127\n6\n44\n5\n168\n1,993\nBlind Persons' Allowance\t\n38\n735\n2,309\nDisabled Persons' Allowance\u2014\t\nChild welfare\n162\n600\nHealth and Institutional\t\n73\n1,258\n597\n429\n619\n1,329\n439\n916\n491\n6,078\nTable II.\u2014Numerical and Percentage Comparison of Case Load by Major Categories in Region IV as at March 31st for the Fiscal Years 1958\/59 and 1959\/60\nCategory\n1958\/59\n1959760\nNumber\nPer Cent\nNumber\nPer Cent\n174\n1,296\n30\n683\n2.361\n3.2\n23.9\n0.6\n12.6\n43.6\n168\n1,993\n38\n735\n2,309\n162\n600\n73\n2.8\nSocial Allowance \u2014 - -\t\nBlind Persons' Allowance\t\n32.9\n0.6\n12.1\n37.8\n142 2.6\n2.7\nChild Welfare\n654\n78\n12.1\n1.4\n9.9\n1.2\nTotals _ - \t\n5,418\n100.0\n6,078\n100.0\nREGION V\nV. H. Dallamore, Regional Administrator\nRegional boundaries remained unchanged during the fiscal year under review,\nbut the boundary between the Prince George and Quesnel offices was moved northward to include the village of Hixon in the district concerned by the latter office.\nThis was done to effect a transfer of approximately twenty cases from the Prince\nGeorge district to the Quesnel district and thereby ease the pressures on the staff of\nthe more northerly office.\nMunicipalities responsible for welfare services are unchanged, but during the\nyear the residents of these organized communities who are receiving our services\nbecame a greater portion of our total case load, increasing from 34.1 to 36.9 per\ncent.\n REPORT OF SOCIAL WELFARE BRANCH\nL 21\nSome improvement in the foster-home situation was achieved during the year\nin that the number of foster homes in use or available for use increased from 208\nto 261. At the same time the number of children in care at March 31st increased\nfrom 291 to 328. A good proportion of the new foster homes were secured in the\nPrince George district, where all foster-parents were asked to seek out others and\nwere prompted in this by a meeting at which Miss Ruby McKay, Superintendent\nof Child Welfare, spoke.\nNevertheless, there remains an acute shortage of adequate foster homes,\nparticularly in view of the fact that we are aware of the considerable number of\nchildren who should really be in care because of inadequacy of their family homes.\nThe worsening economic situation in the region resulted in a change of pattern\nduring the summer months of 1959. Usually assistance to unemployed employable\npersons decreases sharply during the summer months, but this year the grants to\nthese persons decreased very little indeed and provided a spring-board from which\ngrants reached new highs starting in November of 1959. During the month of\nMarch, 1960, the grants amounted to 156 per cent of the grants given in March of\n1959. Assistance to the unemployed employables has always been greatest in the\nPrince George district, but during the fiscal year under review it was noted that the\nneed was increasing more rapidly in the other areas. Whereas grants given to\nunemployed employable persons in Prince George comprised 66 per cent of the\ntotal grants given in the entire region at the beginning of the fiscal year, they comprised only 54 per cent of those being given at the end.\nTotal case load showed increases in all offices, and it may be seen from Table\nI, which follows, that the greatest increase occurred in Social Allowances. This\ncategory of service now comprises 35.6 per cent of the total case load and is\ncurrently greater than the aged categories of Old-age Assistance, Old Age Security\nsupplementary assistance, and Blind Persons' Allowances. The latter totalled\n1,375, and then comprised 35.4 per cent of the total case load.\nTable I.\u2014Numerical and Percentage Comparison of Case Load by Major\nCategories in Region V for the Fiscal Years 1958\/59 and 1959\/60\nCategory\n1958\/59\n1959\/60\nNumber\nPer Cent\nNumber\nPer Cent\nFamily Service\t\nSocial Allowance ,\t\nBlind Persons' Allowance -\t\n213\n1,038\n44\n379\n846\n42\n700\n29\n6.5\n31.5\n1.3\n11.5\n25.7\n1.3\n21.3\n0.9\n212\n1,380\n47\n374\n954\n49\n828\n35\n5.5\n35.6\n1.2\n9.6\n24.6\n1.3\nChild Welfare \t\n21.3\n09\nTotals\t\n3,290\n100.0\n3,879\n100 0\nIncreases in case loads were greatest in the Quesnel and Vanderhoof offices\non a percentage basis, where they were respectively 28.2 and 27.4 per cent.\n L 22\nTable II.-\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\n-Case Load by Major Categories in the District Administrative Offices of\nRegion V as at March 31st, 1960\nCategory\nFort\nSt. John\nPouce\nCoupe\nPrince\nGeorge\nQuesnel\nVanderhoof\nWilliams\nLake\nTotal\n48\n74\n2\n28\n132\n3\n85\n2\n47\n204\n2\n64\n172\n10\n122\n10\n48\n691\n10\n120\n266\n13\n324\n15\n26\n145\n2\n53\n118\n9\n126\n3\n4\n82\n12\n53\n126\n3\n68\n1\n39\n184\n19\n56\n140\n11\n103\n4\n212\n1,380\nBlind Persons' Allowance \t\n47\n374\nSupplementary assistance to Old Age\n954\nDisabled Persons' Allowance-\t\nChild Welfare _ \t\n49\n828\n35\nTotals \t\n374\n631\n1,487\n482\n349\n556\n3,879\nThe average case load per social worker at the end of the fiscal year was 268,\nas compared with a figure of 263 twelve months previously. The offices showing\nup worst in this respect were Vanderhoof, with 349 cases for its one social worker,\nand Prince George, with 297 for each of its five social workers. The staff in the\nlatter office was increased by one in June of 1959, but is obviously in need of greater\nexpansion. Half-time social workers were added to the Pouce Coupe and Fort St.\nJohn offices during the year, and the extreme pressure suffered in these offices\npreviously was somewhat alleviated.\nOne of the features of case loads in Region V is their inordinate activity. This\nis exemplified in the statistics from March of 1960, where the relationship between\n\" cases active \" and \" case load \" in this region was 42.5 per cent, while the figure\nfor the next closest region in this respect was 33.6 per cent.\nTurnover of social-work staff was considerable during the year and added to\nthe difficulties of maintaining our standards of service. Two of the three district\nsupervisors left to take comparable positions elsewhere in the Department. Eight\nfull-time and one half-time social workers resigned and ten full-time and one half-\ntime social workers were appointed, increasing the staff from 12V2 to 14Vi. Three\nof the resigning social workers did so to go to university, three left because they were\nunsatisfactory, one resigned because of poor health, and one full-time and one half-\ntime social worker left because of family reasons.\nNevertheless, the social-work staff at the end of the fiscal year, although lacking\nconsiderably in experience and training, has good potentiality, and I consider that the\nforthcoming year will show a general improvement in their quality. At this time\nI wish to express my sincere appreciation for their devotion to duty and their evident\ndesire to learn.\nREGION VI\nA. E. Bingham, Regional Administrator\nThe regional boundaries remained unchanged during the year. Commencing\nwith the municipality of Surrey, on the south side of the Fraser River and the municipality of Pitt Meadows on the north side of the Fraser River, Region VI extends\neast on both sides of the river to Lytton and to the summit of the Hope-Princeton\nHighway. It is four years since the 1956 Census, and thus it is increasingly more\ndifficult to obtain an accurate population figure. Based on information from school\nboards and health units within the region, the regional population is estimated at\n175,000.\n REPORT OF SOCIAL WELFARE BRANCH L 23\nThe western part of the region was brought closer to the metropolitan area\nof Vancouver this year with the opening of the Deas Island Tunnel. The result is\na further increase in population and a further subdivision of farm land for residential and commercial purposes. The trend of the past thirty years continues in\nthe Fraser Valley. Farms give way to cities and towns, and the trend is from a rural\nagricultural to an urban society.\nThe responsibility for the administration of social welfare services at the local\nlevel in Region VI is undertaken through two principal systems. These systems are\nestablished by the Social Assistance Act and regulations. In the large municipality\nof Surrey the responsibility for the administration of social welfare services rests\nwith the municipality. They provide these services through a municipal social\nwelfare department. The social-work staff is shared by the Provincial Government.\nSurrey municipal social welfare offices are located at Cloverdale and Whalley.\nAll other municipalities in the region and the unorganized territory in the\neastern section of the region are served by Provincial district offices.\nProvincial district offices are located at White Rock, Langley, Haney, Abbots-\nford, and Chilliwack. During the year under review the following municipalities\nheld agreements with the Department of Social Welfare for the provision of social\nwelfare service through Provincial district offices: Cities\u2014White Rock, Langley,\nand Chilliwack; district municipalities\u2014Langley, Matsqui, Sumas, Chilliwhack,\nMission, and Maple Ridge; towns\u2014Mission.\nFive municipalities in the region are not responsible for social welfare costs.\nThe five Provincial and two municipal offices of the region at March 31st, 1960,\nwere staffed with twenty-eight social workers, one assistant district supervisor, four\ndistrict supervisors, one municipal administrator, and one Regional Administrator.\nDuring the year under review the major part of staff time was used to meet\neconomic need. Our case-load figures in Table I reveal that 8,343 cases, or 85.8\nper cent of our regional case load, are cases involving direct financial assistance.\nFurther, Table I reveals that the regional case load increased by 556 cases during\nthe year. Social Allowance cases accounted for 438 of this increase; Old-age\nAssistance categories, 75; and child welfare, 33.\nIn seeking answers for the sharp increase in the Social Allowance case load,\nwe note some of the factors as a down-swing in the economy and a slowly swelling\npopulation. During the past year our offices were the stand-by agency. The\nThe down-swing in the economy meant that we were called upon to meet the\ndependency needs of large numbers of unemployed persons. They lacked the means\nfor subsistence as their entitlement to unemployment insurance benefits ceased or\nwere insufficient to keep families together. Our offices proved that they had the\norganization to close the gap and supply the essential services in a crisis.\nRegional experience through the year shows that many unemployed employable\npersons who apply for assistance bring other needs in addition to their economic\nneed. The loss of satisfying work and the loss of status entailed in being unemployed\ncreates feelings of inadequacy. In many cases, family relationships are undermined\nby the disorganizing effects of unemployment. The ability to grasp opportunities\ntoward self-help appear to be weakened when a family or individual is dependent\nupon public funds over a lengthy period.\nMeeting the needs of transients was a problem confronting several district\noffices during the past year. Many single men, unemployed, moved from locality to\nlocality in search of work. In February of the year under review, this region took\npart in a Departmental survey to assess some of the special problems of the single-\ntransient group of Social Allowance applicants.\n L 24 BRITISH COLUMBIA\nTable I reveals the number of cases carried in each category within the region,\nand Table II shows the breakdown of the case load for each administrative area.\nHowever, these figures do not show the full service requirements of the case load.\nAs noted above, at the close of the year there were 8,343 cases in the region\nwhich involve direct finacial assistance. The essential procedures of this task are\ndetermination of need, the investigating of eligibility, a continuing eligibility review,\nand the provision of money for maintenance. The sheer weight of numbers of cases\nmade it necessary to stream-line procedures in order that financial need would be\npromptly met.\nThe principal complicating factor in three-quarters of these financial assistance\ncases would be old age or dependency because of ill health or unemployment. The\nservice required by this group is help in formulating a social plan and arrangements\nfor adequate medical care. The balance of these financial assistance cases are\nclients with serious behaviour or emotional disorders, child neglect, and people failing in some major social responsibility. The service required for these cases involves\ncareful diagnosis of the problems of personality and family relationships, then\nskilful treatment. We must assist these people to make the best possible adjustment\nwithin their circumstances and capacities.\nIn order to understand the service requirements of the 1,113 child welfare\ncases, shown in Table I, it is necessary to look at the nature of the case load.\nDuring the year under review, protection of children received priority in the child\nwelfare services. Much study is needed before a decision is reached that a child\nmust be cared for outside his home. In the past year, 174 children were admitted\ninto the care of the Superintendent of Child Welfare from broken or seriously upset\nfamilies. For some of these children, adoption plans must be made; for some,\ncontinuing care and guidance in carefully selected foster homes; and for others,\na return to their own homes must be planned.\nAlso included in the child welfare case load are young unmarried mothers,\nfrightened girls presenting needs for compassion and for shelter and medical care.\nWork with the mother continues as long as possible to help her establish herself\nin socially acceptable living. Many of the unmarried mothers release their babies\nfor adoption, and much careful planning is done to protect the child and to find the\nright adoption home. There were adoptive couples applying from all walks of life\nseeking to complete their families. Not all could be helped during the year.\nDuring the year, liaison has been maintained with appropriate civil defence\nauthorities within the region.\nIn the event of an emergency or a disaster in any community, families will be\ndisrupted, homes may be destroyed, and relatives or friends separated. The\nresources of the Provincial Social Welfare Department would be called upon to\nassist in the community rehabilitation plans.\nIn March a new development took place within the region. Working in close\nco-operation with Mental Health Services, arrangements were made for the placement of some patients of the Provincial Mental Hospital in a boarding home in the\nregion. These are patients ready for discharge but who have no relative or friend\nwho can plan for them.\nIn July a three-day casework institute, on \" Services in Public Assistance,\" was\nheld for regional social workers. The institute leader was Mr. Harold Simmons,\nSuperintendent of Social Welfare Services, San Mateo County, Calif., U.S.A.\nAppreciation is extended to the social workers and stenographers, Provincial\nemployees and municipal employees, who have devoted their skills and warm\nunderstanding to the enormous task that they have faced during the year.\n REPORT OF SOCIAL WELFARE BRANCH\nL 25\nTable I.\u2014Numerical and Percentage Comparison of Case Load by Major Categories\nin Region VI for the Fiscal Years 1958\/59 and 1959\/60\nCategory\n1958\/59\n1959\/60\nNumber\nPer Cent\nNumber\nPer Cent\n168 1.8\n2,275 24.8\n59 0.7\n1,100 12.0\n4,141 45.1\n255 2.8\n1,080 11.8\n95 1.0\n172\n2,713\n58\n1,114\n4,166\n292\n1.8\n27.9\n0.6\n11.5\n42.8\n3.0\nChild Welfare\n1,113 11.4\n101 1.0\nTotals \t\n9.173 ! mo.o\n9,729\n100.0\nTable II.\u2014Case Load by Major Categories in the District Administrative Offices\nof Region VI as at March 31st, 1960\nCategory\nAbbots-\nford\nChilliwack\nHaney\nLangley\nSurrey\nWhite\nRock\nTotal\n19\n550\n12\n258\n885\n69\n197\n21\n49\n676\n14\n217\n729\n55\n225\n19\n14\n262\n4\n127\n392\n31\n125\n11\n30\n312\n8\n122\n532\n34\n188\n7\n53\n786\n17 I\n330\n1,331\n83\n348\n24\n7\n127\n3\n60\n297\n20\n30\n19\n172\n2,713\nBlind Persons' Allowance -\t\n58\n1,114\nSupplementary assistance to Old Age Secu-\n4,166\nDisabled Persons' Allowance - \t\nChild Welfare-\t\n292\n1,113\nHealth and Institutional '._ '\t\n101\nTotals \t\n2,011\n1,984\n966\n1,233\n2,972\n563\n9,729\nREGION VII\nW. H. Crossley, Regional Administrator\nThe geographic area of the region did not change. The region embraces the\narea from Milbanke Sound to the Alaska border along the coast-line, and from\nthe Queen Charlotte Islands eastward to the settlement of Endako on Highway\nNo. 16.\nThe two district supervisors, the key personnel in district offices, are to be\ncommended for the splendid efforts they have made to keep services quickly available to those in need of them. The staff complement was as follows: Prince\nRupert office, 4 social workers; Smithers office, 1 social worker; Terrace office,\n2 social workers; Burns Lake office, 1 social worker. The district supervisor in\nPrince Rupert supervised Terrace district office. The assistant district supervisor\nin Smithers supervised Burns Lake office in addition, as well as carrying a case\nload in Smithers. The clerical complement in the district offices remained the\nsame, at six full-time and one part-time clerical personnel.\nIn January, 1960, there was a major change in our arrangements with the\nmunicipalities, when the district of Terrace was incorporated and joined Kitimat\nand Prince Rupert, the other municipalities in the region who are served by our\nDepartment on a \" per capita payment for services \" basis. The municipality thus\nbecame responsible for the administration of financial aid within its enlarged\n L 26\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\nboundaries. This move is an indication of the continuous rapid growth of population in the Terrace area. The change-over was smoothly made, with the full\nco-operation of the municipal officials involved.\nThe economic situation in the region was not expansive this year. The\nTerrace-Prince Rupert areas were adversely affected by the long strikes in both the\nlogging and fishing industries in the summer. This was reflected in increased caseloads. The continued flow of transient unemployed, largely unskilled construction-\nworkers, was once again a major problem in all offices but Burns Lake. In Prince\nRupert the employment situation amongst the native and part-native people was\ngrave. This is a partial result of the \" population explosion \" on the Indian\nreserves, increasing the number seeking employment in their traditional way in the\nfishing industry.\nThe case load (see Tables I and II), although increased again this year, did\nlevel off in comparison to the major increases of the two previous years. The\nstatistical tables below show an increase in the regional total of 285 cases, or a 12.3-\nper-cent increase. The two categories that account for the greater part of this\nincrease were Social Allowance, which increased 203 cases, and Child Welfare,\nwhich increased eighty-five cases. The latter increase was largely the addition of\nchildren in our care as a result of neglect. This increase is tragic. It is in most\ninstances the result of native or part-native families succumbing at a faster rate\nto the temptations and pressures of our society, which lead to social breakdown.\nTable I.\u2014Case Load by Major Categories in the District Administrative Offices\nof Region VII for the Year 1959\/60 as of March 31st, 1960\nCategory\nBurns\nLake\nPrince\nRupert\nSmithers\nTerrace\nTotal\nFamily Service\u2014\t\nSocial Allowance \t\nBlind Persons' Allowance -\nOld-age Assistance-\nSupplementary assistance to Old Age Security-\nDisabled Persons' Allowance \t\nChild Welfare _ _\nHealth and Institutional-\nTotals\t\n16\n83\n14\n24\n94\n4\n35\n4\n45\n521\n19\n72\n220\n20\n236\n9\n17\n154\n18\n55\n139\n17\n108\n1\n1,142\n509\n33\n311\n2\n37\n80\n1\n213\n685\n111\n1,069\n53\n188\n533\n42\n592\n22\n2,610\nTable II.\u2014Case Load by Major Categories in Region VII for the\nFiscal Years 1958\/59 and 1959\/60\nCategory\n1958\/59\n1959\/60\nNumber\nPer Cent\nNumber\nPer Cent\n101\n866\n57\n198\n535\n41\n507\n21\n4.3\n37.2\n2.5\n8.5\n23.0\n1.8\n21.8\n0.9\n111\n1,069\n53\n188\n533\n42\n592\n23\n4.3\n40.8\nBlind Persons' Allowance - \t\n2.3\n7.2\n20.4\nDisabled Persons' Allowance -\t\nChild Welfare - \u201e \t\n1.6\n22.6\n0.8\nTotals\t\n2.326 1 100.0\n2.611 I 100.0\n REPORT OF SOCIAL WELFARE BRANCH L 27\nThe continuation of our local social research projects has given us valuable\ninformation. In June a survey was completed in Smithers and Prince Rupert concerning the number of native families who were not caring adequately for their\nchildren. The Indian Superintendents and the Indian Health Services personnel\nassisted in this survey. In October, 1959, a study was completed on the Indian portion of the Prince Rupert Social Allowance case load. This showed that nearly\n40 per cent of the case load were people of native extraction. These two projects\nproduced valuable data for the Federal-Provincial Joint Committee on Indian\nAffairs. It was a valuable experience for me to attend its November meeting, representing the region, to present the findings and to comment on the situation with\nrespect to native people in the region as far as our services are concerned. A Province-wide tabulation of Indian cases registered under the Indian Act who received\nservices from the Department of Social Welfare in April, May, and June, 1959,\nindicated that Region VII, with 649, 819, and 535 cases in the respective months,\ncarried an average of 36.7 per cent of the total Provincial case load of such cases.\nIn February, 1960, the Research Consultant spent three weeks in the Prince Rupert\noffice studying the problems encountered in assisting transient single men. The\nfindings were valuable to us. This partial catalogue of Region VII research, encouraged by our administration, illustrates the staff's belief in the value of research in\nguiding them to intelligent assessments of the need for our varied services.\nStaff development was furthered by a joint regional conference in Prince\nRupert in October, attended by staff from Regions V and VII. Miss Riddell, the\nAssistant Director of Social Welfare, attended and answered many staff inquiries\nconcerning personnel practices. Miss McKay, the Superintendent of Child Welfare,\nled an institute on child welfare topics, which was most successful and immediately\nhelpful to staff in their jobs. This conference was an unqualified success. In\nFebruary it was possible to hold a one-day meeting of the four clerk-stenographers\nin the region with a representative from the Departmental Comptroller's Office in\nVictoria, to discuss new chequing procedures and other mutual concerns.\nPersonnel in the region were once again active in public relations and education.\nThe two district supervisors in their own districts spoke on our work a total of eleven\ntimes to three P.-T.A. groups, seven ladies' organizations, and once on the local\nradio. The Lutheran welfare workshop in Prince George invited me to participate\nin its November meeting, as did the Smithers Rotary Club in June. This part of\nour job cannot be overdone for the value it produces.\nThis has been a busy and instructive year for all personnel who served in\nRegion VII. In closing, may I once again thank municipal officials, school authorities, police, service clubs, lawyers, and the many others who shared our concern for\nthe well-being of those we serve, and co-operated so fully with us in endeavouring to\nhelp. The staff, clerical and professional, have risen magnificently to the challenge\nof increased service.\n L 28\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\nPART III.\u2014DIVISIONAL ADMINISTRATION\nMiss Marie Riddell, Assistant Director of Social Welfare\nFAMILY DIVISION\nI wish to present the annual report of the Family Division, covering the services\nprovided for families and individuals as described in the Social Assistance Act, and\nthe Family Service programme for the fiscal year April 1st, 1959, to March 31st,\n1960.\nSOCIAL ALLOWANCES SECTION\nFor the year under review the case load started at an abnormally high figure,\nand, with a slight seasonal decrease in the spring and summer months, it rose again\nto an unprecedented high figure, as the following table will show:\u2014\nTable I.\u2014Case Load and Total Number of Recipients in Pay on a Monthly Basis\nHeads of\nFamilies\nDependents\nSingle\nRecipients\nTotal\nCase Load\nApril, 1959\u2014\t\nMay, 1959\t\nJune, 1959\t\nJuly, 1959\t\nAugust, 1959\t\nSeptember, 1959-\nOctober, 1959\t\nNovember, 1959-\nDecember, 1959_.\nJanuary, 1960\t\nFebruary, 1960\t\nMarch, 1960\t\n6,933\n6,707\n6,636\n6,341\n6,357\n6,474\n6,553\n7,047\n7,609\n7,394\n7,362\n7,514\n19,265\n18,403\n18,174\n17,264\n17,279\n17,833\n18,158\n19,941\n21,934\n21,433\n21,218\n21,427\n10,255\n10,075\n9,785\n9,530\n9,510\n10,074\n10,318\n11,265\n11,355\n11,349\n11,232\n11,767\n36,453\n35,185\n34,595\n33,135\n33,146\n34,381\n35,029\n38,253\n40,898\n40,176\n39,812\n40,708\n17,188\n16,782\n16,421\n15,871\n15,867\n16,548\n16,871\n18,312\n18,964\n18,743\n18,594\n19,281\nOf the 11,767 single individuals, 7,874 are men and 3,893 are women.\nCase-load figures alone, however, do not show true volume of work, and the\nactivity of the case load must also be taken into account, as shown in the following\ntable:\u2014\nTable II.\u2014Comparative Figures of Cases Opened and Closed\nOpened Closed\nMarch, 1958 1,326 1,302\nMarch, 1959 2,513 2,337\nMarch, 1960 3,867 3,527\nThe total number of recipients of Social Allowance in the Province in March,\n1960 (40,708), shows an increase just under 10 per cent over March, 1959. Comparative totals according to regions are shown in Table III.\n REPORT OF SOCIAL WELFARE BRANCH\nL 29\nTable III.\u2014Comparative Regional Totals of Number of Recipients of Social\nAllowance in March, 1960,1959, and 1958\nPROVINCIAL\nRegion I\u2014\nAlberni \t\nCourtenay\nDuncan \u2014\nNanaimo _\nVictoria _\nMar., Mar., Mar.,\n1960 1959 1958\nRegion II\u2014\nNew Westminster .\nVancouver \t\nWestview \t\nRegion III\u2014\nKamloops\nKelowna -\nPenticton\nSalmon Arm\nVernon \t\n201\n750\n242\n768\n505\n53\n397\n101\n3,699\nion IV\u2014\nCranbrook \t\nCreston \t\n819\n421\n80\n124\nNelson \t\nNew Denver\nTrail \t\n548\n133\n561\n250\n804\n289\n745\n472\n.1,359 1,183\n420 395\n812 702\n353' 270\n755 673\n97\n480\n203\n405\n282\n2,466 2,560 1,467\n42 46\n300 196\n122 54\n551 464\n296\n2,686 2,164 1,489\nRegion V\u2014\nFort St. John\t\n152\n225\n163\nPouce Coupe \t\n217\n346\n258\nPrince George -\t\n792\n550\n467\nQuesnel \t\n232\n163\n107\nVanderhoof \t\n139\n146\n138\nWilliams Lake _\n364\n301\n178\n1,896 1,731 1,311\nAlberni -\t\nCourtenay -\t\nCentral Saanich _\nDuncan \t\nEsquimalt -\t\nNanaimo -\t\nNorth Cowichan\nOak Bay \t\nPort Alberni\t\nSaanich \t\nBurnaby _\t\nCoquitlam \t\nDelta \t\nNew Westminster\t\nN. Vancouver City ..\nN. Vancouver District\nPort Coquitlam \t\nPort Moody _\t\nPowell River \t\nRichmond \u2014 _\nVancouver _\t\nWest Vancouver \t\nMUNICIPAL\nMar.,\nMar.,\nMar.,\n1960\n1959\n1958\n122\n94\n60\n70\n83\n41\n33\n35\n12\n65\n84\n29\n98\n101\n69\n549\n533\n264\n123\n157\n89\n30\n35\n18\n266\n212\n116\n374\n271\n203\n1,364\n1,601\n993\n3,094\n3,206\n1,894\n1,522\n1,169\n708\n493\n378\n277\n189\n177\n181\n914\n832\n412\n336\n300\n171\n199\n148\n155\n167\n131\n94\n81\n84\n43\n177\n169\n117\n445\n362\n351\n9,017\n8,686\n4,873\n104\n90\n95\n874\nArmstrong\t\n22\n33\n18\n226\n38\n376\nEnderby \u2014\t\n39\n51\n15\n174\nGlenmore\t\n12\n354\n353\n303\n236\nKelowna\t\n219\n192\n109\nPeachland \t\n13\nPenticton \t\n551\n399\n217\nRevelstoke \t\n58\n45\n36\nSalmon Arm City _\n29\nSalmon Arm District\n171\n167\n78\nSpallumcheen\t\n\t\n\t\n29\nSummerland \t\n105\n94\n47\nVernon \t\n264\n188\n175\n458\n313\nCranbrook\t\n343\n279\n131\n443\n251\nFernie\t\n60\n47\n38\n98\n42\nGrand Forks \t\n66\n66\n46\n113\n79\nGreenwood \t\n14\n11\n11\n451\n530\n95\nKaslo -\t\nKimberley -\t\n2\n171\n60\n49\n33\n430\n179\nNelson -\n282\n235\n135\nRossland , \t\n129\n67\n38\nSlocan \t\n8\nTrail _\t\n354\n331\n132\n5,560 5,766 3,361\n13,644 12,526 7,477\n14,195 12,990 7,773\n1,782 1,472 1,002\n5,481 4,695 3,006\n1,308 1,085 574\n3,994 3,249 2,063\nDawson Creek 217 143 134\nPrince George 377 366 235\nQuesnel 134 65 77\nFort St. John ___ 61 46 \t\n789 620 446\n2,685 2,351 1,757\n L 30\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\nTable III.\u2014Comparative Regional Totals of Number of Recipients of Social\nAllowance in March, 1960,1959, and 1958\u2014Continued\nPROVINCIAL\nMUNICIPAL\nMar.,\nMar.,\nMar.,\nMar.,\nMar.,\nMar.,\n1960\n1959\n1958\n1960\n1959\n1958\nRegion VI\u2014\nChilliwack City \t\n288\n284\n190\nAbbotsford -\t\n' 195\n209\n119\nChilliwhackTownship\n751\n710\n364\nChilliwack \t\n534\n580\n284\nKent -\n\t\n5\nHaney \t\n56\n48\nLangley City \t\nLangley Tp \t\nMaple Ridge\t\nMatsqui \t\nMission District\n90\n552\n577\n731\n330\n61\n67\n557\n523\n670\n316\n93\n62\n369\n287\n302\n183\n66\n49\nPitt Meadows \u2014\t\nSumas \t\n177\n143\n74\nSurrey .\t\n2,230\n1,828\n1,162\nWhite Rock \t\n279\n223\n187\n6,066\n5,414\n3,300\n785\n837\n403\n6,851\n6,251\n3,703\nRegion VII\u2014\nBurns Lake \t\n172\n167\n138\nKitimat \t\n58\n565\n42\nPrince Rupert \t\n306\n234\n155\nPrince Rupert \u2014\n610\n70\n287\n351\n313\n229\n395\nTerrace \t\n50\n426\n121\n879\n1,140\n643\n1,063\n635\n329\n1,942\n1,775\n972\n40,708\n37,077\n22,635\nThe distribution of recipients of Social Allowance between organized and\nunorganized areas varies little from year to year. As at March, 1960, of the 40,708\nrecipients, 68 per cent resided in organized territory and 32 per cent in unorganized\nterritory.\nThe following table shows the approximate percentages of the total number\nof recipients by region:\u2014\nMarch, 1960\n(Per Cent)\nRegion I 13.6\nRegion II 34.9\nRegion III 13.5\nRegion IV 9.8\nRegion V 6.6\nRegion VI 16.8\nRegion VII 4.8\nThe marked increase in case load is also reflected in the statement of expenditures for the fiscal year under review, as follows:\u2014\nMarch, 1959\n(Per Cent)\n15.6\nMarch, 1958\n(Per Cent)\n14.8\n35.0\n34.3\n12.6\n13.3\n8.8\n9.1\n6.3\n7.8\n16.9\n16.4\n4.8\n4.3\n REPORT OF SOCIAL WELFARE BRANCH\nTable IV.\u2014Expenditures by the Province for Social Allowances,\nMedical Services, etc.\nL 31\nFiscal Year\n1957\/58\nFiscal Year\n1958\/591\nFiscal Year\n1959\/60\nCases who are the responsibility of a municipality (80 per cent\n$2,781,941.03\n2,919,033.33\nCases who are the sole responsibility of the Province (100 per\n$10,696,506.04\n1,831,882.18\n59,008.84\n348,610.21\n2,471.10\n6,941.50\n$13,146,730.69\nRepatriation, transportation within the Province, nursing- and\nboarding-home care (other than tuberculosis), special\n1,640,054.12\n47,555.23\n298,322.92\n3,342.22\n6,626.00\n2,579,293.56\nEmergency payments, such as where a family may lose its\n60,783.84\nMunicipal and Provincial cases\u2014\n(a) Tuberculosis, boarding-, nursing-, and private-home\n363,191.77\n(b) Transportation of tuberculosis cases \u2014 \t\n(c) Comforts allowance for tuberculosis cases \t\n2,942.76\n7,510.00\n30,980.20\n25,678.15\n$12,971,098.02\n843,215.72\n9,790.60\n$16,170,243.22\n1,593,962.31\n$7,727,855.05= | $12,127,882.30 j $14,576,280.91\nAdministration and operation of project and pavilion for\n$36,480.08\n2,422,614.32\n$38,540.57\n2,814,558.80\n$22,841.25\n3,697,606.19\nTotals . - . \t\n$10,186,949.45\n$14,980,981.67\n$18,296,728.35\n1 Effective September 1st, 1958, the basis of sharing social welfare costs with municipalities was changed\nfrom 85 per cent\/J5 per cent to 90 per cent\/10 per cent and the municipal share billed on a proportion of population rather than by individual residence responsibility. Consequently, Social Allowance costs for 1958\/59 and\n1959\/60 have been shown in gross with the municipal share deducted in total to arrive at net costs.\n\u25a0 Reconciliation with Public Accounts:\nGross expenditure for Social Allowances as per Public Accounts.\nLess credits (excluding amount chargeable to Government of Canada)\n$7,891,944.34\n164,089.29\n$7,727,855.05\nFor the fiscal year 1959\/60 the Province received from the Federal Government re\u2014\nUnemployment Assistance Agreement $7,191,415.62\nWelfare assistance to immigrants 2,745.81\nSundry 3,008.19\nTotal $7,197,169.62\nRehabilitation\nDuring this fiscal year under review the Department sponsored twenty-nine\nresident trainees in the G. F. Strong Rehabilitation Centre and fifty-three out-ptients,\nand fourteen resident patients in the CARS Medical Centre and sixty-six out-patients.\nVocational Training\nThe Dominion-Provincial Vocational Training Grants, administered by the\nDepartment of Education, continue to be a valuable resource for many recipients of\nSocial Allowance. Through this resource, vocational training can be obtained to\nenable the recipient to become self-supporting. The Department participates financially in some instances and offers help with social planning for the single trainee or\nfor the family of a trainee.\n L 32\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\nGeneral\nIn accordance with section 13 of the regulations to the Social Assistance Act,\neleven Boards of Review were established this year. Of these, recommendations in\nfavour of the recipient occurred in eight appeals, and three appeals were not granted.\nFAMILY SERVICE SECTION\n\" Family Service\" is a casework service to families which the Department is\nrequired to give under the terms and definitions of the Social Assistance Act. It is\nthe basic service in any welfare programme regardless of what other service may be\nrequired. Financial assistance may not be involved, because economic security is\nnot always the solution to problems of behaviour and personality.\nAt this point, one can only repeat the comments from the last Annual Report.\nWhether or not financial need exists, casework service to an individual or a family\nand its children offers us our greatest challenge and scope for preventive and rehabilitative work. In addition to the special skill and knowledge of the social worker,\nthe most important requirement is precious time for thoughtful, consistent, and\nhelpful service. Without this, no amount of skill or knowledge can compensate for\nthe lack.\nThe following table gives the monthly (categorical) Family Service case load\nand activity in that particular case load for the fiscal year under review:\u2014\nTable I.\u2014Total of Family Service Cases, April 1st, 1959, to March 31st, 1960\nTotal at\nBeginning\nof Month\nOpened\nClosed\nTotal at\nEnd of\nMonth\nLast\nYear\nApril, 1959 - -\t\n1,317\n1,375\n1,376\n1,387\n1,403\n1,403\n1,358\n1,351\n1,359\n1,374\n1,358\n1,366\n186\n174\n192\n178\n173\n141\n136\n165\n148\n137\n153\n195\n128\n173\n181\n162\n173\n186\n143\n157\n133\n153\n145\n181\n1,375\n1,376\n1,387\n1,403\n1,403\n1,358\n1,351\n1,359\n1,374\n1,358\n1,366\n1,380\n1,287\nMay, 1959 \t\nJune, 1959 - \t\n1,274\n1,268\nJuly, 1959 \u2014 \t\nAugust, 1959- \t\n1,252\n1,258\nSeptember, 1959- \t\nOctober, 1959 - \t\nNovember, 1959 _\t\n1,248\n1,305\n1,263\nDecember, 1959 - \t\n1,263\n1,268\n1,315\nMarch, I960- _ . _ \t\n1,317\nOthei\nFamily\nI Servici\nAllowan\n3S\n?es\nBy arrangement with the Department of National Health and Welfare, this\nDivision acts as the channel for requests from the Family Allowances Division for\nBritish Columbia for inquiries regarding the use of or eligibility for Family Allowances in some instances or for recommendations concerning a suitable payee.\n REPORT OF SOCIAL WELFARE BRANCH L 33\nTable II.\u2014Requests Received from Family Allowances Division, April 1st,\n1959, to March 31st, 1960\nReceived during the fiscal year April 1st, 1959, to March 31st, 1960,\nby months\u2014\nApril, 1959 - 4\nMay, 1959 L 4\nJune, 1959 4\nJuly, 1959 3\nAugust, 1959 6\nSeptember, 1959 2\nOctober, 1959 6\nNovember, 1959 1\nDecember, 1959 4\nJanuary, 1960 6\nFebruary, 1960 8\nMarch, 1960 6\nTotal requests received 54\nThese requests for reports were directed as follows:\u2014\nTable III.\u2014Referrals to District Offices and Other Agencies\nReferrals pending as at April 1st, 1959 (amended figure) 16\nRequests forwarded during fiscal year April 1st, 1959, to March 31st,\n1960, by regions\u2014\nRegion I 7\nRegion II 4\nRegion III 10\nRegion IV 9\nRegion V 12\nRegion VI 8\nRegion VII J 4\n54\nTotal number of requests referred 70\nTable IV.\u2014Referrals Completed within Fiscal Year, by Regions\nRegion I 8\nRegion II 7\nRegion III 12\nRegion IV 8\nRegion V 12\nRegion VI 8\nRegion VII 4\nTotal 59\nTotal number of requests referred 70\nReferrals pending as at April 1st, 1960 11\n L 34 BRITISH COLUMBIA\nOld Age Security\nRequests are also received from the Old Age Security Division in British\nColumbia of the Department of National Health and Welfare for assistance to persons who are completing applications for Old Age Security. This assistance usually\ncomprises help with correspondence, or securing necessary documents, or sometimes\nfinancial assistance in the form of Social Allowance until a decision on the application can be made by the Old Age Security Division.\nTable V.\u2014Requests Received from Old Age Security Division from April 1st,\n1959, to March 31st, 1960\nPending as at April 1st, 1959 1\nReceived during fiscal year April 1st, 1959, to March 31st, 1960,\nby months\u2014\nApril, 1959 2\nMay, 1959 4\nOctober, 1959 2\nDecember, 1959 3\nJanuary, 1960 1\nFebruary, 1960 1\nMarch, 1960 3\n\u2014 16\nTotal case load 17\nTable VI.\u2014Requests Forwarded during Fiscal Year April 1st, 1959, to\nMarch 31st, 1960, by Regions\nRegion I 1\nRegion II 7\nRegion III 3\nRegion IV 2\nRegion V 2\nRegion VII 1\nTotal number of requests 16\nPending as at April 1st, 1959 1\nTotal 17\nTable VII.\u2014Reports Completed by Regions\nRegion I 1\nRegion II 7\nRegion III 2\nRegion IV 1\nRegion V 3\nTotal reports completed 14\nTotal number of requests 17\nRequests pending as at April 1st, 1960 3\n REPORT OF SOCIAL WELFARE BRANCH\nL 35\nCONCLUSION\nThe Family Division wishes to express sincere thanks for the help and cooperation of the clerical staff, social workers, district supervisors, and Regional\nAdministrators, and grateful appreciation for their loyal service, without which the\ncommon purpose of the Department and Division\u2014namely, service to people\u2014\ncould not be achieved.\nAppreciation is also expressed to municipal welfare departments, other divisions, other departments of Government, and voluntary agencies for their cooperation and help whenever this is sought.\n- '\n L 36 BRITISH COLUMBIA\nCHILD WELFARE DIVISION\nMiss Ruby McKay, Superintendent\nDuring the fiscal year the Superintendent and the three Children's Aid Societies\ncared for 6,840 children, and as at March 31st, 1960, 4,942 children remained in\nagency care, as follows:\u2014\nTable I.\u2014Children in Care\nNumber as at\nDuring Year Mar. 31, 1960\nIn care of Vancouver Children's Aid Society 1,765 1,294\nIn care of Catholic Children's Aid Society 911 672\nIn care of Victoria Children's Aid Society 453 273\nTotal in care of three Children's Aid\nSocieties 3,129 2,239\nIn care of Superintendent of Child Welfare 3,711 2,703\nTotals 6,840 4,942\nThe significant point in the above table is that 582 more children were in the\ncare of the Superintendent of Child Welfare during the year than in the care of the\nthree Children's Aid Societies together. This expansion of child welfare services\nwithin a Government department is as progressive and positive a sign of our times\nas is the provision of public health or public educational services. Like these,\nthe provision of public child welfare services, as well as strong voluntary services,\nis proof of a people's regard for its youth.\nThe cost to the Provincial Government of maintaining children for the fiscal\nyear was as follows:\u2014\nTable II.\u2014Cost of Maintaining Children\nGross cost of maintenance of children in Child Welfare\nDivision foster homes $1,241,399.53\nGross cost to Provincial Government of maintenance of\nchildren in care of Children's Aid Societies 1,591,004.14\nGross cost of transportation of children in care of Superintendent 13,454.41\nGross cost of hospitalization of new-born infants being\npermanently planned for by Superintendent 23,568.00\nGrants to sundry homes 1,100.00\nGross expenditure $2,870,526.08\nLess collections 526,912.10\nNet cost to Provincial Government as per Public\nAccounts $2,343,613.98\n REPORT OF SOCIAL WELFARE BRANCH\nL 37\nTable III.\u2014Legal Status and Whereabouts of the 2,703 Children in the Care\nof the Superintendent as at March 31st, 1960\nP.C.A.\nWards\nS.C.W.\nNon-\nwards\nBefore\nCourt\nJ.D.A.\nWards\nAgency\nWards\nO.P.\nWards\nImmigration\nWards\nTotal\nRegion I.... _ \t\nRegion II \t\nRegion HI \t\nRegion IV\u2014 _\t\nRegion V- _ - \t\nRegion VI _ _\t\nRegion VII -\t\nTotals _\t\nSuperintendent of Child Welfare children under other agency supervision\nSuperintendent of Child Welfare and\nagency children supervised by another Province\t\nGrand totals \t\n218\n337\n398\n157\n283\n329\n196\n1,918\n112\n55\n!,085\n14\n25\n41\n19\n36\n39\n27\n20\n13\n3\n4\n31\n17\n16\n10\n16\n3\n8\n8\n17\n2\n15\n17\n3\n16\n6\n22\n201\n42\n104\n3\n64\n16\n87\n40\n243\n107\n23\n16\n280\n412\n448\n208\n369\n432\n251\n2,400\n207\n96\n2,703\nTREATMENT NEEDED BY DISTURBED CHILDREN\nThe Division's efforts to secure more treatment and care from other agencies\nand organizations for disturbed boys and girls is reflected to a degree in the decreased number of wards committed to correctional institutions this year as compared with last year, as follows: B.I.S. or Penal\nG.I.S. Institution\n1958\/59 : 23 19\n1959\/60 11 13\nThe St. Euphrasia School for Girls, Vancouver, has accepted a number of\nwards who have benefited from the programme and psychiatric treatment available\nin that institution. St. Christopher School for Retarded Boys, now in its new quarters in North Vancouver, has also several wards in residence for whom it was not\npossible to plan within the ordinary foster home, community, and school. Sevenoaks\nTreatment Centre, operated by the Family and Children's Service, Victoria, has\nlikewise extended its facilities to several wards of the Superintendent of Child Welfare and is to be commended, as are these other agencies, for the success it has\nachieved with them. A few wards have responded to placement in private boarding\nschools, and some have found a period in the group-living arrangements provided\nby other organizations a stabilizing influence. The Woodlands School for the\nretarded child has now nineteen wards of the Superintendent in residence, and one\nadolescent boy is being treated at the Provincial Mental Hospital.\nWhen the Children's Foundation opens next year in Vancouver, it will mean\nincreased facilities for fifteen or twenty emotionally disturbed boys and girls under\nthe age of 12 years. This will be a welcome addition to British Columbia's resources.\nThere are adolescents, and in particular boys, who have been removed from\ndeprived home conditions or committed to the Superintendent of Child Welfare or\na Children's Aid Society under the Juvenile Delinquents Act who never are quite\nable to become part of another family group. They leave school early and seldom\nwith sufficient education to make them eligible for established vocational courses,\nand as a result they approach adulthood with little or no skill to offer the labour\nmarket.\n L 38 BRITISH COLUMBIA\nADMINISTRATION OF THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN ACT\nUNDER DECENTRALIZATION\nDivisional controls established with respect to the decentralization of administration of the Protection of Children Act appear to be effective, and helpful as well,\nto the field. An increased number of Court hearings under the Protection of Children Act have been completed this year, and an increased number of children have\nbeen discharged from care to their own homes. In an impressively high number of\ninstances also, the Superintendent's guardianship was terminated by the granting\nof an adoption order by the Supreme Court.\nTable IV.\u2014Children before Court and in Care, 1957-60\nChildren before Total Children\nCourt (P.C.A.) in Care at\nat End of End of\nYear Fiscal Year Fiscal Year\n1957 119 2,050\n1958 173 2,287\n1959 167 2,586\n1960 107 2,703\nOf the 1,009 children discharged from care during the year, 258 were wards\nof the Superintendent under the Protection of Children Act and were discharged for\nthe following reasons:\u2014\nTable V.\u2014Reasons for Discharge of Wards of Superintendent\nAdoption order granted 123\nTwenty-one years of age 42\nMarried 20\nGuardianship transferred to a Children's Aid Society 11\nP.C.A. order rescinded and returned to own parents 58\nDeceased 4\nTotal 25 8\nOne hundred and seventy-six children discharged from care had been apprehended under the Protection of Children Act and the case disposed of as follows:\u2014\nTable VI.\u2014Disposal of Cases Apprehended under Protection of Children Act\nApplication withdrawn 75\nNever presented 52\nReturned to parents under section 8 (5) (a) or (b), Protection of\nChildren Act 48\nDeceased 1\nTotal 176\nThe majority of the fifty-two children not presented were boys and girls who\nhad run away from home. They needed care very temporarily while arrangements\nwere made for their prompt return to parent or guardian in this or another Province.\nThe status and circumstances under which the remaining 575 children discharged from care were as follows:\u2014\n REPORT OF SOCIAL WELFARE BRANCH\nTable VII.\u2014Status of Children Discharged from Care\nL 39\nJ.D.A.\nWards\nWards under\nP.C.A. of\nOther\nAgencies\nWards\nof O.P.\nImmigrant\nWards\nunder P.C.A.\nNon-wards\nTwenty-one years of age.- - -\t\n4\n31\n1\n12\n52\n13\n7\n8\n12\n3\n1\n2\n4\n1\n6\n1\nReturned to other Province , \u201e \t\nDeceased \t\n2\n3\n352\n60\nTotals \u2014\t\n36\n92\n18\n5\n424\nThe Superintendent regrets to report the death of eight children, which is a\nhigh number despite the increased population of children in care during the year.\nThe reports with respect to each death bears out the fact that the Department is\ncaring for an ever-increasing number of grossly handicapped, retarded, and (or)\ndeeply disturbed children. The family histories of most of these eight children also\nsubstantiate the belief that there is a rising incidence of gross parental physical\nneglect of children. It may be coincidence, but it must be noted also that four\nof the deceased children who had been removed from deplorable physical and moral\nhome conditions were of native Indian parentage.\nOne of the children deceased was the youngest of a large family of Indian\nchildren who were all badly malnourished and neglected when apprehended. He\nwas sickly from birth and suffered from a congenital physical handicap. After\nbeing in care for a year and a half, during which time he had made as good progress\nas could be expected, he was returned to his mother's home by temporary order\nunder the Protection of Children Act and met his death there by accident five\nmonths later.\nA new-born Indian baby, whose mother's home situation precluded her taking\nhim home, contracted pneumonia when 3 weeks old and failed to respond to medical\ncare. This child, too, was not robust physically at birth.\nThe third deceased Indian child had been abandoned by his mother when\n10 months old. He continued to be a sickly undernourished child, was mentally\nretarded, and succumbed to infection when aged 3 years.\nThe fourth deceased Indian child, along with several other children of the\nfamily, had also been deserted by his parents when he was aged 4 years. He suffered many complex medical problems, including a condition which limited his\nability to walk steadily and was as well mentally retarded. He fell at play and,\nwhile no serious hurt was immediately detected, died a few weeks later from the\neffects.\nOne of the four remaining deceased children was aged 14 years, and he had\nbeen in care during most of them. He had suffered brain damage at birth, with\nresulting retardation and extensive physical handicap, but he had known throughout\nhis life the most devoted and kindly care possible from his foster-parents.\nAnother boy deceased was aged 19 years and had been a ward during nine of\nthem. His foster-parents and later the staff of a private hospital did all possible\nto meet the daily demands of the terminal illness from which this boy had suffered\nthroughout most of his life.\n L 40\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\nThe seventh child deceased was a 16-year-old girl who had been admitted to\ncare a year previously. Despite all medical care, this child did not survive needed\nheart surgery.\nThe eighth child deceased, a boy aged 16 years, had known nothing but unhap-\npiness in his own home and had been committed to Brannen Lake School when 14\nyears old. His decision to isolate himself from others was evident by his lack of\nparticipation in the life at the School. Upon release he was committed to the\nSuperintendent of Child Welfare under the Juvenile Delinquents Act, but it was too\nlate to help him. Nine months later he was found dead under tragic and lonely\ncircumstances.\nTable VIII.\u2014Age and Legal Status of Children in the Care of the Superintendent\nof Child Welfare as at March 31st, 1960\n0-5\nMonths\n6-11\nMonths\n1-2\nYears\n3-5\nYears\n6-11\nYears\n12-13\nYears\n14-17\nYears\n18-21\nYears\nTotal\n23\n19\n17\n4\n36\n8\n6\n-\n185\n24\n17\n19\n1\n341\n27\n21\n12\n4\n611\n67\n29\n1\n23\n8\n215\n25\n4\n7\n6\n7\n1\n455\n64\n12\n54\n30\n15\n6\n219\n9\n1\n18\n32\n4\n15\n2,085\n243\n107\nJuvenile Delinquents Act \t\nWards and non-wards of Children's\nAid Societies in care of Superintendent of Child Welfare \t\n80\n127\n39\nImmigrant wards under Protection\n22\nTotals \t\n63\n51\n246\n405\n739\n265\n636\n298\n2,703\nTwo hundred and forty-eight of the total 487 children placed for adoption this\nyear by the Division were placed with their adopting parents when less than 1 month\nold. This practice is reflected in the ages of children in care, as shown in Table VIII\nabove, as is the emphasis being placed upon the need to finalize permanent planning\nfor children at the earliest age possible.\nThere are eight more children under 6 months of age in care than there were\nat the end of the last fiscal year, but thirty-two less in the age-group 6-11 months.\nThe continuing rather high number of children aged 1\u20142, 3-5, and 6\u201411 years,\nhowever, gives cause for concern. Many are children of mixed racial origin and\npredominantly native Indian. So rapidly are the numbers of these children in care\nincreasing, and in particular within Regions V and VII, that some special plan of\naction is indicated within the Department and in collaboration with the Department\nof Indian Affairs and the three Children's Aid Societies.\nPresent placement resources for adoption and long-term foster-home care\nfor children of Indian heritage are seriously inadequate, which subjects many of\nthem to the damaging effects of frequent replacements throughout their growing\nyears. Their racial origin is often a bar to adoption placement, but presenting an\nequally serious barrier is the family religion of many. Thus far the Department has\nstriven to provide for each child an adopted family of the same faith as his own\nparents, but the reality situation to-day, in terms of available adoption homes of all\nfaiths, precludes such planning for a large number of children.\nTO-MORROW'S ADULTS\nAmong the 636 boys and girls aged 14 to 17 years and the 298 between 18 and\n21 years there are many doing well at school or vocational training, and in the\nolder group a large number are self-supporting. Helping boys and girls prepare\n REPORT OF SOCIAL WELFARE BRANCH L 41\nthemselves for the rapidly changing world in which they are to be the adults is to-day\na major challenge to parents everywhere. The youth growing up in the care of an\nagency needs special personal as well as educational help. His painful childhood\nexperiences can give rise to great bitterness and hostility, or they can be a base on\nwhich to build compassionate understanding of his own and the troubles of others.\nIt becomes essential that those responsible for the boy or girl without own parents be\nprofessionally competent and increasingly available to guide and advise him if he is\nto avoid the costly pitfalls of loneliness and a lack of self-worth.\nThe increase in foster-home rates this year was a welcomed policy change, and\nit has a positive effect upon foster-home finding, and in particular home-finding for\nolder boys and girls and pre-school children.\nIMMIGRANT CHILDREN UNDER THE PROTECTION\nOF CHILDREN ACT\nThere is but one of the original sixty-two children placed in foster homes from\nthe Fairbridge Farm School in 1950 still in care. This boy is now aged 19 years,\nand in general maintains himself but on a marginal level.\nAs this child immigration scheme nears its end, research as to the results is\nindicated. The findings would be basis for decision should future similar projects be\nsuggested and, in addition, would add much to our knowledge of the effects of separation of children from their parents.\nCHILDREN PLACED FOR ADOPTION\nSixty-three children of mixed racial origin, or twenty-six more than ever before,\nwere found adopting parents. They represented almost all the races. Forty were\nnative or part-native Indian, thirteen part Chinese or Japanese, five part Negroid,\ntwo part East Indian, one Hawaiian, one Mexican, and one of French and North\nAfrican heritage.\nFor the most part, the adopting parents selected for these sixty-three children\nwere of the white race, but for the first time a part-East Indian child was placed with\na family of identical racial and national background. A part-Chinese boy was\nplaced with a full Chinese family who not only had a child of their own but two\npreviously adopted children and a wish for more. Another Chinese couple, who\nhad already adopted a part-Chinese little girl, were happy to add to their family\nher new-born cousin by blood when he, too, became available for adoption.\nSixty-three children represents a small percentage of the total children of\nmixed racial origin in foster-home care. However, even this number proves two\npoints: that adoption placement of these children is acceptable, and that special\nDepartmental planning to make possible concerted efforts to bring to the attention\nof communities throughout the Province the special needs of these children could\nbe a highly successful undertaking.\nGains were made again this year in the adoption placement of older children\nand children with physical or emotional handicaps. As will be seen in Table IX,\nhowever, outstanding progress was made in the placement of new-born babies\nand infants under 6 months of age. One hundred and eighty-six were with their\nadopting parents before the age of 15 days, sixty-two before they were 1 month, and\n135 before they were 6 months of age. In total, 383, or thirty-three more than last\nyear, of the children placed were with their adopting parents before they had reached\nthe age of 6 months.\n L 42\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\nTable IX.\u2014Adoption Placements, April 1st, 1959\nto March 31st, 1960\nrt\n\u00a3u=\no\no\ns\nH\n05\nIf}\nai\ng>\nH\n(n\ng>\nrt\nnQ\n%\ns\n03\n53\nCS\nA\nn\ncS\n\nOJ\nu\nUJ\n1\ntn\n1\ncn\n3\nr*\n><\n><\no\n>\u25a0\nin\n><\nw\n><\n>*\n><\nT-H fN\ncn\n25\n12\n13\n12\ni\n7\n2\n2\n1\n2\n2\n78\n22\n18\n13\n12\n2\n1\n3\n2\n1\n4\n1\n1\n1\n1\n27\n6\n17\n10\n7\n3\n1\n1\n1\n1\n1\n1\n1\n2\n13\n4\n5\n7\n6\ni\n13\n7\n6\n1\n2\n2\n4\n3\n1\n.\n_\n21\n9\n13\n8\n3\n5\n2\n2\nI\n1\n1\n6\n2\n6\n2\n1\n2\n1\n1\n\t\n1\n1\n2\n1\n1\n=\n1\n\u2014\n\u2014\n\u2014\n\u2014\n186\n62\n80\n55\n32\n21\n8 | 8\n10 | 2\n8\n4\n5\n2\n1\n1 1\ni\n1\nMale, 258; female, 229; total placements, 487.\nThe majority of the 487 children placed will be legally adopted within the\nstatutory requirement of one year's residence with their adopting parents. Four,\nbecause of the special needs of their situation, however, were placed on an extended\nprobationary period basis. This device is used in the main when a child must\nreceive medical services, as rehabilitative surgery, beyond the financial means of an\nordinary family income.\nForty-two children had been placed with their adopting parents first on a foster-\nhome basis. Many of this group were brought to the Division's attention through\nthe Adoption Registry. Complicated legal entanglements were resolved, possible\nalternative plans were explored, and only after Field and Division were satisfied that\nthe individual child's best interests were to be served by the foster-parents becoming\nhis adopting parents was the status of the placement changed. The Registry has\nserved to initiate earlier permanent planning for a large number of children, as\nevident from the source of referral of children for adoption: 282 were referred to\nthe Division by the Field, the Vancouver Children's Aid Society referred 178, the\nCatholic Children's Aid Society 26, and the Family and Children's Service, Victoria,\n1 child.\nLast year the five families involving twelve children who were placed in adoption homes as family groups were cause for note. This year twelve families involving\ntwenty-seven children is the figure to be proudly reported.\nIn the conviction that a home is somewhere to be found for each child needing\none, the Division this year negotiated with a number of public welfare departments\nelsewhere and successfully placed seven children outside of British Columbia. One\nchild of mixed racial origin was placed in a home in Ontario. One child with special\nneeds is happily located in Manitoba, another is in Alaska, and four are in homes in\nthe Yukon.\nThe Superintendent is presently encouraging the Catholic Children's Aid Society to explore resources for some of their children in the State of Oregon, U.S.A.\nCitizenship is important, but it is second to a good stable family life. For a long\ntime now neither the Department nor the Catholic Children's Aid Society has been\nable to place the many Roman Catholic children needing adopting parents, and if\nthere are Roman Catholic families in Oregon wanting a child, it is right and humane\nthat the two be brought together.\nOf particular concern is the continuing shortage of homes for Roman Catholic\nchildren. The sixty-two children of this faith placed during the year is but a small\npercentage of the total Roman Catholic children in care needing adopting parents.\n REPORT OF SOCIAL WELFARE BRANCH L 43\nIn addition to the 487 children placed for adoption by Child Welfare Division,\nthe three Children's Aid Societies placed 395 children, an increase over last year\nof forty-six children placed for adoption throughout the Province.\nTable X.\u2014Number of Children Placed for Adoption by Children's Aid\nSocieties and Child Welfare Division\nVictoria Children's Aid Society 104\nCatholic Children's Aid Society 54\nVancouver Children's Aid Society 237\n395\nChild Welfare Department 487\nTotal 882\nADOPTION ORDERS GRANTED\nOne thousand three hundred and fifty-eight adoption orders were granted in\nthe British Columbia Supreme Court during the year, an increase over the number\ngranted last year of forty-eight. In addition, the Division participated in thirty-eight\nproceedings taken in jurisdictions elsewhere but involving children placed in British\nColumbia whose adopting parents subsequently moved from the Province.\nTable XI again establishes the recognition given by prospective adopting\nparents to authorized child-placement agencies. Only 125 of the adoption orders\ngranted involved a child placed through channels other than a Children's Aid Society\nor the Department.\nMost adoption proceedings, involving as they do the child of the unwed mother\nwho stays firm in her decision to relinquish her child, are reasonably straightforward.\nIf all legal requirements have been met, the preparation of the Superintendent's\nreport to the Court and the granting of the adoption order by the Court presents no\nparticular problem. Yearly, however, the number of complex legal and social situations increases as the Superintendent of Child Welfare and the Children's Aid Societies seek to gain the security of adoption for more children whose parents have been\nfound by Family and Juvenile Courts incapable of caring for them.\nThis year about 25 to 30 per cent of the 1,358 adoptions which proceeded to\nCourt in British Columbia were contested by a parent who was withholding consent\nto adoption or could not be located to give consent or, as in a few instances, having\ngiven consent wished to revoke it. Under the Adoption Act the Superintendent\nmust recommend for or against the adoption order, for or against the waiving of\na parental or other consent, and for or against the revocation of a consent given.\nIt is now a matter of record that the high Court of British Columbia has supported\nthe Superintendent's recommendations in each instance this year. Several vitally\nimportant Court decisions with respect to parental rights and the rights and interests\nof a child were made. These, by reference in the future, will add in a major way to\nthe impact child welfare knowledge and practice has had and will continue to have\nupon the application and interpretation of the law as it pertains to adoption of\nchildren.\n L 44\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\nTable XI.\u2014Legally Completed Adoptions throughout the Province,\nAccording to the Type of Placement, during the Fiscal Year\nCompletions\nAgency Relative\nPrivate\nTotal\nWithdrawn\nRegion I\t\nRegion II -\t\nRegion III _\nRegion TV\u2014\nRegion V\t\nRegion VI \u201e\nRegion VII\nTotals-\nVancouver Children's Aid Society-\nCatholic Children's Aid Society\t\nVictoria Children's Aid Society\t\nTotals \t\nGrand total completed-\nCompleted outside of Province \u2014\nGrand totals-\t\n61\n164\n53\n62\n35\n78\n20\n42\n91\n31\n15\n29\n47\n23\n836\n409\n10\n24\n4\n4\n12\n29\n1\n113\n279\n88\n81\n76\n154\n44\n132\n1,377\n10\n35\n16\n15\n8\n26\n473\n278\n84\n835\n118\n222\n60\n69\n73\n15\n43\n30\n5\n6\n325\n80\n118\n35\n8\n14\n351\n131\n41\n523\n57\n824\n12\n409\n125\n7\n1,358\n19\n175\n1\n176\nCUSTODY OF CHILDREN\nThere continues to be about seven to ten requests each month from the Supreme\nCourt for reports from the Superintendent in custody-of-children disputes. A total\nof eighty-four was handled during the year, and twenty-five remain incomplete as at\nMarch 31st, 1960. The Court has repeatedly stressed the value of these reports.\nHowever, there continues to be some question as to their status and right to confidentiality before the Court, and in view of this, further legal interpretation and\nclarification is being sought.\nThere was considerable activity in cases processed by the Division and Field\nand (or) a Children's Aid Society pertaining to immigration of children, legitimation\nand repatriation of children. A sharp increase also occurred in the cases termed\n\" sundry.\" These are referrals received from other agencies, Provinces, or countries,\nand they frequently involve complex and time-consuming family problems. As seen\nin Table XII, below, including Supreme Court custody reports, a total of 603 new\nreferrals in these five categories was received during the year, or eighty-two more\nthan last year.\nTable XII.\u2014Services Related to Child Protection\nNew\nTotals\nIncomplete\n1959\n1960\n1959\n1960\nMar. 31, 1959\nMar. 31, 1960\n69\n83\n65\n10\n294\n59\n88\n86\n11\n359\n88\n96\n145\n12\n399\n84\n97\n107\n14\n425\n1 25\n9\n21\n3\n66\n25\nRepatriation _\t\nImmigration.\t\n7\n30\n4\n134\nTotals \t\n521\n603\n740\n727\n124 1 200\nADMINISTRATION OF CHILDREN OF UNMARRIED\nPARENTS ACT\nA total of $76,401.73 was paid to the Superintendent of Child Welfare on\norders, agreements, or settlements made under the Children of Unmarried Parents\n REPORT OF SOCIAL WELFARE BRANCH\nL 45\nAct. The increase of $377.16 over last year is slight, and collections for the year\nreflect the unemployment situation which has prevailed throughout the Province.\nThe Director of Vital Statistics reports a slight decrease again this year of\nregistered births of children born out of wedlock. There were, however, twenty-\nthree unwed mothers under the age of 15 years reported in the non-Indian population, which is an increase of six over last year.\nAs in the past, it can be said that in by far the majority of instances the tragedy\nof these twenty-three young girls, who are but children themselves, is the result of\na lack of parental understanding, guidance, and protection. A number of adult men\ninvolved were found guilty of criminal offences.\nWhen such very young daughters of a family become mothers out of marriage,\nit usually indicates that other social ills are to be found in their home life. Early\nidentification and treatment of families with social, medical, or economic problems\ntherefore is of extreme importance if further deterioration in the family's stability is\nto be averted. Concerted planning on the part of all community agencies and\norganizations and a joint aggressively \" reaching-out\" programme to help such\nfamilies is proving effective in many places and commends itself to the Department\nfor consideration.\nOne thousand four hundred and nineteen unmarried mothers were provided\nservices for themselves and children during the year by the three Children's Aid\nSocieties, and the Department of Social Welfare reports that approximately 600\nwere known to district offices throughout the Province.\nTable XIII.\n\u2014Children Born Out of Wedlock\nTotals\nUnder 15\n15-19\n20-24\n25-29\n30-39\n40 and\nOver\nYear\nJ\nc\n\u20223\n1\n\u20223\n1\n\u2022a\n.1\n1\n1\nTotal\nB\na\na\nc\na\no\na\nd\nss\nc\nm\nc\na\nc\nT3\ne\nT3\nc\nTJ\na\n\u2022n\nc\n\u2022a\nc\n\u25a0a\nc\n\u20223\nc\nZ\nZ\nz\nz\nz\nz\na\nz\n1957\/58\t\n535\n442\n460\n1,975\n2,042\n2,012\n3\n4\n4\n16\n17\n23\n134\n111\n129\n584\n608\n610\n174\n144\n147\n553\n586\n581\n125\n96\n83\n376\n371\n337\n88\n72\n87\n400\n405\n404\n11\n15\n10\n46\n55\n2,510\n1958\/59 \t\n2,484\n1959\/60\t\n\"\n2,472\nFAMILY ALLOWANCES\nAs will be seen from Table XIII, almost as much money was disbursed from\nthis account as was received from the Family Allowances Branch during the year.\nWorkers, foster-parents, and children seem increasingly aware of the usefulness of\nthese allowances, and the expenditures made show thought and imagination.\nPolicies with the Family Allowances Branch have remained relatively unchanged since the inception of the plan, and have proved effective and at all times\nin the interests of children.\nA total of $69,275.97 was received from the Family Allowances Branch this\nyear on behalf of 1,811 children in care. Disbursements were as follows:\u2014\n L 46 BRITISH COLUMBIA\nTable XIII.\u2014Family Allowances Disbursements\nBalance on hand as at January 1st, 1959 $60,606.61\nReceipts for the period January 1st, 1959, to December 31st,\n1959 69,275.97\nExpenditures for the above period 63,360.27\nDisbursements\u2014\nFoster-parents $34,102.00\nAdopting parents 4,478.13\nNatural parents 6,138.35\nTransferred to Children's Aid Societies 2,777.68\nRefunds to Family Allowances Branch 254.00\nRecreational equipment, etc. 9,570.80\nPaid to children on discharge 2,880.32\nEducational 569.99\nGifts 29.85\nSpecial clothing 357.68\nOther Provinces 751.59\nMiscellaneous 1,449.88\n$63,360.27\nBalance on hand as at December 31st, 1959 $66,522.31\nNumber of children involved in the accumulated balance, 1,811.\nQUEEN ELIZABETH TRUST FUND\nThis fund, amounting to $12,140, was established in July, 1959, by the\nGovernment to commemorate the visit of the Queen to British Columbia. It is to\nbe used for special purchases on behalf of individual children in the care of the\nSuperintendent of Child Welfare. Already pairs of blankets have been sent to seven\nnewly married wards, and one boy with interest in orchestra work has been able to\nrent snare drums through the Fund. The Queen Elizabeth Trust Fund will be\nincreasingly used and will prove a valuable resource for boys and girls whose gifts,\ntalents, and interests are to be expressed in ways ordinary and extraordinary.\nDivisional staff participated in a number of interagency and interdepartmental\nactivities through the year. The Deputy is a member of the Interdepartmental\nCommittee on Indian Affairs, as well as the Director of Social Welfare's Committee\non Delinquency. Both Committees have far-reaching goals in mind and warrant\nthe time, in and out of regular work-hours, spent in preparation. The Supervisor\nof the Adoption Placement Section acted as Chairman of the Registration Committee for the Child Welfare League of America, which had a most successful first\nconference in British Columbia at Vancouver this year. The Association of Children's Aid Societies, of which the Superintendent, as a Children's Aid Society, is a\nmember, was able to meet but twice this year. This group, which, as yet, is an\ninformal association, is proving to be a valuable means of communication between\nthe societies, and between them and the Department. The Institutional Care of\nChildren Committee, formed under the Welfare Institutions Licensing Act and\nchaired by the Superintendent, could become an important means of increasing\nplacement resources for children. It met eleven times up to December, 1959, but\nunfortunately since that time, because of other exigencies, no meeting has been\npossible. The Superintendent has the honour of serving voluntarily on the British\n REPORT OF SOCIAL WELFARE BRANCH\nL 47\nColumbia Committee of the First Canadian Conference on Children, which is to\nbe held in October, 1960.\nCONCLUSION\nIn concluding this report, my heart-felt thanks go to the Divisional clerical and\nsocial-work staff. Each has participated to the fullest extent in the many administrative changes made this year as a result of the Division's shifting function under\ndecentralization. Each has carried out his or her duties, with the children to be\nserved receiving first consideration. My appreciation of district office staffs' efforts\non behalf of child welfare services throughout the Province is no less. Thanks are\nextended also to the three Children's Aid Societies and other voluntary and public\ndepartments for their invaluable help and support throughout the year.\nFoster-parents have earned special recognition these past twelve months. They\nhave coped with many trying and emergent situations, and are indeed the folk who\nby their acts of love to children \" make joy bells ring in Heaven.\"\n L 48 BRITISH COLUMBIA\nOLD-AGE ASSISTANCE, BLIND PERSONS' ALLOWANCES, DISABLED\nPERSONS' ALLOWANCES, AND SUPPLEMENTARY ASSISTANCE\nE. W. Berry, Chairman\nGENERAL\nThe Old-age Assistance Board is a division of the Department of Social Welfare. The Board consists of three members appointed by the Lieutenant-Governor\nin Council. These same three members also comprise the Blind Persons' Allowances\nBoard and the Disabled Persons' Allowances Board. The Boards are charged with\nthe administration of the respective Federal and Provincial Acts and regulations,\nincluding the consideration of applications and the payment of assistance. The\nBoards also consider applications for supplementary assistance and health services,\nand grant these additional Provincial benefits where applicable.\nIn general, the volume of work done by the Division was greater than in\nprevious years, due partly to the various adjustments necessary as a result of a\ngreater number of recipients on the payroll, and partly to the additional preparatory\nwork entailed in the latter months of the year in reviewing and adjusting the total\ncase load for the 20-per-cent increase in supplementary assistance, which was to\nbe effective at the beginning of the following year. Although the actual number of\nnew applications received and the number of applications granted were both down,\nmany more persons applied for reconsideration of their former applications which\nwere previously refused because of excess income. The over-all case load increased,\ntherefore, as a result of these older persons becoming eligible who formerly could\nnot qualify because of earnings. Part-time jobs appeared to be less plentiful than\nin previous years.\nNo major changes in legislation took place in the three Federal-Provincial programmes or in the Provincial supplementary assistance programme.\nThe amounts expended during the year in the Federal-Provincial programmes\nhave levelled off after the sharp increases of the previous year that reflected previous\nchanges in legislation.\nSOCIAL ASPECTS\nThe Board has its own \" intake \" section. Persons in the Vancouver area not\nin receipt of Social Allowance may apply for assistance direct to the Board office.\nMany problems of the aged are encountered, and of them the following appear\nto be the most urgent:\u2014\n(1) Housing to accommodate the unmarried, particularly those who have\nno family ties. The help given by way of the assistance or allowance,\nand health benefits, seems to be adequate in most instances if the recipient\nis satisfactorily housed.\n(2) Adequate accommodation for the chronically ill who have limited financial\nresources. The financial burden of such care is, in most cases, prohibitive\nand beyond the resources of the individual or his family.\n(3) Organized \"trained volunteer\" visits for our aged in order to assist\nthem at frequent intervals with their budgeting and daily problems.\nGRAPHIC PRESENTATIONS COVERING THE PERIOD FROM\nJANUARY 1st, 1952, TO MARCH 31st, 1960\nThree graphic presentations on the following pages cover the various aspects\nof the administration in this Province of the Old-age Assistance Act since January\n REPORT OF SOCIAL WELFARE BRANCH\nL 49\n1st, 1952, and Disabled Persons Act since April 1st, 1955, when these Acts became\neffective.\nThe first graphic presentation for Old-age Assistance, a fine graph, shows the\nrelationship for each fiscal year ending March 31st between the total cost and the\ntotal number of applications received and granted. The second, a bar graph, reveals\nthe relationship for each fiscal year among the totals of the number of cases on the\npayroll, the number of applications received, the number granted, and the number\nrejected. Details concerning these Old-age Assistance graphs were given in the\nprevious annual reports, and it will be noted that no significant change has occurred\nin the present fiscal year in the number of applications received or in the total number\nof cases in pay.\nAn examination of the third graph, a bar graph for Disabled Persons' Allowance, shows that the total number of applications for allowances received in each\nyear has levelled off after the large number received in the first year during which\nthe Act was operative. The total number of allowances in pay shows a consistent\nincrease of approximately 20 per cent over the previous year. The continued rise\nin the case load reflects the accumulation of cases granted the allowance from year\nto year. The total is made up of persons granted when they first apply, as well as\npersons who later qualify. With the exception of the first year, approximately 37\nper cent of the new applications received are refused for various reasons, the main\none being that the applicants are considered not totally and permanently disabled\nwithin the meaning of the regulations.\nOf the total applications received since April 1st, 1955, 56 per cent are receiving the allowance. The other 44 per cent are either ineligible, suspended, or\ndeceased. Of the 1,778 persons receiving the allowance, 65 per cent are disabled\nbecause of mental disorders and diseases of the nervous system.\n7,032\n4,500\n4,200\n3,900\n--BRITISH COLUMBIA-\nJANUARY 1, 1952 TO MARCH SI, I960\nl\n3,300\nCost of Assistance\nNumber of Applications Received\nNumber of Applications Granted\nNumber of Applications Refused\n\t\n50, 000 units per square\n300 units per square\n100 units per square\n300 units per square\n*.\n3,000\n2,700\n2,400\n2,100\n1,800\n1,500\n1,200\n900\n600\n\\\nNumber of Old Age Assistance\n|\ny\n-'\"\n:\n\t\n\u25a0^\n.\/\n\"-\"\u25a0\"\n|\nf\\\n\\\n\/ 1\n1\/\n,-\n\/\n_.\n--,.\n=\u00bb\u25a0\n=\n\u2014\nSs,\n\"-\"-:\n\u25a0^\n\u00ab=#\n*\n\u2014\ng;\n\u2014\n-.\n\u2014\n_*\n -\n0\n\/\/\n\u25a0'\"'\n\u2014\n\u2014\n\u2014\n\u2014\n\u2014\n\u2014\n\u2014\n\u2014\n\t\ntn tn\nOs o\\\n(S tn v~i tn\nOs Os Os Os Os\ncn rf -* \"* tJ- tn tn tn vi so so\ntn tn m v> tn tn tn tn tn tn tn\nOs Os Os Os Os Os Os Os OS Os Os\nso so r-\nm tn tn\nas as os\nr- t\u2014 oooocooo as as\ntn tn tn tn tn tn tn tn\nOs Os OS Os OS 0\\ Os Os\nOs Os\ntn tn\nOs Os\n\u00ab5\na s \u00ab\nQ \u00a7\nQ S\nq \u00a3g\u00a3q a\no a\n L 50\n8,000\n7,000\n6,000\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\nOld-age Assistance\nHH\nNumber on the payroll.\nNumber of applications.\n13 Number granted assistance.\nNumber rejected.\n5,000\n4,000\n3,000\n2,000\n1,000 J\n_y\nLKLKJCLk\n1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960\nFiscal year ending March 31st of each year.\n REPORT OF SOCIAL WELFARE BRANCH\nL 51\n1,750\n1,500 -\n1,250\n1,000\n750 -\n500\n250\nI\nDisabled Persons' Allowance\nNumber on payroll.\nNumber of applications.\nNumber granted allowance.\nNumber rejected.\n1956\n1957\n1958\n1959\nFiscal year ending March 31st of each year.\n1960\nSTATISTICS FOR THE YEAR ENDED MARCH 3 1st, 1960\nOld-age Assistance\nTable I.\u2014Disposition of Applications\nNew applications received\nApplications granted\nApplications not granted (refused, withdrawn, etc.)-\n2,554\n2,405!\n421\n1 Includes some left over from previous year.\n L 52 BRITISH COLUMBIA\nTable II.\u2014Miscellaneous\n(a) British Columbia recipients\u2014\nReturned to British Columbia 28\nReinstated 124\nSuspended 331\nDeaths 247\nTransferred to other Provinces 56\nTransferred to Old Age Security 1,798\nTotal number on payroll at end of fiscal year 7,146\n(b) Other-Province recipients\u2014\nTransferred to British Columbia 13\nReinstated 1\nSuspended 6\nDeaths 10\nTransferred out of British Columbia 72\nTransferred to Old Age Security 68\n(c) Total number of British Columbia and other-Province recipi\nents on payroll at end of fiscal year 7,391\nTable III.\u2014Reasons Why Applications Not Granted\nNumber Per Cent\nNot of age 76 18.05\nUnable to prove age 1 0.24\nNot sufficient residence 2 0.48\nIncome in excess 199 47.27\nUnable to prove residence 1 0.24\nTransfer of property \t\nReceiving War Veterans' Allowance 4 0.95\nInformation refused 20 4.75\nApplication withdrawn 73 17.33\nApplicants died before grant 18 4.28\nWhereabouts unknown 12 2.85\nEligible for Old Age Security 11 2.61\nAssistance from private sources 3 0.71\nReceiving Old Age Security 1 0.24\nTotals 421 100.00\nTable IV.\u2014Sex of New Recipients\nMale \u2014\nFemale\nNumber\nPer Cent\n1,085\n45.11\n1,320\n54.89\nTotals 2,405 100.00\n REPORT OF SOCIAL WELFARE BRANCH\nTable V.\u2014Marital Status of New Recipients\nNumber\nMarried 1,055\nSingle 333\nWidows 487\nWidowers 130\nSeparated 346\nDivorced 54\nL 53\nTotals 2,405\nPer Cent\n43.87\n13.85\n20.25\n5.40\n14.39\n2.24\n100.00\nTable VI.\u2014Birthplace of New Recipients\nNumber Per Cent\nBritish Columbia 250 10.40\nOther parts of Canada 506 21.04\nBritish Isles 572 23.78\nOther parts of British Commonwealth 10 0.42\nUnited States of America 249 10.35\nOther foreign countries 818 34.01\n100.00\nTotals\n2,405\nAge 65\nAge 66\nAge 67\nAge 68\nAge 69\nTable VII.\u2014Ages at Granting of Assistance\nNumber\nPer Cent\n1,309\n54.43\n335\n13.93\n289\n12.02\n257\n10.68\n215\n8.94\nTotals 2,405\n100.00\nTable VIII.\u2014Ages of Recipients at Death\nAge 65\nNumber\n22\nPer Cent\n8.91\nAge 66\n 39\n15.79\nAge 67\n 52\n21.05\nAge 68\n59\n23.89\nAge 69\n75\n30.36\nTotals \t\n 247\n100.00\n L 54\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\nTable IX.\u2014With Whom New Recipients Live\nLiving alone\t\nLiving with spouse\t\nLiving with spouse and children\nLiving with children\nLiving with other relatives\nLiving with others\nLiving in public institutions _\nLiving in private institutions\nTotals ,\t\number\nPer Cent\n765\n31.81\n923\n38.38\n129\n5.36\n292\n12.14\n106\n4.41\n105\n4.37\n60\n2.49\n25\n1.04\n2,405\n100.00\nTable X.\u2014Where New Recipients Are Living\nNumber\nIn own home 1,045\nIn rented house 322\nIn children's home 301\n 87\n 27\n 5\n 295\n 64\n 174\n 85\nIn home of other relatives __\nBoarding \t\nIn boarding home\t\nIn housekeeping room\t\nIn single room (eating out)\nIn rented suite\t\nIn institutions \t\nTotals 2,405\nPer Cent\n43.45\n13.39\n12.52\n3.62\n1.12\n0.21\n12.27\n2.66\n7.23\n3.53\n100.00\nTable XI.\u2014Economic Status of New Recipients\n(a) Holding real property of value\u2014\n$0 \t\n$1 to $250\t\n$251 to $500 \t\n$501 to $750 \t\n$751 to $1,000 103\n$1,001 to $1,500\t\n$1,501 to $2,000\t\n$2,001 and up \t\nNumber\nPer Cent\n1,277\n53.10\n70\n2.91\n61\n2.53\n74\n3.08\n103\n4.28\n231\n9.60\n252\n10.49\n337\n14.01\nTotals\n2,405\n100.00\nJ\n REPORT OF SOCIAL WELFARE BRANCH\nL 55\nTable XL\u2014Economic Status of New Recipients\u2014Continued\n(b) Holding personal property of value\u2014\n$0 \t\n$1 to $250 \t\n$251 to $500\t\n$501 to $750 \t\n$751 to $1,000 _.\n$1,001 to $1,500\n$1,501 to $2,000\n$2,001 and up .__.\nTotals\nNumber\n1,056\n635\n177\n142\n115\n134\n67\n79\n2,405\nPer Cent\n43.91\n26.40\n7.36\n5.90\n4.78\n5.57\n2.79\n3.29\n100.00\nTable XII.\u2014Number of Recipients Living in Other Provinces as at March 31st,\n1960, Whose Assistance Is Paid by British Columbia\nAlberta \t\nSaskatchewan \t\nManitoba \t\nOntario \t\nQuebec \t\nNew Brunswick _\nNova Scotia \t\nYukon Territory\nGranted by\nBritish\nColumbia\n.___ 22\n.__ 7\n7\n1\n1\n2\n1\nGranted by\nOther\nProvinces\n6\n5\n3\n13\n3\nTotals\n48\n30\nTable XIII.\u2014Distribution of British Columbia Recipients According to the\nAmount of Assistance Received (Basic Assistance $55)\nAmount of Assistance\n$55 \t\n$50 to $54.99 __..\n$45 to $49.99 __\n$40 to $44.99 _\n$35 to $39.99 .1-\n$30 to $34.99 _\n$25 to $29.99 _\n$20 to $24.99 _..\nLess than $19.99\nPer Cent\n80.93\n4.70\n3.21\n2.27\n1.87\n1.85\n1.35\n1.25\n2.57\nTotal\n100.00\n L 56 BRITISH COLUMBIA\nBlind Persons' Allowances\nTable I.\u2014Disposition of Applications\nNew applications received 60\nApplications granted 531\nApplications refused, withdrawn, etc 222\n1 Includes some left over from previous year.\n2 Number still pending not included.\nTable II.\u2014Miscellaneous\n(a) British Columbia recipients\u2014\nSuspended 20\nReinstated 10\nTransferred to other Provinces 5\nReturned to British Columbia 2\nTransferred to Old Age Security 22\nDeaths 11\n(b) Other-Province recipients\u2014\nTransferred to British Columbia 5\nReinstated 3\nTransferred out of British Columbia or suspended 5\nDeaths 1\n(c) Total on payroll at end of fiscal year\u2014\nBritish Columbia 516\nOther Province 25\n541\nTable 111.\u2014Reasons Why Api\nNot blind within the meaning of the Act-\ntlications Not Granted\nNumber\n 9\nPer Cent\n40.92\nIncome in excess \t\n 5\n22.73\nApplications withdrawn\t\n 5\n22.73\nDied before grant \t\n 1\n4.54\nInformation refused _ _\n 1\n4.54\nWhereabouts unknown \t\n 1\n4.54\n 22\nTotals _ \t\n100.00\nTable IV.\u2014Sex of New Recipients\nNumber Per Cent\nMale 31 54.49\nFemale 22 45.51\nTotals 53 100.00\n REPORT OF SOCIAL WELFARE BRANCH\nTable V.\u2014Marital Status of New Recipients\nL 57\nMarried \t\nNumber\n 18\nPer Cent\n33.96\nSingle \t\n 20\n37.74\nWidows \t\n 9\n16.98\nSeparated\t\n 4\n7.55\nDivorced \t\n 2\n3.77\n 53\nTotals \t\n100.00\nTable VI.-\nBritish Columbia\n\u2014Birthplace\nof New Recipients\nNumber\n20\nPer Cent\n37.74\nOther parts of Canada\t\n 17\n32.08\nBritish Isles \t\n 6\n11.32\nUnited States of American-\n 5\n9.43\nOther foreign countries\t\n 5\n9.43\n 53\nTotals \t\n100.00\nTable VII.\u2014Ages at Granting of Allowance\nAges 18 to 2 L \t\nNumber\n4\nPer Cent\n7.55\nAges 22 to 30 \t\n 4\n7.55\nAges 31 to 40\t\n 6\n11.32\nAges 41 to 50._ \t\n11\n20.75\nAges 51 to 60 \t\n ___ 13\n34.53\nAges 61 to 69 __ \t\n _____ 15\n28.30\n 53\nTotals \t\n100.00\nAges 21 to 30\nAges 31 to 40\nAges 41 to 50\nAges 51 to 60\nAges 61 to 69\nTable VIII.-\n\u2014Ages of Recipients at Death\nNumber\nPer Cent\n 1\n9.09\n 1\n9.09\n 2\n18.18\n 7\n63.64\n 11\nils \t\n100.00\n L 58 BRITISH COLUMBIA\nTable IX.\u2014With Whom New Recipients Live\nNumber Per Cent\nLiving with parents 5 9.43\nLiving alone 13 24.53\nLiving with spouse 11 20.76\nLiving with spouse and children 7 13.21\nLiving with children 9 16.98\nLiving with other relatives 2 3.77\nLiving with others 2 3.77\nLiving in public institutions 1 1.89\nLiving in private institutions 3 5.66\nTable X.\u2014Where New Recipients Are Living\nTotals 53 100.00\nIn parents' home _ _ ____\nNumber\n 6\nPer Cent\n11.32\nIn own home\t\n 17\n32.08\nIn rented house\t\n 7\n13.21\nIn rented suite _ . _\n6\n11.32\nTn children's home \t\n____ 2\n3.77\nIn home of other relatives ___\n 2\n3.77\nIn housekeeping room __\n 7\n13.21\nIn institutions ____ . _ \t\n___ 4\n7.55\nIn single room (eating out)\t\n 2\n3.77\n 53\nTotals \t\n100.00\nTable XI.\u2014Economic Status of New Recipients\n(a) Holding real property of value\u2014 Number Percent\n$0 35 66.04\n$1 to $250 4 7.55\n$251 to $500 2 3.77\n$501 to $750 1 1.89\n$751 to $1,000 1 1.89\n$1,001 to $1,500 2 3.77\n$1,501 to $2,000 2 3.77\n$2,001 and up 6 11.32\nTotals 53 100.00\n REPORT OF SOCIAL WELFARE BRANCH\nL 59\nTable XI.\u2014Economic Status of New Recipients\u2014Continued\nCM\nHolding personal property of value\u2014\n$0 \u2014 \t\nNumber\n 28\n 12\n 3\nPer Cent\n52.83\n$1 to $250__._ \t\n22.65\n$251 to $500 \t\n5.66\n$501 to $750 \t\n 2\n3.77\n$751 to $1,000\n 2\n3.77\n$1,001 to $1,500\n 3\n5.66\n$1,501 to $2,000\n$2,001 and up\t\n 3\n___ 53\n5.66\nTotals \t\n100.00\nTable XII.\u2014Number of Recipients Living in Other Provinces as at March 31st,\n1960, Whose Allowances Are Paid by This Province\nGranted by\nBritish\nColumbia\nAlberta \t\nSaskatchewan _\nManitoba\t\nOntario \t\nNew Brunswick\n1\n2\n1\nGranted by\nOther\nProvinces\nTotals\nTable XIII.\u2014Distribution of British Columbia Recipients According to the\nAmount of Allowances Received (Basic Allowance, $55)\n$55\n$50 to $54.99 _\n$45 to $49.99 _\n$40 to $44.99 _\n$35 to $39.99 _\n$30 to $34.99 _\n$25 to $29.99 .\n$20 to $24.99 _\n$19.99 and less\nTotal\nPer Cent\n92.14\n2.02\n1.41\n0.40\n1.01\n0.61\n0.40\n2.01\n100.00\n L 60\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\nDisabled Persons' Allowances\nTable I.\u2014Disposition of Applications\nNew applications received\t\nApplications granted\t\nApplications refused, withdrawn, etc.\n1 Includes some left over from previous year.\n469\n3581\n139\nTable II.\u2014Miscellaneous\n(a) British Columbia recipients\u2014\nSuspended \t\nReinstated \t\nTransferred to other Provinces _\nReturned to British Columbia\t\nTransferred to Old Age Security\nDeaths \t\n(b) Other-Province recipients\u2014\nTransferred to British Columbia\nTransferred out of British Columbia or suspended-.\nReinstated \t\nDeaths \t\n(c) Total on payroll at end of fiscal year\u2014\nBritish Columbia 1,815\nOther Province 51\n84\n37\n9\n2\n44\n11\n10\n15\n1,866\nTable III.\u2014Reason Why Applications Not Granted\nNumber Per Cent\nNot 18 years of age 1 0.72\nToo much income 11 7.91\nRefused information 4 2.88\nWhereabouts unknown 2 1.44\nUnable to meet medical test 98 70.50\nMental hospital 3 2.16\nHospital 1 0.72\nNursing home 4 2.88\nApplication withdrawn 6 4.32\nDied before grant 9 6.47\n100.00\nTotals\n139\n REPORT OF SOCIAL WELFARE BRANCH\nL 61\nTable IV.\u2014Primary Causes of Disability on Accepted Cases\nInfective and parasitic diseases\nNeoplasms\nNumber Per Cent\n 11 3.16\n 4 1.14\nAllergic, endocrine system, metabolic, and nutritional diseases 12 3.45\nDiseases of blood and blood-forming organs 1 0.28\nMental, psychoneurotic, and personality disorders.. _ 125 35.91\nDiseases of the nervous system and sense organs 103 29.60\nDiseases of the circulatory system 35 10.06\nDiseases of the respiratory system 7 2.02\nDiseases of the digestive system 3 0.87\nDiseases of the genito-urinary system 2 0.58\nDiseases of the skin and cellular tissues \t\nDiseases of the bones and organs of movement 33 9.49\nCongenital malformations 6 1.72\nSymptoms, senility, and ill-defined conditions \t\nAccidents, poisoning, and violence (nature of injury) 6 1.72\nTotals 348 100.00\nTable V.\u2014Sex of New Recipients\nMale \u2014\nNumber\n 201\nPer Cent\n56.15\nFemale\n 157\n43.85\nTotals ___\n _ ___ 358\n100.00\nTable VI.\u2014Marital Status of New Recipients\nMarried \t\nNumber\n 72\nPer Cent\n20.11\nSingle _ \t\n _____ 235\n65.63\nWidow \t\n _ 14\n3.91\nWidower\n3\n0.83\nSeparated \t\n19\n5.31\nDivorced \t\n 15\n4.21\n 358\nTotals \t\n100.00\n L 62 BRITISH COLUMBIA\nTable VII.\u2014Birthplace of New Recipients\nNumber Per Cent\nBritish Columbia 141 39.38\nOther parts of Canada 135 37.71\nBritish Isles 33 9.22\nOther parts of British Empire 2 0.56\nUnited States of America 12 3.35\nOther foreign countries 35 9.78\nTable VIII.\u2014Ages at Granting of Allowance\nTotals 358 100.00\nAges 18 to 19\t\nNumber\n 56\nPer Cent\n15.64\nAges 20 to 24\t\n 29\n8.10\nAges 25 to 29 \t\n33\n9.22\nAges 30 to 34 \t\n 18\n5.03\nAges 35 to 39\t\n 27\n7.54\nAges 40 to 44 \t\n 35\n9.78\nAges 45 to 49 _ _\n 30\n8.38\nAges 50 to 54\t\n 34\n9.50\nAges 55 to 59 \t\n 55\n15.36\nAges 60 to 64 \t\n 40\n11.17\nAges 65 to 69 \t\n 1\n0.28\nAges over 70 _. \t\n 358\nTotals \t\n100.00\nTable IX.\u2014Ages of Recipients at Death\nNumber Per Cent\nAges 18 to 19 \t\nAges 20 to 24 1 2.27\nAges 25 to 29 3 6.83\nAges 30 to 34 1 2.27\nAges 35 to 39 2 4.54\nAges 40 to 44 4 9.09\nAges 45 to 49 2 4.54\nAges 50 to 54 2 4.54\nAges 55 to 59 14 31.82\nAges 60 to 64 10 22.73\nAges 65 to 69 5 11.37\nAges over 70 \t\nTotals 44 100.00\n REPORT OF SOCIAL WELFARE BRANCH\nL 63\nTable X.\u2014With Whom Recipients Live\nNumber\n167\n42\n56\nLiving with parents\t\nLiving alone \t\nLiving with spouse\t\nLiving with spouse and children 15\nLiving with children 12\nLiving with other relatives 42\nLiving with others 18\nLiving in private institutions 6\nTotals\n358\nPer Cent\n46.65\n11.73\n15.64\n4.19\n3.35\n11.73\n5.03\n1.68\n100.00\nTable XI.\u2014Where New Recipients Are Living\nIn parents' home \t\nIn own house\t\nIn rented house\t\nIn rented suite\t\nIn children's home\t\nIn home of other relatives 36\nIn housekeeping room\t\nIn boarding home\t\nIn institutions\t\nIn single room (eating out) 6\nTotals 358\nNumber\nPer Cent\n168\n46.92\n59\n16.48\n21\n5.86\n29\n8.10\n8\n2.23\n36\n10.06\n19\n5.31\n6\n1.68\n6\n1.68\n6\n1.68\n100.00\nTable XII.\u2014Economic Status of New Recipients\n(a) Holding real property of value\n$0 \t\n$1 to $250\t\nNumber\n 294\n 6\n$251 to $500 4\n$501 to $750 ____..\n$751 to $1,000 __..\n$1,001 to $1,500\n$1,501 to $2,000\n$2,001 and up ___\nTotals\n1\n5\n10\n9\n29\n358\nPer Cent\n82.12\n1.68\n1.12\n0.28\n1.40\n2.79\n2.51\n8.10\n100.00\n L 64\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\nTable XII.\u2014Economic Status of New Recipients\u2014Continued\n(b) Holding personal property of value\u2014 Number Percent\n$0 254 70.95\n$1 to $250 58 16.20\n$251 to $500 11 3.07\n$501 to $750 12 3.35\n$751 to $1,000 8 2.23\n$1,001 to $1,500 7 1.96\n$1,501 to $2,000 3 0.84\n$2,001 and up 5 1.40\nTotals\n358\n100.00\nTable XIII.\u2014Number of Recipients Living in Other Provinces as at March 31st,\n1960, Whose Allowances Are Paid by This Province\nGranted by Granted by\nAlberta\nBritish\nColumbia\n__ 5\nOther\nProvinces\n1\nSaskatchewan _ _ _\n 2\n6\nManitoba\n 1\nOntario _ _\n 2\n5\nQuebec\n 1\nNew Brunswick -\n1\nTotals \t\n 11\n13\nTable XIV.\u2014Distribution of British Columbia Recipients According to the\nAmount of Allowance Received (Basic Allowance, $55)\nPer Cent\n 92.41\n$55 \t\n$50 to $54.99 _.\n$45 to $49.99 ..\n$40 to $44.99 _.\n$35 to $39.99 __\n$30 to $34.99 __\n$25 to $29.99 _\n$20 to $24.99 __\n$19.99 and less\nTotal\n2.59\n1.40\n1.07\n0.79\n0.56\n0.39\n0.34\n0.45\n100.00\n REPORT OF SOCIAL WELFARE BRANCH L 65\nFINANCIAL STATEMENTS\nThe Old-age Assistance Act, Year Ended March 3 1st, 1960\nSupplementary\nAssistance Assistance Total\nTotal amount paid recipients in\nBritish Columbia $4,740,802.49 $1,370,697.11 $6,111,499.60\nLess amount of refunds from\nrecipients\u2014\nOverpayments ___. $17,863.55 $3,161.84 $21,025.39\nMiscellaneous 715.00 230.00 945.00\nTotal refunds $18,578.55 $3,391.84 $21,970.39\nNet amount paid to recipients in\nBritish Columbia $4,722,223.94 $1,367,305.27 $6,089,529.21\nA dd amount paid other Provinces on\naccount of recipients for whom\nBritish Columbia is responsible __ 30,798.47 4,432.21 35,230.68\nLess amount received by British\nColumbia on account of recipients\nfor whom other Provinces are responsible 73,597.15 9,940.69 83,537.84\nLess amount refunded by the Federal Government 2,368,932.02 2,368,932.02\nTotal amount paid by\nBritish Columbia $2,310,493.24 $1,361,796.79 $3,672,290.03\n L 66 BRITISH COLUMBIA\nThe Blind Persons Act, Year Ended March 3 1st, 1960\nSupplementary\nAllowances Assistance Total\nTotal amount paid recipients in British\nColumbia $351,540.91 $117,605.56 $469,146.47\nLess amount of refunds from recipients\u2014\nOverpayments $614.35 $226.45 $840.80\nMiscellaneous 55.00 20.00 75.00\nTotal refunds $669.35 $246.45 $915.80\nNet amount paid to recipients in British\nColumbia $350,871.56 $117,359.11 $468,230.67\nAdd amount paid other Provinces on account of recipients for whom British\nColumbia is responsible 1,056.17 440.00 1,496.17\nLess amount received by British Columbia\non account of recipients for whom other\nProvinces are responsible 5,887.54 2,673.50 8,561.04\nLess amount refunded by the Federal\nGovernment 263,162.18 263,162.18\nTotal amount paid by British\nColumbia $82,878.01 $115,125.61 $198,003.62\nThe Disabled Persons Act, Year Ended March 3 1st, 1960\nSupplementary\nAllowances Assistance Total\nTotal amount paid recipients in British Columbia $1,150,268.82 $406,629.87 $1,556,898.69\nLess amount of refunds from\nrecipients\u2014\nOverpayments $843.59 $110.00 $953.59\nMiscellaneous 52.93 40.00 92.93\nTotal refunds $896.52 $150.00 $1,046.52\nNet amount paid to recipients in British Columbia $1,149,372.30 $406,479.87 $1,555,852.17\nAdd amount paid other Provinces on\naccount of recipients for whom\nBritish Columbia is responsible ____ 7,184.78 1,060.00 8,244.78\nLess amount received by British Columbia on account of recipients for\nwhom other Provinces are responsible 25,250.32 25,250.32\nLess amount refunded by the Federal\nGovernment 574,686.13 574,686.13\nTotal amount paid by British Columbia $556,620.63 $407,539.87 $964,160.50\n REPORT OF SOCIAL WELFARE BRANCH L 67\nOld Age Security Recipients, Supplementary Assistance,\nYear Ended March 3 1st, 1960\nTotal amount paid recipients in British Columbia $5,948,464.65\nLess amount of refunds from recipients\u2014\nOverpayments $ 18,599.93\nMiscellaneous 846.60\nTotal refunds $19,446.53\nNet amount paid to recipients in British Columbia $5,929,018.12\nAdd amount paid other Provinces on account of recipients\nfor whom British Columbia is responsible 46,548.77\nLess amount received by British Columbia on account of\nrecipients for whom other Provinces are responsible 163,974.49\nTotal paid by British Columbia $5,811,592.40\nThe Old-age Pension Act, Year Ended March 3 1st, 1960\nSupplementary\nPensions Assistance Total\nAmount of refunds received from pensioners'estates $2,076.01 $2,076.01\nLess amount refunded to the Federal Governments 1,456.35 1,456.35\nTotal net refunds received by British\nColumbia $619.66 $619.66\nAdministration Expense\nSalaries and special services $212,593.70\nOffice expense 52,974.82\nTravelling expense 552.66\nIncidentals and contingencies 806.00\nFurniture and equipment 543.70\nMedical examinations 201.93\nTotal $267,672.81\nSummary\nAdministration and Assistance\nAdministration $267,672.81\nOld-age Assistance Act 2,310,493.24\nBlind Persons' Allowances Act 82,878.01\nDisabled Persons' Allowances Act 581,870.95\nOld-age Pension Act (Credit) 619.66\nAs per Public Accounts $3,242,295.35\n L 68 BRITISH COLUMBIA\nSummary\u2014Continued\nSupplementary Assistance\nOld-age Assistance Act $1,361,796.79\nBlind Persons' Allowances Act 115,125.61\nDisabled Persons' Allowances Act 382,289.55\nUniversal Old Age Security 5,811,592.40\nAs per Public Accounts $7,670,804.35\nSupplementary Assistance and Health Services to the Aged,\nBlind, and Disabled\nNew Applications\nNumber received 1,810\nNumber granted supplementary assistance and health services 1,159\nNumber granted supplementary assistance only 8\nNumber granted health services only 102\nNumber who died before application was granted 23\nNumber of applications withdrawn 68\nNumber of applicants ineligible 236\nNumber of applications pending 214\nTotal _. 1,810\nGeneral Information\nFormer old-age pensioners still receiving supplementary assistance\non March 31st, 1960 8,716\nOld-age Assistance recipients transferred to Old Age Security\nreceiving supplementary assistance on March 31st, 1960 10,171\nNew Old Age Security pensioners receiving supplementary assistance on March 31st, 1960 7,343\nBlind persons in receipt of Old Age Security receiving supplementary assistance on March 31st, 1960 202\nDisability pensioners over 70 receiving supplementary assistance\non March 31st, 1960 2\nOther-Province cases 1,172\nTotal number in receipt of B.C. Supplementary Social Allowance\nas at March 31st, 1960 35,493\nMEMBERS OF THE BOARD\nThe following are the members of the Old-age Assistance Board of the Province of British Columbia:\u2014\nChairman: Mr. E. W. Berry.\nMembers: Mr. J. A. Sadler, Director of Social Welfare; Mr. H. E. Blanchard,\nAdministrator, Region II, Department of Social Welfare.\nCONCLUSION\nIn concluding this report the Board wishes to express its sincere appreciation\nfor the loyal and efficient work of the office and field staffs throughout the year,\nand for the continued co-operation of other departments of Government and many\noutside agencies.\n REPORT OF SOCIAL WELFARE BRANCH\nL 69\nMEDICAL SERVICES DIVISION\nG. Wakefield, M.D., Director\nThe attached tables will readily indicate a further increase in the costs of providing health services to those persons in receipt of social assistance. One might\nask if such data also show the benefits these persons have received from such services.\nPerhaps we cannot keep records of each service as it pertains to each of the\nliterally thousands of our clients. However, I am certain that all those in the Provincial and municipal welfare offices have, at the very least, an inkling of what\nbenefits, both medical and social, have accrued to the individuals concerned. We\nhave a responsibility to control expenditures in so far as limiting them to the providing of necessary services, but this is the difficult core of the problem. Certainly,\nevery prepaid health plan, whether it be public or private in nature, faces this\nproblem, and as yet none has found a mutually acceptable solution. One can only\nhope for a greater acceptance by all concerned of their responsibilities as citizens to\nconsider the essential need of a service. It is so easy to make the extra the usual if\none does not have to pay for the service directly.\nI do think that, in line with acceptance of responsibility, we should be giving\nfurther thought to the question of client participation in the cost as well as the\nreceiving of the service. We do have a certain number of persons in receipt of\npublic assistance who are more or less completely and permanently dependent\nindividuals. Despite them, is it not consistent with good social casework practice\nto have the client accept some financial responsibility in all matters including\nhealth as well as those pertaining to food, lodging, and clothing? This presents\ncertain problems regarding current eligibility regulations, but I do believe our staff\nin general would accept such a challenge.\nBefore commenting further on some of the tables, I should like to once again\nexpress appreciation to the many professional associations, hospitals, and other\ninstitutions who have so ably provided their services to our clients. Despite certain\nareas of differences of opinion and at times almost frank disagreement, we always\nfind them ready to assist us in helping those who are unable to help themselves.\nI sincerely hope that this fact will never be forgotten when problems arise.\nTable I.\u2014Gross Costs for Fiscal Years 1955\/56 to 1959\/60\nYear\nMedical\nDrugs1\nDental\nOptical\nTransportation\nOther\nTotal\n1955\/56\n1956\/57.\n1957\/58.\n1958\/59\n1959\/60.\n$1,523,658.40 $893,356.88\n'1,486.400.99 961,405.50\n1,503.964.91 |1,106,153.01\n1,587,997.03 11,281.107.27\n1,766,536.60 11,492,138.17\n$119,512.74\n129,267.56\n148,223.72\n$48,341.91\n50,565.61\n55,440.66\n168,051.06 | 57,050.37\n279,550.08 79,632.04\n$22,504.83\n23.359.27\n25,763.04\n41.329.60\n57,297.87\nI\n$12,733.72 |$2,620,108.48\n14,421.86 | 2,665,420.79\n16.983.77 I 2,856.529.11\n21.374.78 | 3.156 910.11\n22,451.43 | 3,697,606.19\n I\n1 Not included in these figures is the cost of drugs purchased by the dispensary for welfare institutions.\nThere was a definite increase (some 8.5 per cent) in the total average monthly\ncoverage, and this was mainly attributable to the increase in the Social Allowance\ncase load. In December of 1958 the unemployed employables were included in\nthose receiving Social Allowance who were given medical coverage after the three-\nmonth waiting period. By the next fiscal year this group was increasing even more,\n L 70\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\nas its numbers vary directly with current economic conditions in the Province.\nThere were increases in most of the other categories of assistance, and, of course,\nall such increases automatically affect the costs of the Medical Services Division.\nTable II\n\u2014Payments to British Columbia Doctors (Gross Costs)\nFiscal Year\nMedical\nAgreement\nImmigrant\nOther\nTotal\n1955\/56 - \t\n$1,518,274.51\n1,479,661.21\n1,492,741.27\n1,580,815.44\n1,759,646.67\n$701.89\n1,836.78\n6,951.51\n1,330.62\n565.00\n$4,682.00\n4,903.00\n4,272.13\n$1,523,658.40\n1956\/57 _\t\n1957\/58 -\t\n1,486,400.99\n1,503,964.91\n1958\/59 \t\n1959\/60.. \t\n5,850.97\n6,324.93\n1,587,997.03\n1,766,536.60\nAn increase in all items is shown, with an over-all one of some 17 per cent.\nThe various types of services will be commented on individually.\nTable III.\u2014Categorical Breakdown of Medical Coverage\nwith Average Numbers of Recipients\nFiscal Year\nSocial\nAllowance1\nChild\nWelfare\nDivision\nOld Age\nSecurity Bonus\nand Blind\nOld-age\nAssistance\nDisabled\nPersons'\nAllowance\nTotal Average\nMonthly\nCoverage\n1955\/56\t\n1956\/57\t\n1957\/58..-\t\n1958\/59\t\n1959\/60\t\n$19,273\n18,165\n18,363\n19,914\n25,362\n$3,208\n3,303\n3,546\n3,814\n3,998\n$36,731\n36,240\n36,440\n36,191\n3'5,860\n$8,448\n7,739\n7,195\n7,150\n7,410\n$453\n974\n1,221\n1,516\n1,785\n$68,113\n66,421\n66,765\n68,585\n74,415\n1 Until August 31st, 1958, there was a Mothers' Allowance case load, but effective September 1st, 1958, these\ncases became Social Allowance cases. So that figures from 1958\/59 will be comparable with previous years,\nMothers' Allowance and Social Allowance recipients have been combined in this statement under the heading\n\" Social Allowance.\"\nThese tables are related, and it is to be noted there was no significant change\nin the relative percentage received of the assessed accounts despite a greater number\nof accounts received from relatively the same number of doctors. The total number\nof accounts was slightly higher than for the preceding year (11.3 per cent) than\nwas the corresponding increase (8.5 per cent) in total average monthly coverage\n(see Table I).\nThe per capita fee to S.A.M.S. was unchanged in the past fiscal year, although\nthe Medical Association was advised that it would be increased from $22.50 to $24\nas of April 1st, 1960.\nThe accounts paid for services to immigrants have dropped with the decrease\nin immigration, but there has been a definite increase in other doctors' accounts.\nThis latter group includes payments for initial medical reports of persons in receipt\nof social assistance who apply for the Disabled Persons' Allowance and also for the\nuse of Medical Examination Report Form M.S.D. 11.\n REPORT OF SOCIAL WELFARE BRANCH\nTable IV.\u2014Drug Costs\nL 71\nNumber of Prescriptions\nCosts of Medicines\nFiscal Year\nProvincial\nPharmacy\nDrug-stores\nTotal\nProvincial\nPharmacy1\nDrug-stores\nTotal\n1955\/56\t\n15,931\n19,572\n23,487\n30,140\n41,585\n393,367\n398,355\n458,002\n534,352\n409,298\n417,927\n481,489\n564,492\n$70,353.98\n88,259.99\n113,841.90\n137,255.34\n184,437.87\n$823,002.90\n873,145.51\n992,311.11\n1,143,851.93\n1,307,700.30\n$893,356.88\n1956\/57 _\t\n1957\/58\t\n1958\/59\t\n1959\/60\t\n961,405.50\n1,106,153.01\n1,281,107.27\n1,492,138.17\n1 Not included in these figures is the cost of drugs purchased by the dispensary for welfare institutions.\nThe number of prescriptions filled by local drug-stores was not available at\nthis time. However, comparing the relative increases in prescriptions and costs of\nsame for the Provincial pharmacy, 37.9 and 34.3 per cent respectively, with the\nincrease in costs for drug-stores, 14.3 per cent, one would expect a concomitant\nlesser increase for the latter's total prescriptions. Another factor in the total drug\ncost increase was a 5-per-cent rise in drug list prices as of July 1st, 1959.\nThe marked increase in prescriptions filled by our pharmacy is most likely a\nreflection of current policy on having all special requests supplied through this\noutlet. The staff there has worked under considerable pressure, but with the addition\nof a clerk-typist some of the load has been eased. The separation of that part of the\nDivision from the main office continues to create difficulties.\nFurther to the problem of revisions in drug policy, little progress was made\nduring the first half of the year despite high hopes at the end of the previous fiscal\nyear. Nevertheless, in December, 1959, the Medical Association president, Dr.\nE. C. McCoy, gave active support to further discussions, and definite progress was\nevident by the end of the past fiscal year. One must admit that there is no magic\nsolution to providing drugs to welfare patients. The question of control immediately raises the cry of interference with the patient-doctor relationship. We can\nbut hope for mutual acceptance of responsibilities.\nTable V.\u2014Dental Expenses\nFiscal Year\nProphylaxis\nExtractions\nDentures\nTotal\n1955\/56 \u25a0\u2022?\t\n$15,385,80\n24,996.66\n28,430.52\n34,115.73\n76,740.07\n$8,570.90\n7,596.04\n9,589.80\n12,138.92\n26,115.00\n$95,556.04\n96,674.86\n110,203.40\n121,796.41\n176,695.01\n$119,512.74\n129,267.56\n148,223.72\n168,051.06\n279,550.08\n1956\/57\t\n1957\/58 _ ___\t\n1958\/59- _\t\n1959\/60-\t\nMuch of the very marked increase in such expenditures is, of course, due to\nthe revision of the dental fee schedule which went into effect July 1st, 1959. This\nresulted in almost doubling the pre-existing fees for restorations and extractions,\nwith no change in full-denture fees or major repairs. We had been faced with an\nincreasing reluctance of dentists to accept welfare cases, and this was threatening to\ncall a halt to most of such services, except those for the immediate relief of pain or\ninfection.\nWe had three main systems for providing dental services, with the Child Welfare Division paying regular rates in many instances, the combined programme of\nthe Health Branch and the Dental Association for many of the children under 13\n L 72 BRITISH COLUMBIA\nyears of age on an hourly basis, and finally our own fee schedule for the vast majority\nof clients, if they could get it. With the institution of the new Dental Authority Form\nM.S.D. 12 on February 1st, 1960, we combined the first and last groups and also\ngave further authority to the Field to approve of basic dental care. This latter will\nbe watched to see that there is some discretion shown in the issuing of the form, as\nthe latter allows the dentist very considerable freedom in doing restorations as well\nas extractions.\nCommencing in 1958, this Division was fortunate in being provided with the\nconsultative assistance of Dr. C. W. B. McPhail, of the Division of Preventive Dentistry of the Public Health Branch. To him must be attributed much of the effort in\nevolving the dental form, and we much regretted seeing him leave for Alberta, where\nhe is now on the University staff as well as being employed by that Province's\nDepartment of Public Health. Nevertheless, we have also been fortunate in his\nsuccessor, Dr. J. Conchie, who provides your Medical Services Director with much-\nneeded advice. We are both giving considerable thought to ways and means of\nlessening the numbers of special dental-care requests and firmly believe that client\ncontribution is necessary. In fact, we recommend that it apply especially to dentures\nof all kinds. It is too early to be certain if the swing from such a marked predominance of denture costs to the prophylactic measures is to be permanent. This\nis a target we have in mind to reduce future needs by earlier preventive work.\nTable VI.\u2014Optical Costs\nFiscal Year\nOptometric\nExaminations\nGlasses\nTotal\n1955\/56 _\t\n1956\/57 \t\n1957\/58 \t\n1958\/59 , _\t\n$9,096.05\n9,213.65\n9,896.45\n9,735.50\n15,589.00\n$39,245.86\n41,351.96\n45,544.21\n47,314.87\n64 043 04\n$48,341.91\n50,565.61\n55,440.66\n57,050.37\n79 63? 04\n1959\/60 \t\n|\nThe elimination of prior medical referral to an optometrist went into effect the\nfirst of this fiscal year under consideration, and it is quite evident that such has made\na difference in payments to the optometrists. The total costs for glasses have\nincreased, and this could be considered suggestive regarding the aforementioned\nchange in policy. Whether this has increased the numbers of refractions and also\nglasses supplied by them is impossible to state, as we have not recorded the numbers\nof optometrical examinations if glasses have been supplied, nor of the numbers of\nglasses prescribed by oculists.\nOther aspects of the Division's work have continued to occupy the Director's\ntime, and we believe that more consultative assistance is being provided to the Field.\nI had the great pleasure of attending a meeting of Regions III and IV, which was\nheld in Nelson last September. Also continued was general supervision of the provision of medical care to the residents of the Provincial Home, the Brannen Lake\nSchool, and the Willingdon School for Girls. In the latter two, there was a change\nof persons providing such care, the former due to the death of Dr. Chataway.\nAs of October 1st, 1959,1 succeeded Dr. J. Leroux as Provincial representative\non the Medical Advisory Committee of the Disabled Persons' Allowance Board,\nand believe this will facilitate certain aspects of my duties in the Medical Services\nDivision as they pertain to rehabilitation problems. We have continued to work\nclosely with the office of the Rehabilitation Co-ordinator of the Health Branch, and\n REPORT OF SOCIAL WELFARE BRANCH L 73\nWe continue to be involved in the bringing of clients to Vancouver for special\nor further medical care, and this requires the able assistance of Miss Aileen Mann,\nthe Medical Social Work Consultant attached to the Division. The usual range\nof ages of clients in all decades from the first to the ninth obtains. Most of them\ncome from Regions IV and V. About one-sixth of them can be classified as medical\nindigents for whom we provide transportation only. The medical conditions are as\ndiversified as usual, while the preponderance of females to males is slightly less than\ntwo to one. The costs of transportation have increased, as they had in the previous\nyear, and I cannot see any lessening of this trend, at least for the time being. If\nregional hospitals were to provide out-patient services and were there more of certain\nmedical and surgical specialists in such areas, then there would be much less reason\nfor the sending of patients outside the local area.\nIn conclusion, I should like to express my appreciation of the work of the other\nmembers of the Division's staff. Their duties have not lessened during the past\nyear, and, in fact, have increased. Despite this, they have been willing to do any\nextra work that I might request of them.\n L 74\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\nPART IV.\u2014INSTITUTIONS\nINDUSTRIAL SCHOOL FOR BOYS (BRANNEN LAKE SCHOOL)\nF. G. Hassard, Superintendent\nThe following table shows the statistics for the Brannen Lake School for the\nfiscal years 1950\/51 to 1959\/60:\u2014\nFiscal Year\no\nin\nOv\nv.\no.\nin\n0\\\n*->\noo\nr-\no\\\nO,\nCO\nO*\no\nso\n^>\nOv\nOS\n79\n13\n104\n15\n1\n121\n31\n152\n20.4\n146\n19\n3\n104\n19\n3\n101\n4\n1\n2\n4\n105\n17\n122\n13.9\n119\n15\n2\n2\n96\n15\n2\n2\n171\n32\n203\n15.8\n126\n9\n19\n33\n131\n9\n19\n33\n143\n24\n167\n14.4\n212\n1\n17\n129\n1\n152\n2\n3\n1\n14\n210\n75\n285\n26.3\n265\n1\n164\n\"-\n27\n240\n52\n292\n17.8\n283\n5\nNumber A.W.O.L., April 1st \t\n5\n\t\n17\n\t\n118\n23\n141\n16.3\n155\n4\n1\n4\n2\n34\n130\n26\n156\n16.7\n128\n15\n1\n222\n40\n262\n15.3\n237\n2\n3\n1\n284\n82\n366\nPercentage of recidivism \t\n22.4\n342\nNumber A.W.O.L., March 31st\u2014 _\n\t\nz:\n104\n84.3\n30,865\nI1)\nC1)\n-\n96\n102.4\n37,383\n9.5\n432\n129\n137.6\n50,371\n8.3\n124\n1\n14\n152\n144\n52,576\n7.7\n156\n27\n164\n152\n55,516\n6\n122\n34\n162\n159\n58,079\n6\n105\n49\n104\n82\n30,011\n(l)\nC1)\n101\n100.6\n36,721\n9\n281\n131\n101.9\n37,198\nC1)\n239\n175\n173\nTotal inmate-days \u2014 \u2014 - \u2014\t\nAverage length of stay in months .\nTotal A.W.O.L. during the fiscal year-.\n63,233\n5.8\n61=\n1 Not recorded.\n3 Involving forty-seven boys.\nDuring the fiscal year there were 284 admissions and 82 recidivists, making\na total of 366 admitted to the School. There was a 22.4-per-cent rate of recidivism.\nTen of the recidivists were committed for the third time and 2 for the fourth time.\nTwo hundred and seventy-two of the boys admitted were Protestant, 93 Roman\nCatholic, and 1 of other religion. Forty-nine of the total number of boys admitted\nduring the year were of native Indian status.\nRange of Age Upon Admission\nNumber\nAge of Boys\n10 years 3\n11 \u201e 9\n12 \u201e 10\n13 \u201e 31\n14 \u201e 61\nAge\n16\n17\n18\nNumber\nof Boys\n15 years 111\n93\n47\n1\nThe average age on admission was 15 years.\n REPORT OF SOCIAL WELFARE BRANCH\nL 75\nSupervising Agencies of Boys Admitted\nProvincial Probation Branch.\nDepartment of Social Welfare\nNumber\nof Boys\n_ 181\n_ 53\nChildren's Aid Society, Vancouver 3\nChildren's Aid Society, Victoria 3\nCatholic Children's Aid Society 3\nVancouver Juvenile Court 61\nVictoria Juvenile Court 9\nSaanich Juvenile Court 4\nIndian Department 30\nChildren's Aid Society and Vancouver Juvenile Court 3\nDepartment of Social Welfare and Provincial Probation Branch 5\nIndian Department and Provincial Probation Branch 8\nIndian Department and Department of Social Welfare 2\nCatholic Children's Aid Society and Vancouver Juvenile Court 1\nOf this number, sixteen were wards of the Superintendent of Child Welfare,\nfour of the Children's Aid Society, Vancouver, two of the Children's Aid Society,\nVictoria, four of the Catholic Children's Aid Society, and one of the Province of\nSaskatchewan.\nThe 366 boys admitted were committed from the following Juvenile Courts:\u2014\nAbbotsford 2 Kimberley 4\nAgassiz 2 Kitimat _\nAlberni \t\nAlert Bay _.\nArmstrong 1 Langley l.\nAshcroft \t\nBella Coola\t\nBoston Bar\t\nBurnaby \t\nCampbell River\nCastlegar\t\nChase \t\nChilliwack \t\nCloverdale\t\nColwood \t\nCoquitlam\t\nCourtenay\t\nCranbrook \t\nCumberland\t\nDawson Creek ___\nDuncan \t\nFort St. John\t\nGibsons \t\nGolden\t\nGrand Forks\t\nHaney\t\nHazelton \t\nHope\t\nKamloops \t\nKelowna \t\n2\n2\n3\n16\n1\n2\n1\n1\n14\n2\n1\n2\n8\n16\n3\n1\n6\n2\n1\n12\n4\n4\n1\n4\n4\n3\n2\n5\n6\n6\nLadysmith 2\nLake Cowichan 1\nLangley\t\nLytton \t\nMcBride \t\nMatsqui\t\nMerritt\t\nMission \t\nNanaimo \t\nNelson\t\n 1\n 5\n 1\n 9\n 5\n 1\nNew Westminster 10\nNorth Vancouver 5\nOcean Falls 1\nOliver 1\nPenticton 5\nPort Coquitlam 1\nPort Alberni 2\nPort Edward 1\nPort Hardy 1\nPowell River 4\nPrince George 6\nPrince Rupert 5\nPrinceton 1\nQuesnel 4\nRevelstoke 1\nRichmond 16\nRossland 1\n Trail \t\n 3\nUcluelet : ' \t\n1\nVancouver 67\nVernon __\n1\nVictoria \t\n12\nWells _ \t\n1\nWhite Rock\t\n 3\nWilliams Lake\t\n 6\nL 76 BRITISH COLUMBIA\nRoyal Oak 5\nSaanichton 1\nSechelt 10\nSmithers 1\nSquamish 2\nTerrace 7\nTofino 1\nTownship of Chilliwhack____ 1\nBoys were not in all cases residents of the area served by the Juvenile Court\nwhich committed them to the School.\nOf the 366 boys committed to the School during the year, 297 were for offences\nagainst property, 7 against persons, and 62 for other offences which included incorrigibility.\nOf the 284 new admissions during the year, 51 of the boys were never tried\non probation but were committed to the School on their first appearance before\nthe Court.\nThere were 342 boys released from the School during the year. The average\nlength of stay of boys in the School was 5.8 months. Thirty-five boys were recalled\nby the Courts during the year. When you subtract this figure from the 342 boys\nreleased during the year, there were 307 who spent a total of 1,937 months, or an\naverage of 6.14 months, in the School.\nForty-seven boys accounted for the 61 A.W.O.L.'s. The difference between\nthese two figures is due to the fact that some of the same boys went A.W.O.L. two\nor more times during the year. The majority of the boys who went A.W.O.L. were\npicked up within a few hours of going absent either by members of the School staff\nor R.C.M.P. officers.\nFive hundred and sixty-seven boys were under instruction in the School during\nthe fiscal year. The population reached a high of 193 at one time.\nMEDICAL AND DENTAL TREATMENT\nThree hundred and fifty-three boys were given dental care, as follows: 697\nfillings, 25 X-rays, 368 extractions, 27 new partial upper dentures, 3 new partial\nlower dentures, 10 new complete upper dentures, 2 new complete lower dentures,\n7 denture repairs, and 6 prophylaxis.\nThe condition of the boys' teeth on admission to the School is very poor. The\nmajority of the boys need dental care to some extent. This is another area of\nneglect before the boy was admitted to the School.\nThe incidence of accidents was somewhat higher. Influenza and tonsilitis\naccounted for the majority of sick boys. Three hundred and forty-three boys were\ntuberculin-tested, 32 of whom had a positive reaction. X-ray of those with positive\nreactions proved to be negative.\nIn addition to the medical attention given to boys by our School doctor and\nnurse, necessary operations were performed by the School doctor at the Nanaimo\nGeneral Hospital.\n REPORT OF SOCIAL WELFARE BRANCH L 77\nFINANCIAL STATEMENT, 1959\/60\nSalaries $270,252.82\nOffice expense 6,060.69\nTravelling expense 1,738.72\nOffice furniture and equipment 118.14\nHeat, light, power, and water 24,440.43\nMedical services 12,353.25\nClothing and uniforms 9,855.18\nProvisions and catering 63,603.40\nLaundry and dry-goods 15,715.79\nEquipment and machinery 3,369.25\nMedical supplies 1,874.31\nMaintenance of buildings and grounds 6,180.85\nMaintenance and operation of equipment 1,903.66\nTransportation 3,538.85\nRepairs to furnishings and equipment 1,044.78\nTraining programme expense 5,190.14\nIncidentals and contingencies 4,138.45\nLess\u2014\nBoard $2,547.00\nRentals 3,249.00\nTransportation 381.85\nSundry 135.96\n$431,378.71\n6,313.81\n,,,, , $425,064.90\nAdd decrease m inventory\u2014 '\nInventory at March 31st, 1959 $18,920.69\nInventory at March 31st, 1960 17,325.78\n 1,594.91\n$426,659.81\nAdd Public Works expenditure $53,504.59\nLess rental 912.00\n 52,592.59\n$479,252.40\nPer capita cost per diem: $479,252.40-f-63,233=$7.58\nReconciliation\nNet expenditure as per Public Accounts $398,342.30\nAdd\u2014\nDecrease in inventory $1,594.91\nSalary revision 23,628.00\nMaintenance receipts 3,094.60\nPublic Works expenditure $53,504.59\nLess rental 912.00\n 52,592.59\n 80,910.10\n$479,252.40\n L 78 BRITISH COLUMBIA\nThe committals to the School have been increasing yearly; the result has been\nthat we had an average daily population of 173 during the fiscal year. This is more\nthan double the average number of boys in the School ten years ago.\nDuring the year, arrangements were made with Professor J. V. Fornataro, of\nthe Social Science Department of the University of British Columbia, to give a\nseries of lectures here at the School to all staff members. His series of lectures was\ntailored toward benefiting supervisors and all persons working in a correctional\ninstitution. The lectures extended over a period of four months and were attended\nby all staff members with keen interest. Professor Fornataro was most generous,\nas he gave the same lecture twice each day. This enabled all staff members to\nparticipate, and his generosity was much appreciated by the administration and the\nstaff as a whole, for they benefited considerably from his lectures.\nWe continued working on community projects with the various service clubs\nas we have done in past years. One of the largest projects this year was the landscaping of the grounds of the old people's housing project in Nanaimo, which work\nwas done under the sponsorship of the Nanaimo Kiwanis Club.\nWe instituted for the first time last winter in our programme a concentrated Dale\nCarnegie course, which was conducted by the mid-Island chapter. Sixteen boys\ngraduated in the first class, and a further twenty-two boys were enrolled in the second\nclass. The School feels much indebted to the Dale Carnegie group for the many\nhours their instructors gave to the boys, who, it is felt, benefited considerably from\nthis concentrated course.\nPrior to the present fiscal year, boys of the Roman Catholic faith were taken\nout to mass at Wellington each Sunday, and a representative minister of the Nanaimo\nMinisterial Association held services each Sunday morning at the School for all\nProtestant boys. During the year this procedure was changed, and all boys were\ntaken out to their respective Protestant churches in Nanaimo each Sunday, where\nthey joined the regular congregations.\nI wish to thank all staff members, clergymen, service clubs, and other organizations, including other departments of government, both municipal and Provincial,\nprivate agencies, and individuals who have shown an interest in the boys of the\nSchool by helping the School with its programme of rehabilitation. The School\nis greatly indebted to all these persons, and their assistance has been appreciated\nby the administration of the School.\n REPORT OF SOCIAL WELFARE BRANCH L 79\nINDUSTRIAL SCHOOL FOR GIRLS (WILLINGDON SCHOOL)\nMiss Winnifred M. Urquhart, Superintendent\nThe Girls' Industrial School on March 31st, 1960, marked the completion of\nthe first year in the new Willingdon School for Girls. April 7th, 1959, was moving\nday, and by 8 o'clock sixty-two excited girls were busy unpacking and settling into\ntheir new home.\nThis has been a year of exploring and experimenting for all of us. There is no\ndoubt that for the majority of girls committed to our care the new facilities bring a\ngreater opportunity to think through their many problems and discover new ways\nof living a better life when they return to the community. Unfortunately, however,\nthere is still a small group unable to function in a semi-open setting, and, if they are\nto be helped at all, need the greater security of an entirely closed institution.\nWe have operated at capacity throughout the year. On April 1st, 1959, there\nwere seventy-eight girls on the roll. During the year 106 were admitted, including\nten recidivists, as against eighty-one, including fifteen recidivists, admitted the previous year. Our Indian population has jumped from a quarter to a third of the total\npopulation, and while these girls respond well to the programme, the majority soon\nrevert to their former life when they are released. There has been an increase in the\nnumber of wards of the Superintendent of Child Welfare and Children's Aid Societies committed to the School. They account for approximately one-fifth of the\npopulation.\nRange of Age on Admission\nAge on Number Age on Number\nAdmission Admitted Admission Admitted\n12 years 1 15 years 40\n13 \u201e 1 16 \u201e 26\n14 \u201e 18 17 \u201e 20\nThis means that a fraction over 80 per cent have passed the school-leaving age\nbefore committal, and while over half this group continue their academic studies in\nthe training-school, the majority have no intention of continuing at school when\nthey return to the community.\nCharges\nIncorrigibility 51\nBroken probation 18\nIntoxication 14\nTheft 11\nSexual immorality 4\nOther charges 8\nTotal 106\nThe 106 girls were committed from the following regions:\u2014\nRegion I 22\nRegion II 10\nPlus Vancouver City 20\nRegion III 7\nRegion IV 8\nRegion V 15\nRegion VI 9\nRegion VII 15\nThis means that only 28.3 per cent of the School population comes from the\nProvince's largest urban area. However, within this group we find girls whose\n L 80 BRITISH COLUMBIA\ndelinquent behaviour pattern is so well estatblished that they seldom benefit from a\nterm in the School and unfortunately tend to teach other girls their bad habits.\nSeventy-nine girls were released during the year. On March 31st, 1960, there\nwere in addition nine girls out on special leave with the consent of the committing\nJudges, working toward final release. The average length of stay was 10.4 months\nthis year.\nOur new modern institution has brought a change in outlook for both girls and\nstaff. Tensions are kept low and a comfortable atmosphere is felt throughout the\nSchool. Cottage living with the privacy of individual bedrooms means much, and\nwe are pleased to record a good standard of housekeeping and no wilful damage in\nthe cottages. Parents, once across the threshold, drop any hostility and fear they\nfelt toward the authorities and become co-operative members of the team helping\ntheir girls back to a happier life in the community.\nIt has been possible to expand and develop a programme to include everyone.\nWe have been particularly fortunate in the volunteers, especially individuals, who\nhave helped materially in broadening the outlook of every girl. To mention only a\nfew\u2014the Olympic swimmer who teaches everyone to swim; the Roman Catholic\npriest who, besides caring for the Catholics in our group, coaches all in basketball;\nthe W.C.T.U. Provincial secretary, who showed films and had interesting discussions\non the use of alcohol and then, because the girls asked her to, came back to show\nthem her picture of a holiday in Mexico; the faithful groups who came week after\nweek for religious services and to visit lonely girls and return again for social\nevenings. To one and all we offer our sincere and grateful thanks.\nThe health of the girls has remained high. The new medical plan, placing the\nschool in the care of a clinic of doctors, while only inaugurated two months ago,\nwould appear to be an improvement. The Venereal Disease Clinic continues weekly\nclinics, and the Burnaby Public Health Unit has held clinics for tuberculosis skin\ntesting and polio shots.\nIt is with satisfaction I report that all staff members have done a splendid job\nestablishing the new programme and a high standard of performance in an entirely\nnew situation. The course of lectures given by Professor Fornataro, of the School\nof Social Work of the University of British Columbia, was attended by the total staff\nand for many in their own time. This is a new venture in training-school programmes, and we are grateful to the Administration for making such a valuable\ncourse available.\nI wish to thank all the organizations and individuals in the community who\nhave taken part in making this first year in Willingdon School a brighter, happier,\nand more worth-while one for our girls, the staff for their co-operation and loyalty\nand hard work, and senior administration and my fellow-workers in the Department\nfor their assistance and encouragement during the year.\nSTATISTICAL INFORMATION\nPopulation of the School, March 31st, 1960\nOn the roll, April 1st, 1959 78\nGirls admitted during April 1st, 1959, to March 31st, 1960 ___._. 106\n 184\nOfficially released 77\nTransferred to other institutions with subsequent official release\nfrom Willingdon School 2\n 79\nTotal unreleased, March 31st, 1960 105\n REPORT OF SOCIAL WELFARE BRANCH L 81\nFinancial Statement, 1959\/60\nSalaries $170,805.56\nOffice expense 6,767.78\nTravelling expense 2,444.09\nHeat, light, power, and water 19,698.44\nMedical services 2,646.00\nClothing and uniforms 4,257.58\nProvisions and catering 28,508.91\nLaundry and dry-goods 358.63\nGood Conduct Fund 1,963.15\nEquipment and machinery 2,404.80\nMedical supplies 1,549.39\nMaintenance of buildings and grounds 3,214.47\nMaintenance and operation of equipment 837.08\nTransportation 1,483.98\nVocational and recreational supplies, etc. 2,466.60\nIncidentals and contingencies 287.91\n$249,694.37\nLess\u2014\nRentals $1,065.00\nBoard 1,293.00\nSundry receipts 767.04\nIncrease in inventory\u2014\nMarch 31st, 1960 ___. $4,797.60\nMarch 31st, 1959 _- 4,350.14\n447.46\n3,572.50\n$246,121.87\nAdd Public Works expenditure 32,301.93\n$278,423.80\nPer capita cost per diem: $278,423.80-^-28,010=$9.94.\nReconciliation\nNet expenditure as per Public Accounts $230,249.33\nLess increase in inventory 447.46\n$229,801.87\nAdd\u2014\nSalary revision $16,320.00\nPublic Works expenditure 32,301.93\n 48,621.93\n$278,423.80\n L 82 BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPROVINCIAL HOME, KAMLOOPS\nG. P. Willie, Superintendent\nThe caring for the aged is a problem, and the residents of the Provincial Home\nare no exception. Problems include a wide variety, relating to health, family relationships, dependent on relative or friend, antagonistic, misunderstanding in relation\nto administration, and numerous emergencies. Many of the men arrive at the Home\nwith bad habits, and nothing short of a miracle will change their aim in life. Social\ntrends are away from the idea of old people living with younger relatives, and this\nincreases the demand for this institution.\nModern sanitation, improved medical care, and wonder drugs are keeping\nCanadians alive much longer. The majority of the residents do not need care as\nprovided in a hospital, but rather they require supervision in comfortable surroundings by persons who understand them, with no rigid rules or regulations, and where\nthe old person comes first. At the Home the residents are encouraged to lead\nactive lives as long as possible, although it is not easy for old people to make new\nfriends. There are still some mining prospectors and others who spend their winters\nin the Home and their summers on the trail.\nThe Provincial Home is ever alert that the aged are the forgotten group, and\nentertainment and forms of occupation must be provided.\nIn our entertainment programme we were fortunate in having many enjoyable\nevenings provided by church choirs, Elks Lodge concert party, Kamloops High\nSchool band and glee club, R.M.R. military band, convent, and Indian residential\nschool. The weekly movie show is ever popular, along with television, and phonograph music is enjoyed at intervals. Bingo games have a large following. Some\nresidents enjoy baseball and hockey and are admitted free of charge to the games.\nMany of the men have had very little religious training, and in some cases are\nunable to state any church affiliation. Protestant services are held each Sunday\nafternoon. The Salvation Army has services every Thursday evening, and the\nRoman Catholics are represented regularly. All denominations are thanked for\ntheir continued interest and inspiration.\nThe east wing of the Home received a renovation of the heating, and the radiators were replaced. The main upper hallway was panelled and decorated, making\nthis very attractive.\nSome equipment has been added and replaced. Lockers for the rooms have\nbeen installed, a phonograph and records, a television set presented by the Canadian\nLegion for the sick ward, and a washer and drier for the laundry. Drapes were\ninstalled in the rooms of the west wing and sick ward and are greatly appreciated.\nHealth services at the Home remain on a high standard. Medical and surgical\nservices were again provided by the Irving Clinic. The diet has held its former level\nwith more variety added.\nI wish to thank all staff members, co-workers, and senior administration for\ntheir assistance during the year.\n REPORT OF SOCIAL WELFARE BRANCH L 83\nEXPENDITURE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED MARCH 3 1st, 1960\nSalaries $104,235.88\nExpenses-\nOffice expense 766.49\nTravelling expense 86.52\nHeat, light, power, and water 1,663.00\nMedical services 2,947.01\nClothing and uniforms 2,867.01\nProvisions and catering 31,008.84\nLaundry and dry-goods 6,417.32\nEquipment and machinery 1,925.98\nMedical supplies 3,618.24\nMaintenance of buildings and grounds 1,341.79\nMaintenance and operation of equipment 422.67\nTransportation 448.63\nIncidentals and contingencies 1,650.05\nBurials 2,375.00\n$161,774.43\nLess\u2014\nBoard $900.00\nRent 485.00\n 1,385.00\n$160,389.43\nInmate-days\nInmates in the Home, April 1st, 1959 129\nInmates admitted during the year 61\n 190\nInmates discharged 34\nInmates deceased 24\n 58\nTotal number of inmates, March 31st, 1960 132\nTotal number of inmate-days 45,657\nSummary\nProvincial Home expenditure $160,389.43\nPublic Works expenditure 9,336.12\nTotal expenditure $169,725.55\nPer capita cost per diem: $ 169,725.55-=-45,657=$3.72.\nPensions paid to Government Agent, Kamloops, $89,425.29.\n L 84 BRITISH COLUMBIA\nReconciliation\nNet expenditure as per Public Accounts $30,836.45\nAdd salary revision 8,484.00\n$39,320.45\nAdd maintenance receipts\u2014\nPensions $89,425.29\nMunicipalities 2,417.11\nTransfers from Provincial Home\nTrust Account 1,987.28\nReceipts from Government of Canada under Unemployment Assistance Agreement 38,084.43\nOther collections 1,275.97\n 133,190.08\n$172,510.53\nAdd Public Works expenditure 9,336.12\n$181,846.65\nLess\u2014\nPensioners' comforts $7,493.56\nProportion of excess of disbursements over receipts for Tranquille Farm 4,627.54\n 12,121.10\nTotal expenditure $169,725.55\n REPORT OF SOCIAL WELFARE BRANCH L 85\nWELFARE INSTITUTIONS BOARD\nA. A. Shipp, Chief Inspector of Welfare Institutions\nThe annual report of the administration of the Welfare Institutions Licensing\nAct for the year 1959 is herewith submitted. As licences are issued on the basis\nof the calendar year, this report covers the period from January 1st, 1959, to\nDecember 31st, 1959.\nIt is with deep regret that we have to advise of the death on July 15th, 1959,\nof Mrs. Edna L. Page, Chief Inspector of Welfare Institutions.\nMrs. Page was a graduate of Queen's University and was a teacher before\nentering the field of social work. She entered the Government service in the fall\nof 1939, and for a period was the social worker at Penticton, later transferring\nto Child Welfare Division.\nIn 1942 she was appointed Deputy Inspector of Welfare Institutions, and in\nApril, 1950, was appointed Chief Inspector. Her untiring efforts have been largely\nresponsible for the present high standards of care in all types of welfare institutions\nthroughout the Province.\nLICENCES\nThe total number of cases presented to the Board during the year was 241,\nconsisting of 63 licensed welfare institutions and 178 pending applications. During\nthe year, 93 active files of licensed institutions were closed and 273 pending applications were withdrawn or cancelled. Case load at December 31st, 1959, totalled\n821, made up of 598 licensed welfare institutions and 223 pending applications.\nThe total number of persons of all ages receiving service in licensed institutions\nduring the year was 44,108.\nBOARD MEETINGS\nEight Board meetings were held during the year, and it was decided that\nmeetings in future should generally be held in the office of the Chairman, since the\nmajority of the Board are now located in Victoria. The members of the Board\nfor 1959 were:\u2014\nChairman: Mr. J. A. Sadler, Director of Welfare.\nMembers: Mr. F. P. Levirs, Assistant Superintendent (Instruction), Department of Education; Miss Ruby McKay, Superintendent, Child Welfare\nDivision; Mr. James Mainguy, Manager, Hospital Consultation and Inspection, British Columbia Hospital Insurance Service; and Dr. J. L. M.\nWhitbread, Director, Occupational Health Division, Department of\nHealth Services.\nChief Inspector: Mr. A. A. Shipp.\nWELFARE INSTITUTIONS FOR CHILDREN\nA. Full-time Care of Children\nInstitutions for Child-care\nTwo types of welfare institutions are licensed in British Columbia to give full-\ntime care to children: (1) Institutions organized under the Societies Act and\nadministered by a board of directors, which give care to a relatively large number\nof children; (2) privately operated boarding homes, in family dwellings, where\na maximum of five children are cared for.\n L 86 BRITISH COLUMBIA\nWith the exception of two large institutions which have been operating for\nmany years, and which give long-term care to children, the larger institutions have\na specialized function, and children are generally cared for only on a short-term\nbasis. Only children who are in need of the service of the agency are admitted,\nthus preventing parents from using these agencies for the purpose of evading their\nresponsibilities.\nThe amendment to the Societies Act which was passed by the Legislature in\n1951, and which makes it obligatory for any group to have the approval of the\nSuperintendent of Child Welfare before they can be incorporated for the purpose\nof caring for children, was found to be a most useful piece of legislation during\nthis year.\nNumber of institutions licensed in 1959 7\nNumber of children cared for 312\nTotal days' care 70,762\nPrivate Boarding Homes\nThe majority of private boarding homes for children are in the metropolitan\nareas of Vancouver and Victoria. The licensing of these homes is done with the\nco-operation of the municipal authorities, the health services, and the Children's\nAid Societies in Vancouver and the Family and Children's Service in Victoria. In\nthe urban areas the three children's services do the social studies and make the\nrecommendations for licensing, which are then passed on by the Welfare Institutions Board.\nIn other parts of the Province, these functions are assumed by the field staff\nof the Department of Social Welfare.\nNumber of children's boarding homes licensed in 1959 39\nNumber of children cared for 107\nTotal days' care 24,914\nB. Day Care of Children\nFoster Day Care\nThe principal agency offering foster day care for children in the Province is the\nChild Care Centre, an amalgamation of the Strathcona Day Nursery, Camp Alexandra, and the Vancouver Foster Day Care Association. This agency investigates\nthose homes in the Vancouver area which are offered for the day care of children\nof working mothers and makes the necessary financial arrangements between the\nmother and the foster-mother. The majority of homes of this type are in the City\nof Vancouver, but there are a few in the other areas of the Province which are supervised by the field staff of the Department of Social Welfare.\nNumber of foster day-care homes licensed in 1959 36\nNumber of children cared for 358\nTotal days' care 30,820\nKindergartens, Play-schools, etc.\nThere is a continuing increase of this type of centre for the care of pre-school\nchildren throughout the whole Province. Both privately operated and co-operative\nkindergartens are increasing in number, and a great many churches are also establishing their own kindergartens.\nSpecialized training of teachers for these pre-school centres is now accepted as\nnecessary by all concerned, and this concept has doubtless been helped in great\n REPORT OF SOCIAL WELFARE BRANCH L 87\nmeasure by the three groups in the Lower Mainland which have done much to help\nimprove standards. These groups are the British Columbia Pre-school Education\nAssociation, the Vancouver Kindergarten Teachers' Association, and the Association of Co-operative Play Groups of Greater Vancouver.\nNumber of pre-school centres licensed in 1959 251\nNumber of children registered 12,182\nTotal days' care 1,055,073\nSchools for Retarded Children\nThe British Columbia Association for Retarded Children has continued to\nmake great strides in its organization of local branches throughout the Province,\nand many of these in conjunction with the Department of Education have started\ntheir own schools. In a few areas, facilities of the local School Board have been\nmade available to these groups, while others are still using rented quarters. At\nleast one group has built its own school, with every convenience of a public day-\nschool modified for the use of this special type of student.\nNumber of schools licensed in 1959 27\nNumber of children registered 501\nTotal days' care 63,547\nMATERNITY HOMES\nDuring the year the new Salvation Army Home, \" Maywood Home,\" was\nopened, giving added facilities for this type of care. These homes continue to give\nan excellent and much-needed service and work in close co-operation with the Children's Aid Societies and other interested agencies.\nNumber of homes licensed in 1959 2\nNumber of mothers cared for 373\nNumber of infants cared for 282\nTotal days' care (mothers and children) 29,796\nAGED-CARE\nCare of the aged can be divided into three groups\u2014-low-cost housing for\nelderly citizens who are still capable of taking care of their own needs; boarding-\nhome care on a non-profit basis in homes provided by the various ethnic, fraternal,\nand church groups or by municipal authorities; and those boarding homes provided\nby private operators.\nThe first group are independent of care by others, except that they require\nhousing which they can afford, and which is provided by various agencies. The\nProvincial Government, through the Elderly Citizens' Housing Aid Act, administered by the Department of the Provincial Secretary, assists in the building costs\nof such housing up to 33.^ per cent of the cost of construction.\nOf those persons requiring boarding-home care, roughly 50 per cent are cared\nfor by the non-profit organizations, which are also assisted by the Elderly Citizens'\nHousing Aid Act, and the other 50 per cent by the commercial operators. There\nare two organizations of private operators\u2014one on Vancouver Island and the other\non the Lower Mainland. These were formed for the purpose of mutual help and\nthe solving of problems, and also serve the purpose of helping maintain and improve\nstandards.\nA new development this year has been the offering by the Adult Education\nDivision of the Vancouver School Board of a series of ten lectures for boarding-\n L 88 BRITISH COLUMBIA\nhome operators. This course covers such areas as chronic illnesses, simple nursing\nprocedures and first aid, catering and nutrition, safety and sanitation, and leisure-\ntime activities and recreation. The course was well received by about thirty-five\npersons, the majority of whom were operating their own establishments or were\nemployed in boarding homes.\nNumber of homes licensed during 1959 174\nNumber of persons cared for 3,862\nTotal days' care 867,864\nUNEMPLOYED ADULTS\nThere was no change in the number or function of these institutions during the\nyear.\nNumber of homes licensed during 1959 5\nNumber of persons cared for 396\nTotal days' care L 16,754\nSUMMER CAMPS\nThe Welfare Institutions Office works closely with the British Columbia Camping Association in an effort to improve both the physical standards of summer camps\nand the camp programmes. For a number of years the Department of Health\nServices and the Provincial Fire Marshal's Office have given invaluable assistance by\nway of annual inspections, which have shown dividends in the form of better kitchen\nfacilities and food-handling and in better housekeeping around camp-sites.\nNumber of summer camps licensed in 1959 77\nNumber of persons cared for 25,735\nTotal days' care 235,846\nCONCLUSION\nSincere thanks and appreciation are extended to all who helped with the\nadministration of this Act.\n REPORT OF SOCIAL WELFARE BRANCH\nSTATISTICAL INFORMATION\nTable I.\u2014Showing a Comparative Summary of Information\nRegarding Licensed Welfare Institutions\nL 89\n1956\n1957\n1958\n1959\nChildren\u2014Total Care (Excluding Summer Camps)\nNumber licensed\u2014\nInstitutions _\t\nBoarding homes\t\nCapacity\u2014\nInstitutions -\t\nBoarding homes\t\nNumber of children under care-\nInstitutions \t\nBoarding homes\t\nNumber of days' care\u2014\nInstitutions... \u201e\t\nBoarding homes..\nNumber licensed.\nCapacity _ \u2014\nNumber of persons attending..\nNumber of attendance days \u2014.\nSummer Camps\nChildren\u2014Day Care\nNumber licensed\u2014\nKindergartens _\t\nSchools for retarded children\t\nFoster day care \t\nCapacity\u2014\nKindergartens..\nSchools for retarded children _\nFoster day care .\nNumber of children enrolled-\nKindergartens..\nSchools for retarded children-\nFoster day care-\nNumber of attendance days-\nKindergartens .\nSchools for retarded children-\nFoster day care \t\nAdults\u2014Infirm and Unemployable\nNumber licensed \t\nCapacity \t\nNumber of persons under care\t\nNumber of days' care _ _\nNumber licensed-\nCapacity-\nAdults\u2014Employable\nNumber of persons under care-\nNumber of days' care \t\nNumber licensed-\nWomen\u2014Maternity\nCapacity (mothers and infants)\t\nNumber of persons under care\u2014\nMothers\t\nInfants\t\nNumber of days' care_\n10\n59\n452\n142\n516\n171\n89,678\n38,058\n67\n4,214\n16,736\n165,867\n221\n8\n33\n5,637\n180\n104\n9,636\n162\n237\n781,558\n21,374\n19,628\n163\n2,510\n3,645\n761,642\n5\n75\n504\n17,338\n3\n115\n278\n209\n26,307\n9\n54\n385\n120\n468\n155\n91,446\n33,089\n73\n4,891\n21,578\n200,516\n243\n13\n35\n6,310\n227\n140\n11,022\n227\n277\n883,865\n27,017\n23,879\n170\n2,671\n3,775\n803,705\n5\n75\n557\n19,809\n3\n115\n319\n235\n29,309\n9\n46\n357\n105\n397\n126\n82,788\n30,557\n74\n5,280\n22,695\n233,565\n260\n25\n50\n6,724\n358\n172\n11,392\n340\n320\n940,628\n42,917\n27,754\n184\n2,805\n3,851\n859,962\n5\n72\n473\n16,208\n3\n115\n327\n259\n28,795\n7\n39\n242\n92\n312\n107\n70,762\n24,914\n77\n5,283\n25,735\n235,846\n251\n27\n36\n7,034\n542\n170\n12,182\n501\n358\n1,055,073\n63,547\n30,820\n174\n2,824\n3,862\n867,864\n5\n64\n396\n16,754\n2\n116\n373\n282\n29,796\n L 90\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\nTable II,\n-Case Load Showing the Total Number of Licensed Institutions\nand Pending Applications, 1959\nLICENSED\nJan. 1, 1959\nNew Licences\nClosed\nCarried Forward\nDec. 31, 1959\nChildren\u2014total care\u2014\n40\n9\n72\n224\n20\n40\n126\n34\n4\n3\n1\n5\n45\n8\n23\n31\n1\n1\n6\n2\n2\n40\n4\n9\n25\n1\n35\n2. Institutions \t\n3. Camps...\t\nChildren\u2014day care\u2014\n7\n75\n229\n24\n3. Foster day care\t\nAged\u2014\n54\n132\n2. Institutions\t\n35\n5\n2\nTotals\n572\n115\n89\n598\nPENDING\nJan. 1, 1959\nNew Cases\nClosed\nCarried Forward\nDec. 31, 1959\nChildren\u2014total care\u2014\n10\n18\n37\n8\n20\n42\n6\n2\n28\n3\n11\n104\n17\n84\n99\n5\n1\n1\n28\n9\n84\n13\n62\n74\n2\n1\n10\n2. Institutions\t\n3\n20\nChildren\u2014day care\u2014\n57\n12\n42\nAged\u2014\n67\n9\nAdults\u2014employable\t\nHomes\u2014maternity \t\n2\n1\nTotals\t\n143\n353\n273\n223\n.\n REPORT OF SOCIAL WELFARE BRANCH L 91\nPART V.\u2014MEDICAL SOCIAL WORK SERVICES\nDIVISION OF TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL AND\nPOLIOMYELITIS PAVILION\nMrs. M. Titterington, Casework Supervisor\nIn a report of this Department it is important to give a few highlights from Dr.\nKincade's report of the work of the Division of Tuberculosis Control for the calendar\nyear 1959 so that changing trends may be noted.\nThere has been no relaxing in the tuberculosis programme. The supervision\nand treatment of known cases of tuberculosis and the search for unkonwn cases\nthrough the case-finding programme go on relentlessly. At the beginning of 1959\nthere were 22,604 known cases of tuberculosis in British Columbia, including 4,649\nIndians, who are the responsibility of the Indian Health Service. Approximately\ntwo-thirds of the total known cases are inactive, but tuberculosis tends to become\nreactivated, and last year 283 of these (138 of which were Indian) became reactivated and required treatment. The number of new cases was 1,200 (968 white\nand 232 Indian) in 1959. Of these, 719 (581 white and 138 Indian) were active\nand required treatment.\nThere is a continuous daily service at the three stationary clinics\u2014Vancouver,\nVictoria, and New Westminster\u2014and there has been no slackening-off in their\nfunctions of following up known cases, giving ambulatory treatment, and discovering\nnew cases. There have been changes of policy, particularly in regard to X-ray.\nPersons under 21 years of age and pregnant women do not have a survey X-ray\nunless they have a positive skin test, and children under 7 years of age who have a\npositive skin test have a large plate rather than a miniature X-ray.\nThe Mainland travelling diagnostic clinics have been centralized in the Vancouver unit, and this is working out satisfactorily and permits interchangeability of\nstaff and greater efficiency. This clinics visit fifty-four centres in British Columbia\non a regularly scheduled basis. Kitimat was added to the regular schedule this year.\nThe tuberculosis survey units have been operating for about fifteen years, and\nuntil recently the goal was to have chest X-rays of the total population, but now it\nis more practical to combine turberculin testing with the chest X-ray as a tuberculosis\nsurvey method, and the goal is to tuberculin-test the total population. It used to\nbe accepted that all adults would have a positive skin test, but it has been demonstrated that only about one-third of the total population are infected now, or about\nhalf of the older age-groups. This will mean a changed emphasis in the control\nprogrammes, with efforts directed toward following the people with positive skin\nreactions.\nThe hospital treatment has also changed, and the number of beds have been\nfurther reduced during the past year from 367 to 352 beds\u201498 at Willow Chest\nCentre and 254 at Pearson Hospital (excluding Poliomyelitis Pavilion). Minimum-\ncare wards have been set up so that patients may graduate from maximum care on\nadmission to minimum care as their condition improves and discharge looms in\nsight. The rehabilitative process, therefore, starts earlier, and the transition to\ntaking full responsibility for self-care on discharge is more gradual.\nAn examination of the population within the institutions reveals that while the\npercentage of persons over 50 years had increased from 32.9 per cent in 1952 to\n56.9 per cent in 1958, there was a decrease in this group in 1959 to 48.6 per cent,\n L 92 BRITISH COLUMBIA\na reduction of 15 per cent, with the same percentage of increase in persons under\n50 years. As at November, 1959, three-quarters of the total sanitoria population\nwere male, and of these, 56.7 per cent were over 50 years of age and 25 per cent\nover 60 years. Of the one-quarter of the sanitoria population that was female, 22.8\nper cent were over 50 years of age and about 15 per cent over 65 years. With the\nlarge proportion of patients in the older age-group, increased nursing services are\nrequired for them, as they often have other health problems that accompany old age.\nDuring 1959 there were 636 patients admitted to sanitoria, of which 446 were\nmale patients and 190 were female patients. There were 655 discharges (including\n41 deaths). There is a tuberculosis ward at the Provincial Mental Hospital (North\nLawn), but figures for that unit are not included.\nWhen patients who are a proven public health menace refuse hospitalization,\nthey may be committed if all forms of pursuasion fail, and in 1959 this action was\ntaken in three cases, compared with a total of 26 in the years 1957 and 1958.\nDuring the fiscal year April 1st, 1959, to March 31st, 1960, there were thirty-\nsix admissions to the Poliomyelitis Pavilion and twenty-eight discharges. Twenty-\nfour of the admissions and eight of the discharges were in connection with a few\npatients who returned for odd nights or short periods of time. Most of the year\nthe population in the Poliomyelitis Pavilion consisted of about nineteen male adult\npatients, eleven female adult patients, four boys and one girl. The majority of the\npatients are young adults.\nThere were over 100 cases active each month, involving some 1,700 interviews\nwith patients and their families and about 2,800 collateral interviews or conferences\nwith other professional personnel.\nMany referrals are in regard to financial problems of the patient and (or) his\nfamily, but other problems are often revealed in the course of the interviews, and\nwe assist with the wide range of difficulties common to a generalized social-case load.\nHowever, illness aggravates social problems that were present before the diagnosis\nand admission to hospital. There is a high incidence of alcoholism in the male\ntuberculosis population. There are usually about 100 patients requiring Comforts\nAllowance each month.\nProblems of the aged were time-consuming. These patients resist change,\nand any change in policy affecting their care or income produces symptoms of\nanxiety, ranging from passive resistance to belligerency. With the shortage of\nnursing-home and boarding-home beds, completion of discharge plans is often protracted.\nThe Social Service Department relies on community resources to help with\nproblems of patients and their families, and there is continual communication with\nthe Greater Vancouver public and private social and health agencies as well as with\nthe Social Welfare offices throughout the Province.\nThe Social Service Department wishes to acknowledge with thanks the continued contributions of the British Columbia Tuberculosis Society and of the Mount\nGaribaldi and Municipal Chapters of the I.O.D.E. These contributions make it\npossible to meet special needs for which there are no other resources.\nThe staff of the Social Service Department continued to participate in the\neducational programmes of the nursing department of the Division of Tuberculosis\nControl and in the in-service training programme of the Social Welfare Department.\n REPORT OF SOCIAL WELFARE BRANCH\nL 93\nPART VI.\u2014ACCOUNTING DIVISION\nJ. McDiarmid, Departmental Comptroller\nThe functions of the Accounting Division are to control expenditures, process\naccounts for payment, account for revenue, forecast expenditures, and prepare the\nDepartmental estimates of revenue and expenditures in their final form.\nThe gross expenditure increased from $35,264,700 in 1958\/59 to $39,817,800\nin 1959\/60, or slightly less than 13 per cent. The previous year's increase was\n$6,376,500, making a total increase over the past two years of $10,929,600. Most\nof this increase came in direct payments to the recipients of the various forms of\nassistance, particularly Social Allowance. In the two-year period from April 1st,\n1958, to March 31st, 1960, the gross cost of Social Allowances has increased from\n$7,891,444 to $16,170,243, or approximately 105 per cent. The increase is a\nresult of a greater number of recipients, due mainly to the increase in unemployed\nemployables.\nMinor procedural changes were again made in order to provide greater efficiency. The preparation of certain allowance cheques was centralized in Victoria,\nand more extensive use of mechanical systems instituted to stream-line this operation.\nQuarterly inspections of motor-vehicles continued to be made throughout the\nProvince by the mechanical inspection staff. No serious accidents occurred throughout the Division, and at no time has an accident occurred due to a mechanical failure.\nAll accidents were referred to the Safety Committee for review. Safe driving\nmethods were continually stressed by the mechanical inspectors.\nIn addition to the Government-owned vehicles, there were a number of privately owned vehicles which were used for Government business. The owner-\noperators of these vehicles were reimbursed on a mileage basis.\nProport\non of Total Welfare Expenditure\nMain Service\n1958\/59\n1959\/60\nValue\nPer Cent\nValue\nPer Cent\n$495,700\n771,800\n1,255,000\n2,444,900\n3,156,800\n13,177,000\n13,963,500\n1.4\n2.2\n3.5\n6.9\n9.0\n37.4\n39.6\n$499,000\n899,300\n1,411,800\n2,870,500\n3,697,600\n16,306,000\n14,133,600\n1 3\n2 3\n3 5\n7.2\n9.3\nSocial Allowances, etc..\t\nOld-age Assistance, Blind Persons' Allowance, Disabled Persoons' Allowance, and supplementary\nsocial assistance for the aged and handicapped\t\n40.9\n35.5\nTotals\t\n$35,264,700\n100.0\n$39,817,800\n100.0\nPrinted by Don McDiarmid, Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty\nin right of the Province of British Columbia.\n1960\n1,060-1260-9015\n ","attrs":{"lang":"en","ns":"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2009\/08\/skos-reference\/skos.html#note","classmap":"oc:AnnotationContainer"},"iri":"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2009\/08\/skos-reference\/skos.html#note","explain":"Simple Knowledge Organisation System; Notes are used to provide information relating to SKOS concepts. 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