APPENDIX V
CHILD WELFARE SECTION
A. Children in care on 31st March, 1956
5,435
1. Female wards of the Secretary for Chinese Affairs
Number registered on 31st March, 1955
1,668
Number of new wards registered from 1st April, 1955
to 31st March, 1956
209
1,877
Number of wardships terminated from 1st April, 1955
to 31st March, 1956
116
Net total on 31st March, 1956
1,761
2.
Cases of male adoption voluntarily registered with S. W. O.
Number registered on 31st March, 1955
1,184
Number of new voluntary registrations from 1st April,
1955 to 31st March, 1956
169
1,353
Number of voluntary registrations cancelled from 1st
April, 1955 to 31st March, 1956
18
Net total on 31st March, 1956
1,335
3.
Other children in care on 31st March, 1956
2,339
B. Number of official visits
Paid by Social Workers to registered children from 1st
April, 1955 to 31st March, 1956
4,525
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