APPENDIX 5
CASES UNDER THE PROTECTION OF WOMEN AND JUVENILES
ORDINANCE, NO. 1 OF 1951 AND OTHER CHILDREN IN CARE
(See paragraphs 18 and 23)
A. 1.
Wards of the Director of Social Welfare
(a) Declared wards on 31st March, 1958 (Section 32)
Wards declared during the year
162
36
198
Wardships terminated during the year
12
Total
186
(b) Adopted girls registered on 31st March, 1958 (Section 31)
New registrations during the year
Wardships terminated during the year
1,832
***
102
1,934
185
1,749
Total
(c) Wards by order of the Juvenile Court on 31st March, 1958
(Section 35)
46
Wards by order of the Juvenile Court during the year
5
51
Total
2.
Adoption of boys voluntarily registered
3.
Registered on 31st March, 1958 New registrations during the year
Registrations cancelled during the year
Total
Other children in care on 31st March, 1959*
Children referred to institutions
Children in families
Total
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GRAND TOTAL
B. Official Visits
Note:
*
1.481
64
1,545
58
1,487
568
2,871
3,439
6,912
Number of visits paid by staff of the Section to children in care.
during the period
**
6,472
Consisting of children found wandering or abandoned, ill-treated or uncontrollable, children of prisoners or hospital patients, children who are the object of a dispute between husband and wife or between natural and adoptive parents, etc.
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