A. 1.
APPENDIX 4
CHILD WELFARE SECTION
(PERIOD 1ST APRIL, 1959 TO 31ST MARCH, 1960)
CASES UNDER THE PROTECTION of Women AND JUVENILES ORDINANCE, No. 1 of 1951 AND OTHER CHILDREN IN CARE
(See paragraph 18)
Wards of the Director of Social Welfare
(a) Females adopted under Chinese custom and on the register
as wards on 31st March, 1959 (Section 31)
New registrations during the year
1,749
73
1,822
127
Wardships terminated during the year
Total (females)
1,695
(b) Females declared as wards and remaining wards on 31st
March, 1959 (Section 32)
186
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Wards declared during the year
10
196
Wardships terminated during the year
16
Total (females)
180
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(c) Male Wards by order of the Juvenile Court on 31st March,
1959 (Section 35) Made wards by Order of the Juvenile Court during the year...
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51
4
55
Total (males)
Total wards of the Director of Social
Welfare on 31st March, 1960
1,930
2.
Males Adopted under Chinese custom and voluntarily registered:
On the register on 31st March, 1959 New registrations during the year
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1
1,487
30
Registrations cancelled during the year
1,517
83
Total (males)
1,434
3.
Other children in care on 31st March, 1960*
Children referred to institutions Children in families
691
4,221
Total
Grand Total
4,912
8,276
B. Official Visits
Note:
Number of visits paid by staff of the Section to children in care
during the period
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8,578
* 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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