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APPENDIX 8
(See paragraph 32)
CHILD WELFARE SECTION
CASES UNDER THE PROTECTION OF WOMEN AND JUVENILES ORDINANCE No. 1 of 1951 AND OTHER CHILDREN IN CARE
PERIOD: 1ST APRIL, 1961 To 31ST MARCH, 1962
Wards of the Director of Social Welfare
(a) Females adopted under Chinese custom and on the register
as wards on 1st April, 1961 (Section 31) New registrations during the year
Wardships terminated during the year
Total (females)
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(b) Females declared as wards and remaining wards on 1st
April, 1961 (Section 32)
Wards declared during the year
Wardships by declaration terminated during the year
Total (females)
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Wards by order of the Juvenile Court on 1st April, 1961
(Section 35)
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(c)
Made wards by Order of the Juvenile Court during the
year
females males
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Juvenile Court Orders cancelled
Total
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1,629 74
...
1,703 112
1,591
183
187
14
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173
91
41
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17
149
13
***
136
***
Total number of wards of the
Director of Social Welfare on 31st March, 1962
Males adopted under Chinese custom and voluntarily registered
On the register on 1st April, 1961 New registrations during the year
**
Registrations cancelled during the year
Total (males)
Other children in care on 31st March, 1962*
Children referred to institutions Children in families
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管
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B. Visits
Total
Grand Total
1,900
***
1,389 25
1,414 91
1,323
588
4.746
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5,334
8,557
Number of visits paid by staff of the Section to children in care
during the period
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C. Interviews at office
#
9,285
9,004
* 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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