APPENDIX 7
(See paragraph 34)
CHILD WELFARE SECTION
CASES UNDER THE PROTECTION OF WOMEN AND JUVENILES ORDINANCE No. 1 of 1951 AND OTHER CHILDREN IN CARE
PERIOD: 1ST APRIL, 1962 TO 31ST MARCH, 1963, COMPARED WITH PREVIOUS YEAR.
A. 1.
Wards of the Director of Social Welfare (a) Females adopted under Chinese custom and 1961-62
on the register as wards on 1st April, 1962
(Section 31)
1962-63
1,629
1,591
New registrations during the year
74
73
**
1,703
1,664
Wardships terminated during the year
Total at end of year (females)
(b) *Females declared as wards and remaining
wards on 1st April, 1962 (Section 32) Wards declared during the year
Wardships by declaration terminated during
the year
Total at end of year (females)
(c) *Wards by order of the Juvenile Court on
1st April, 1962 (Section 35)
112
107
1,591
1,557
183
173
ཎྜ--
4
4
187
177
14
8
1
173
169
91
136
***
Made wards by Order of Court during the
year: females
41
101
males
17
24
149
261
Juvenile Court Orders cancelled
13
24
Total ...
136
237
Total number of wards of the Director
of Social Welfare at end of year
1,900
1,963
2.
Males adopted under Chinese custom and voluntarily registered
On the register on 1st April, 1962 New registrations during the year
1,389
1,323
25
14
1,414
1,337
Registrations cancelled during the year
91
129
Total at end of year (males)
1,323
1,208
3. Children in care on 1st April
New cases during the year
5,334
1,493
6,827
Cases closed during the year
2.553
Total at end of year...
5,334
4,274
B.
Visits
Number of home visits to children in care during
the period
***
9,285
8,208
C. Office Interviews ...
9,004
8,002
*
Including a small number of wards under the care of the Women & Girls Section.
† 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. A small number of these children have subsequently been made wards and are also included under 1(b) or (c) above.
42