APPENDIX 13
(See paragraph 49)
CHILDREN ADMITTED INTO THE PO LEUNG KUK ON THE
INITIATIVE OF THE CHILD WELFARE SECTION
DURING THE PERIOD 1 APRIL 1965 to 31 MARCH 1966
COMPARED WITH PREVIOUS YEARS
Number of Inmates on 1 April
Category of Admissions :
Found abandoned ...
Found wandering
***
Parents untraceable
Given up by parents Orphans
Juvenile mendicants
Parents in prison
* N
***
***
***
Parents in hospital
1958-59 1964-65 1965-66
226
321
292
104
龠录
43
6
2
:
3
11
1
12
***
5
2
25
1
223
72
65
35
71
64
52
13
50
44
***
6
проривтер
14
***
7
14
Children with unfit parents or custodians, etc
Pending investigation
Pending court hearing
Referred by other Homes
***
***
Referred by other Sections
Total
495
226
217
Category of Discharges :
Local adoption by Court Order
Adoption oversea
Returned to parents or relatives...
21
6
3
*
11
15
Found employment
Returned to police custody
Transferred to other Homes
340
8
201
159
**
6
2
9
14
14
14
常
Discharged into aftercare of the Department
5
6
Deaths
Others
18
2
I
***
晶典
...
7
27
嘴
Total
413
255
221
Number of Inmates on 31 March
303
292
288
72