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5. The number of inmates of the Po Leung Kuk on 1st January, 1935, was forty and during the year 369 persons were admitted as against 563 in 1934. The circumstances of admission and the action taken in regard to them are set out in Table A.
6. Three hundred and sixty-seven women, girls and children were admitted without warrant and two with warrant. Nine were lost children, fifty-five were accompanied by parents or guardians and forty-five were maidservants or Muitsai who had left their employers.
7. On leaving the Kuk 147 persons were restored to husbands or other relatives, twenty-eight were sent to charitable institutions in China, nine were given in adoption, two married, 138 were released after enquiries, nine were released under bond, and fourteen were sent to a School, Convent or Refuge in the Colony. The number of inmates remaining in the Kuk on December 31st was fifty-nine.
8. Fifty-six cases of sickness were sent to the Tung Wah Hospital for treatment and of these three died.
9. The Hon. Dr. S. W. Tso, C.B.E., and Lieutenant-Colonel H. B. L. Dowbiggin, O.B.E., continued to serve as Visiting Justices throughout the year.
10. The continued personal interest shown by Mrs. R. H. Kotewall and Mrs. S. W. Tso is much appreciated and is of genuine help to the Institution.
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5. The number of inmates of the Po Leung Kuk on 1st January, 1935, was forty and during the year 369 persons were admitted as against 563
as against 563 in 1934. The circumstances of admission and the action taken in regard to them are set out in Table A.
6. Three hundred and sixty-seven women, girls and children were admitted without warrant and two with warrant. Nine were lost children, fifty-five were accompanied by parents or guardians and forty-five were maidservants or Muitsai who had left their employers.
7. On leaving the Kuk 147 persons were restored to husbands or other relatives, twenty-eight were sent to charitable institutions in China, nine were given in adoption, two married, 138 were released after enquiries, nine were released under bond, and fourteen were sent to a School, Convent or Refuge in the Colony. The number of inmates remaining in the Kuk on December 31st was fifty-nine.
8. Fifty-six cases of sickness were sent to the Tung Wah Hospital for treatment and of these three died.
9. The Hon. Dr. S. W. Tso, C.B.E., and Lieutenant- Colonel H. B. L. Dowbiggin, o.B.E., continued to serve as Visiting Justices throughout the year.
10. The continued personal interest shown by Mrs. R. H. Kotewall and Mrs. S. W. Tso is much appreciated and is of genuine help to the Institution:
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