APPENDIX 14
(See paragraph 58)
THE PROTECTION OF WOMEN AND JUVENILES ORDINANCE, 1951
PERIOD: 1ST APRIL, 1963 To 31ST MARCH, 1964, COMPARED WITH PREVIOUS YEAR
A. I.
Wards of the Director of Social Welfare (a) Females adopted under Chinese custom and 1962-63
on the register as wards on 1st April (Section 31)
New registrations during the year
Wardships terminated during the year
Total at end of year ...
***
(b) Females declared as wards and remaining
wards on 1st April (Section 32)
Wards declared during the year
1963-64
***
1,591 73
1,557
52
1,664 107
1,609
164
1.557
1.445
173
169
4
177
173
Wardships by declaration terminated during
the year
8
110
Total at end of year ...
169
63
(c) Wards by order of the Juvenile Court on
1st April (Section 35)
136
237
Made wards by Order of Court during the
year
125
82
***
261
319
Juvenile Court Orders cancelled
24
84
Total at end of the year
237
235
***
Total number of wards of the Director of Social Welfare at end of year
1,963
1,743
2.
Males adopted under Chinese custom and voluntarily registered
On the register on 1st April, 1963 New registrations during the year
***
1,323
14
1,208 10
事晖
1,337
1,218
Registrations cancelled during the year
3. *Children in care on 1st April
129
192
Total at end of year ...
1,208
1,026
5,334
4,274
New cases during the year
Cases closed during the year
Total at end of year...
B. Visits
Number of home visits to children in care during
the period
8,208
6.833
C. Office Interviews ...
8,002
5,561
1,493
1,130
6,827
5,404
2,553
3,399
4,274
2,005
* Consisting of children found wandering or abandoned, ill-treated or uncontrollable, children of prisoners or hospitals patients, and children who are the object of a dispute between husband and wife or between natural and adoptive parents.
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