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APPENDIX 17
(See paragraph 68)
CASES UNDER THE PROTECTION OF WOMEN AND JUVENILES ORDINANCE 1951, AND OTHER CHILDREN IN CARE
PERIOD: 1 APRIL 1964 TO 31 MARCH 1965, COMPARED WITH PREVIOUS YEAR
Wards of the Director of Social Welfare (a) Females adopted under Chinese
custom and on the register as wards on 1 April (section 31) New registrations during the year
1958-59
1963-64
1964-65
1,832
1,557
1,445
102
52
67
***
1,934
1,609
185
164
1,512 120
1,749
1,445
1,392
Wardships terminated during the year
Total at end of year
(b) Females declared as wards and
remaining wards on 1 April
(section 32)
162
169
63
Wards declared during the year
36
8
198
173
71
***
Wardships by declaration terminated
during the year
Total at end of year
(c) Wards by order of the Juvenile
Court on 1 April (section 35) Made wards by Order of Court
during the year
Juvenile Court Orders cancelled
Total at end of the year
Total number of wards of the
Director of Social Welfare at end of year
***
1,986
Males adopted under Chinese custom and voluntarily registered
110
186
63
70
46
237
235
5
82
109
319
344
***
84
45
51
235
299
**
1,743
1,761
On the register on 1 April
New registrations during the year
1,481
1,208
1,026
64
10
8
1,545
1,218
1,034
Registrations cancelled during the year
Total at end of year
58
192
88
1,487
1,026
946
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*Children in care on 1 April
***
4,242
4,274
2,005
New cases during the year
1,208
1,130
1,557
5,450
5,404
3,562
Cases closed during the year
2,011
3,399
1,112
Total at end of year
3,439
2,005
2,450
B. Visits
Number of home visits to children in care
during the period...
C. Office Interviews
*F1
**
6,472
6,833
6,754
5,561
6,010
* Consisting of children found wandering or abandoned, ill-treated or uncontrollable, children of prisoners or hospital patients, and children who are the object of a dispute between husband and wife or between natural and adoptive parents.
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