APPENDIX 12
(See paragraph 46)
CASES UNDER THE PROTECTION OF WOMEN AND JUVENILES ORDINANCE 1951, AND OTHER CHILDREN IN CARE
PERIOD: 1 APRIL 1965 TO 31 March 1966, COMPARED WITH PREVIOUS YEARS
A. I
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
་་་
Wardships terminated during the year
Total at end of year
***
(b) Females declared as wards and
remaining wards on 1 April
(section 32)
Wards declared during the year
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
1958-59
1964-65
1965-66
***
1,832 102
1,445
1,392
67
1,934
1,512
185
120
95
1,487 105
1,749
1,392
1,382
162
63
70
36
8
28
198
71
98
1
21
186
70
77
46
235
299
during the year
5
109
94
344
393
Juvenile Court Orders cancelled
45
1
Total at end of the year
51
299
392
Total number of wards of
Director of Social Welfare
at end of year
* A4
On the register on 1 April
Males adopted under Chinese custom and voluntarily registered
New registrations during the year
Registrations cancelled during the year
Total at end of year
***
1,761
1,851
1,481
1,026
946
64
8
20
1,545
1,034
966
58
88
138
***
1,487
946
828
3
*Children in care on 1 April
4,242
2,005
2,450
New cases during the year
***
1,208
1,557
1,194
5,450
3,562
3,644
Cases closed during the year
2,011
1,112
1,610
Total at end of year
3,439
2,450
2,034
B. Visits
Number of home visits to children in care
during the period...
6,472
6,754
7,617
C. Office Interviews
6,010
6,483
1,986
* 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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