Social_Welfare_Annual_Report_1966-1967 — Page 96

APPENDIX 14

(See paragraph 60)

WELFARE OF WOMEN AND GIRLS

STATISTICAL SUMMARY

PERIOD: 1 APRIL 1966 TO 31 MARCH 1967

A. Total of cases on 1 April 1966: New cases during the year

1958-59 1965-66 1966-67

990

1,027

1958-59 1965-66 1966-67

Family Counselling

84

51

39

Girls in need of care &

protection ...

187

191

280

Prostitutes

Dance hostesses

Bar girls

71

38

62

44

27

6

8

***

Died

Unmarried parents

Victims of sexual assaults

Confidential inquiries into

proposed marriages

Miscellaneous

Cases closed during the year

Total of cases on 1 April

B. Interviews:

At office

At home Institutions

C. Placement:

In factory

In domestic work...

In school

In institution

In girls centre

D. Children born to unmarried mothers:

Released by mothers for adoption Retained by mothers

Pending release by mothers

64

79

67

116

68

35

29

67

24

122

25

446

628

610

1,618

1,637

591

511

2,041

1,027

1,126

12.249

10,293

10,808

***

1,769

4,710

3,269

589

515

***

14,018

15,592

14,592

103

64

***

13

37

*

46

8

174

175

190

181

129

526

465

6

37

23

13

3

22

18

***

1

6

9

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E. Referrals:

By police

Voluntary application

W

By voluntary agencies or government departments By follow-up of newspaper cutting

Others

***

86

**

236

140

+

161

247

78

104

55

18

98

101

628

610