Demand to Adopt Babies
“It has usually been the case in recent years that the applications from prospective adopting, parents outnumber the children available for adoption. -This is particularly so in the/base of very young babies.” stated the annual report of the Superintendent. of Child Welfare, presented 1q the House of Representatives recently. The report stated that the number -'of’adoptions (1151) .completed in the year ended December 31 last was by far the highest for any one year, yet recorded. As a rule, applications to adopt infant girls.predominated, , but . the orders actually made reflected the number and sex of the children available.'Last year 536 girls and 565 boys were adopted. Of.the 1151 children adopted 973 were ' illegitimate,
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Greymouth Evening Star, 19 September 1946, Page 10
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