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Table 4.—Children placed under Supervision of Child Welfare Officers by Courts during Years ended 31st March, 1944 and 1945

Table 5. —Causes of Committal and Admission, 1944-45

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(Classified according to reasons for appearance) Boys. Girls. Totals. 1043-44. | 11)44-45. 1043-44. | 1944-45. 1943-44. j 1944-45. Charges with an offence .. .. .. 653 576 56 57 709 633 Delinquent .. .. .. .. 162 118 27 26 189 144 Not under proper control .. .. .. 55 39 33 31 88 70 In detrimental environment .. .. 15 3 22 2 37 5 Indigent .. .. .. .... 3 2 1 2 4 Neglected ........ 5 2 6 3 11 5 890 741 146 120 1,036 861 Note. —Table regarding Court records shows 812 placed under supervision. The difference is accounted for by the number of adjourned cases for the previous year being dealt with during 1944-45.

Boys. Girls. Totals. 1943-44. 1944-45. 1943-44. 1944-45. 1943-44. 1944-45. Indigent .. .. .. .. 72 74 67 74 .139 148 Not under proper control .. .. .. 83 68 85 82 J 68 150 Delinquent .. .. .. .. 36 34 15 19 51 53 Charged with an offence .. .. .. 102 91 17 10 119 101 Living in a detrimental environment .. 30 12 43 18 73 30 Neglected .. .. .. .. 19 27 18 33 37 60 Breach of supervision order .... 2 1 8 2 10' 3 Supervision with residence .. .. 12 9 7 7 19 16 356 316 260 245 616 561 Admitted under section 12, Child Welfare 9 10 4 4 13 14 Act, 1925 Admitted on warrant ...... 27 26 27 23 54 49 Admitted under section 127 of the Education 53 49 40 30 93 79 Act 89 85 71 57 160 142 445 401 331 302 776 703 Notb.—Of the above, 178, or 25'32 per cent., were illegitimate. In addition, there were 22 (14 boys and 8 girls) temporarily admitted to child welfare institutions, as against 28 (15 boys and 13 girls) for the preceding year.