23

E.— 4,

Thames, 6 ; Ashburton, 5 ; Oamaru, 5 ; Otahuhu, 4 ; Whangarei, 4 ; Owhango, 4 ; Rawene, 4 ; Moturoa, 4 ; Taumarunui, 4 ; Woodville, 4 ; Te Kuiti, 4 ; Levin, 4 ; Blenheim, 4 ; Gore, 4:; Greymouth, 3 ; Paeroa, 2 ; Opotiki, 2 ; Eltham, 2 ; Taihape, 2 ; Otaki, 2 ; Geraldine, 2 ; Westport, 2 ; Marton, 1; Kaikohe, 1; Waipu, 1 ; Taupo, 1; Dargaville, 1; Tauranga, 1; Feilding, 1 ; Stratford, 1; Petone, 1 ; Pahiatua, 1 ; Waipukurau, 1 ; Masterton, 1 ; Milton, 1 ; Balclutha, 1 ; Reefton, 1 ; Akaroa, 1 . (Note. —This list does not include 17 children who were temporarily admitted.) The records show that of this total admitted 26-11 per cent, were known to be illegitimate.

Table 10. —Admissions classified according to Religious Belief.

Table 11. —Deaths during the Year ended 31st March, 1927.

Table 12. —Inmates discharged from Control during Year ended 31st March, 1927.

(Magistrates after hearing the evidence direct in what religious denomination children committed are to be brought up.) I •Si +3 a • <d «■£ Q *43 .2 ! d d -5 o SG 5 • , ee . ± O e r2 b I i 5 J> B 'I a .1 Sa I -g -g! I ?! II 2 t §<s f-S 1 1 P 1* J<§ 1 1< |o 1 I «j P3 AH M PQOAHQ M >-3 PH . p Number .. 309 113 103 22 j 23 | 4 j 3 2 j 2 4 1 1 16 603 Percentage .. 51-4 j 18-68 17-02 3-64 3-8 0-66 j 0-5 0-33 j 0-33 0-66 0-17 0-17 j 2-64 1100-0 Note.—The children for whom no religion is shown were temporary admissions.

Age. | Status at Death. Certified Cause of T)eath. School to which belonging. Yrs. Mos. 0 8 Tn hospital .. Capillary bronchitis, collapse of lung.. . . Girls' Receiving - home, Auckland. 0 11 „ .. Broncho-pneumonia, syncope .. .. Girls'Receiving - home, Christchurch. 12 „ .. Endocarditis, heart-failure .. .. .. Special School for Girls, Dunedin. 2 0 ,, • • Whooping-cough, broncho-pneumonia .. Girls' Receiving Home, Christchurch. 4 10 „ . • Cerebral meningitis .. .. .. Child Welfare Officer, Greymouth. 7 9 „ .. Peritonitis and Empyema .. .. .. Children's Home, Miramar, Wellington. 9 0 „ .. Acute generalized osteomyelitis .. .. Girls'Receiving Home, Hamilton. 9 8 At board .. . . Measles, broncho-pneumonia .. . . Child Welfare Officer, Invereargill. 16 0 In hospital .. Osteomyelitis and myocardial failure .. Child Welfare Officer, Napier. 16 2 „ .. Rheumatic endocarditis, tubercular meningitis Boys' Receiving Home, Christchurch. 16 4 „ .. Pulmonary tuberculosis, anaemia .. .. Children's Home, Miramar, Wellington. 16 6, „ •. Endocarditis, rheumatic heart-failure . . ! Child Welfare Officer, Palmerston North. 17 5 In Home of Compas- Tuberculosis myelitis .. ■. . . Children's Home, Miramar, ! sion, Wellington I Wellington.

j Boys. i Girls. Totals. Discharged (Child Welfare Act, section 23) .. j 168 58 226 Attained the age of twenty-one years .. | 11 24 35 Adopted . . . . • • • • 27 . 39 Written off books ...... 30 33 63 By death .. . ■ • ■ ■ • j 7 6 13 Married . . • ■ • ■ • • • • 8 8 Totals 228 156 384