E.—4.

Table 11. —Admissions for Year ended 31st March, 1928, classified according to Status at 31st March, 1928.

Table 12 gives particulars of the character or state of the parents at the time of the admission of the children. From this table the following figures have been selected showing (1) the number of children of drunken parents, and (2) the number of children of feeble-minded parents : — Admission of Children on account of the Drinking Habits of one or both Parents. Drunken mother .. . . .. .. .. .. 4 Drunken father .. .. . . . . .. 18 Both parents drunkards .. .. .. .. .. 2 24 Admission of Children on account of the Mental Deficiency of one or both Parents. Mentally deficient mother .. .. .. .. .. 21 Mentally deficient father .. .. .. .. .. 2 Both parents defective mentally .. .. .. .-. .. 1 24 Table 12.—Particulars of Parentage : Admissions for Year ended 31st March, 1928. 241 indigent children, representing 180 families. Character of parents described as —

I'2o uncontrollable children, representing 98 families. Character of parents described as—

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Status. a a 5 s S & B 3 I ■I! SB P s o g O o of, HI • O fl CO rri •3<wCfl co O o M B. G. B. G. |2 Soto s -«l 3 23 » .2 S ••3 eo *«> i ji P 1 Totals. B. 0. B. G. B. a. 1 0. -r, r. Both B - u - Sexes. B. I G. B. G. Ji. Temporarily in receiving-homes In private schools (R.C.) 1 u residential institutions Boarded out At service With friends I n refuges, or cognate institutions, &<:. In hospitals In special schools Discharged, written-off, died, &o. .. 7 3 114 4 9 80 1 5 3 4 3 4 2 I 1 i 4 3 3 24 I ■2 :>> 2 1 28J 2 3 5 12 35 6 12 1 4 7 22 3 4 5 7 1 24 11 II 6 4 6 5 3 3 2 3 2 n 3 3 2 ii 2 1 i 3 2 1 29 22 6 3 44 13 202 146 26 10 34 I 18 8 10 4 5 9 2 28 25 390 254 29 22 51 6 3 9 44 13 57 02 146 348 26 10 36 34 I 18 52 8 | 10 18 4 5 9 9 2 11 28 26 53 3 2 2 3 i i i 1 I 1 i 1 3 i ,i 2 3 i 16 15 8 5 Totals .. .. 1144 97 17 7 38 37 73 47 li:! 19 27 24 21 17 8 6 90 254 644

Bad, Questionable, Dead, Deserter, or n , Drunkards, FeebleUnknown. 00 " minded, and Physically Unfit. Father ........ 83 48 49 Mother ........ 30 67 85 Both parents ...... 11 25 13

Bad, Questionable, Dead, Deserter, or p , Drunkards, FeebleUnknown. j o minded, and Physically Unfit. I Father ........ ; 20 49 29 Mother .. •• •• H 27 Both parents ...... 2 36 11 i