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Table 4. —Children placed under Supervision of Child Welfare Officers by Courts during Years ended 31st March, 1943 and 1944

Table 5.—Causes of Committal and Admission, 1943-44

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(Classified according to reasons for appearance) Boys. Girls. Totals. 1942-43. 1943-44. 1942-43. 1943-44. 1942-43. 1943-44. Charged with an offence .. .. .. 616 653 80 56 696 709 Delinquent .. .. .. .. 132 162 32 27 164 189 Not under proper control . . .. .. 96 55 47 33 143 88 In detrimental environment .... 8 15 11 22 19 37 Indigent .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 2 1 2 Neglected ........ 3 5 6 0 9 11 855 890 177 146 1,032 1,030 Note. —Table regarding Court records shows 993 placed under supervision. The difference is accounted for by tho number of adjourned cases from the previous year boing dealt with during 1943-44.

Boys. Girls. Totals. 1942-43. 1943-44. 1942-43. 1943-44. 1942-43. 1943-44. Indigent .. .. .. .. 92 72 67 67 159 139 Not under proper control .. .. .. 78 83 77 85 155 168 Delinquent .. .. .. .. 31 36 10 15 47 51 Charged with an offence .. .. .. 109 102 19 17 128 119 Living in a detrimental environment .. 24 30 37 43 61 73 Neglected .. .. .. .. 17 19 17 18 34 37 Breach of supervision order .... 5 2 5 8 10 10 Supervision with residence .... 14 12 15 7 29 19 370 356 253 260 623 616 Admitted under section.12, Child Welfare Act, 6 9 7 4 13 13 1925 Admitted on warrant .. .. .. 30 27 39 27 69 54 Admitted under section 127 of the Education 8 53 2 40 10 93 Act 44 89 48 71 92 160 414 445 301 331 715 776 Note.—Of the above, 167, or 21-52 per cent., were illegitimate. In addition there were 28 (15 boys and 13 girls) temporarily admitted to child-welfare institutions, as against 30 (14 boys and 16 girls) for the preceding year.