Children of Illicit Love
WELLINGTON, Sept. 21. During the 12 months endgd Mareh "1 iast, 1055 illegitimate births werp ic.tified to child welfare officers, stated report on child welfare and Htato f ' ' iii-f of children presented to Parlig•nc'it today. Of these infants, added thf "i'ort. S0.S were with their mothers, 47 «;th other relatives, 32 were committed i'1 the caro of the State, 378 were in tcgistered foster homes or nursing homes, and 302 were adopted. Adoptions completed during 1948 lotalled 1254 compared with totala for the previous 11 vears which roge gradually from 400 in 1937 to 1065, 1151, and 1285 in Ihe four years 1944-47 tcspectively. Applications to adopt iniant girls usually predominated but the onlers actually made refleeted the nuinber and sex of the children |yailfd'le. Last year the normal pogiti.qn was reversed and more boys (647) than girls (607) were adopted. Of 1254 adopted, 479 boys and 444 girls Tf.erg illegitiraatf.
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Chronicle (Levin), 22 September 1949, Page 5
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155Children of Illicit Love Chronicle (Levin), 22 September 1949, Page 5
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