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No. S.—INFANT-LIFE-rROTECTION STATISTICS.

Particulars of Children admitted to and removed from Licensed Foster-homes during 1922.

Rates ok Payments by Parents or Guardians. An account of the rates paid is given in the following statement: — 3at the rate; of ss. per week. 93 at the rate of 20s. per week. 1 ~ 6s. „ 1 ~ 21s. „ 4 „ 7s. 6d. „ 1 ~ 225. I. ~ 9s. „ 1 „ 225. 6d. „ 105 „ 10s. „ 12 „ 255. 2 „ 10s. 6d. „ 3 „ 30s. J „ I.os. 10(1. „ I „ 40s. 1 „ Us. „ 1 „ 425. 15 „ 12s. „ 1 „ 60s. 125 ~ 12s. 6d. ~ 1 adopted with premium disbursed at 2 ~ 13s. ~ the rate of ss. per Week. 3 ; , 13s. 4d. ~ 3 adopted with premium disbursed at 2 ~ 14s. ~ the rate of 10s. per week. 279 ~ 15s. ~ 33 adopted with premium disbursed at I ~ 15s. 6d. ~ the rate of 15s. per week. 1 ~ I6s. ~ .12 for whom no payment is being made, 3 ~ 17s. ~ but who are under supervision. 30 „ 17s. 6d. „ Thi! following is a comparison of the rates paid during the last six years : — 1917. 19 IS. 1919. 1920. 1921. 1922. Under 7s. per week .. 19 11 7 2 2 4 7s. and under 10s. per week 75 52 53 22 II 5 10s. per week .. .. 532 502 368 240 L 33 105 Over 10s. per week .. 215 294 376 531 508 579 Foster-homes. The 742 infants in foster-homes at the end of the year were distributed as follows : — In 497 homes, each having one child .. .. .. .. 497 ~ 72 ~ two children . . . . ... .. 144 „ 27 „ three „ .. .. .. ..81 „ 5 „ four ~ .. . . .. 20 601 742 Ten of the homes were those in which children under six were boarded out by Charitable Aid Boards. The total number of licensed homes was 841, so that at the end of the year there were 240 licensed homes in which for the time being no infants were boarded.

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J -1*8 M . M . 4i cH -13 0) --J CD a 3 S a no asp 3 60 rNM-i ,__, hi, <D<» © ai CD n .£ T) -D OH 0) *-J ■I || *.* p§ pq PQ Tti >o SO ■"Cl© T3 CD ""d CD a bp pi top j=| hO fOtH Trl *w 'O -4-1 a ° a ° a ° CD <n o VI CD w M s= §3 l« 8 pq pq pq m rH cc! (X 60 co <! CD O £? O o H On the books at 31st December, 65 07 108 95 1921 Placed in licensed homes during 1.65 69 97 77 the year 1922 ■ ■ Totals .. .. 230 136 265 172 Withdrawn from homes during 1922— Removed by parents or 28 51 101 67 guardians Deaths .. .. 1 2 1 2 Adoptions without pre- 0 4 11 0 miums In homes to which exemp- 2 .. 1 1 tion was granted Brought under the opera- .'5 5 7 3 tion of the Industrial Schools Act Written off the books for 3 4 9 5 various causes Total withdrawals 40 06 130 84 On the books at 31st December, 77 79 141 127 1922 _j_ 1 98 94 50 37 55 27 135 149 77 48 32 23 3 3 2 2 2 1 2 ! 8 3 4 ! 61 42 30 82 89 73 69 10 79 8 1 2 700 537 1,243 358 .10 37 9 20 31 67 42 501 74 742