Statistical Report 1935-1936 - Department of Education and Skills

234APPENDIXVII.REFORMATORY AND INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS.Table A.-Reformatory Schools.School Year; 1st August, 1935 to 31st July, 1936.NumberofSchoolsNumber Number Committals Discharges,under under and Transfers Licences, &c.,Detention Detention from Industrial fromon on Schools from 1st Aug., '35Ist Aug., '35 31st July, '36 1st Aug., '35 toto Sl stj uly'Bf 31st July, '36--,-----·1 1 1---- ---Boys ..82933322Girls ..141675---,-----, 1 1TOTAL 2 96109 40 27---NumberofSchoolsTable B.-Industrial Schools.School Year; 1st August, 1935, to 31st July, 1936.NumberunderDetentionBoys ., 16 2,821 2,723Girls .. 35 3,406 3,316ICommittals,Recommittals, Discharges,Number and Licences, &c.,under Readmissions fromDetention from 1st Aug., '35on I on Ist Aug, '35. to1st Aug., '35 31st July, '36 to 31st July, '3631st July, '36I447473545563Mixed I - ---- -----TOTAL 52 I 6,227 1 6,039 920 1 1,108Table C.-Reformatory Schools.The total number of Youthful Offenders admitted upon conviction to ReformatorySchools during the yearfrom 1st August, 1935, to 31st July, 193,6. was 39,viz., 33 boys and 6 girls. In addition, one girl was admitted on transfer forrefusing to conform to the rules of an Industrial School. The offences in respectof which the Youthful Offenders were committed were;Offences I Boys 1 Girls 1 Total--- 1 1 1----Larceny and Petty Theft 20 6 26Obtaining by False Pretences 1 - 1Housebreaking, Shop-breaking, etc. 11 IIIndecent Assault 1 - IRefusing to conform to Rules of,-----Industrial School .. .. I - 1 1 1 , 1 . -_.----.."'"I235Table D.-Industrial Schools.The total number of Admissions to Industrial Schools by committal during theyear from 1st August, 1935, to 31st July, 1936, was 90S, viz.,440 boys and 465 girls.The children admitted in that year are classified in the following tabularstatement, according to the grounds in which they were committed ;-GROUNDS OF COMMITTAL I Boys Girls Total'----- ---I 1---36 81Begging . . . . . . . . . . .. I 45Wandering, and not having any home or settled Iplace of abode, or visible means of subsistence,or found wandering and having no home orGuardian, Or a parent Or guardian who does notexercise proper guardianship . . . . . .Children Act, 1929 :-Destitute, not being an 'orphan, and surviving parent, or parents, consentingto committal . . . . . . . .Destitute orphan, or destitute, having both parents,or a surviving parent undergoing imprison- iment .. .. .. .. .. ..Parent or Guardian of crirrunai or drunken habitsA child who frequents the company of any reputed Ithief, or of a reputed prostituteCharged with an offence punishable in the case ofan adult with penal servitude, &c. (being under12 years of age) .. . . . . . . .. ICharged with an offence punishable in the case ofan adult with penal servitude, &c. (being under I14 years of age) . . . .A child uncontrollable by parents (Section 58 I(4)) ..A child who is a refractory pauper IA child who has not complied with a School IAttendance Order sent under School AttendanceAct, 1926 .. . . . .' . . . . . '1Ages whenAdmittedTOTAL .. .. I 33 1 7 1 40 under 14 ..- under 16"93 108 201175 271 44623 31 549 9 18- 1 124 2 2637 2 391 1 21 132 4 36---1- -- --Total .. .. 440 I.465 905Table ·E.-Reformatory Schools.The ages and state of instruction of Youthful Offenders admitted uponconviction into Reformatory Schools are given in the following tabularstatement ;-TotalUl-.:State of Instruction on Admission---,----,----)---1---ModerateIlli terateReadandWriteImperfectlyProficiencyinReadingandWritingUl»oP=l (3 B. 1 G. B. 1 G. 1 B. 1 G. 1 B. 1 G. 1 B. 1 G.·-----1---,---,--,----,--,--,--,--,--,--,--12 years and1 ,- 1-1-1,-,-,-,-,-,-,-114 years and32 I 6~16-------------nn -...a211614'-'-,-,-.•.•....ReadandWriteWellSuperiorInstruction