| | State. |
+------------------+-------------------------+---------------------+
|5. Female. | Female, Female, | All delicate |
| Drunkard and | born born | neurotic types and |
| married a | 1898. 1900. | difficult to |
| drunkard | | manage. |
| although man | Female, Female, | |
| of good | born 1902. born 1905. | |
| education. | | |
| | Female, born 1908. | |
+------------------+-------------------------+---------------------+
|6. Female. | Male, born 1910. | |
| Well-known | | |
| prostitute, | | |
| married member | | |
| of notorious | | |
| criminal | | |
| family, and | | |
| himself | | |
| criminal. | | |
+------------------+-------------------------+---------------------+

All these children, numbering twenty-one, were committed to the care of
the State, in most cases shortly after birth. Twelve of the children are
illegitimate. The husband of daughter No. 6 is also the father of one
each of the offspring of daughters Nos. 2 and 3. Most of the children
are delicate and poorly developed, and at least six of them are
definitely tubercular. The remainder are either neurotic or erratic in
their conduct and have given a great deal of trouble in their
upbringing. The total cost to the State for the maintenance of these
children may be quoted at L10,000, but of this amount L482 has been
recovered from the various men liable. It is difficult to assess the
State's total commitment. If some of the children have to be maintained
until they reach the age of twenty-one the additional cost will be
L3,000. There is the probability, too, that the offspring of these
children will become charges upon the State.

_Case No. 4._