Abstract
as adults in need of help, and poor law relief was the only public aid available. The first legislation for child welfare was passed in 1902; it provided for the care of foster children and the education and upbringing of delinquent and morally neglected children. Then came the so-called Children's Laws of 1917, with provisions for children born out of wedlock, adoption, and so forth. For the most part, public care of children remained under the Public Assistance Administration up to 1926, when the Child Welfare Act of 1924 came into force. By this act, the responsibility for the care and protection of children was separated from public assistance and lodged with a new local authority, created by the act and known as the Child Welfare Committee. The Act of
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