Case 36.

Is a case of a woman who was deserted by her husband and had an illegitimate child 15 months old. The woman, being ill, was sent to the Hospital, and when convalescent was induced to return to her brother's house. The father of the illegitimate child made a private agreement to pay 10s. per week for the child's maintenance, which he has done regularly. The woman is now working four days a week, and able to maintain herself respectably. Her husband has been summoned for maintenance of his children, but the case is still undecided as the man has not turned up.