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According to the Virginia Department of Welfare’s Child Protective Services Annual Report, there were a total of 54 cases of suspected child abuse in Rappahannock County between July 1978 and June 1979.
After investigation. 21 cases here proved to be "founded." 16 cases “unfounded" and 17 were classified as “at risk.”
Statewide. 33,238 suspected abuse or neglect cases were reported to the Department of Welfare's central registry during the 1978-79 fiscal jreht-^an increase, of 46.3 per cent over the previous year. •
The Department attributed. the large increase in reports
82.0%