[ [8] Starr, The Adolescent Period.
[ [9] Inter-Departmental Committee on Physical Deterioration, Report, 1904.
[ [10] A lap is a thick layer of cotton fibre wound on a roller in early stage of preparation.
[ [12] Cf. the evidence of the British Mission on the output of munitions in France in December 1915, who note the advantage to health accruing from the long dinner hour, generally one and a half hours, and often two hours. (Cd. 8187 of 1916, p. 7.)
[ [13] "Lancashire Women as Cotton-Piecers," Englishwoman, June 1914.
[14] ] Keeling, op. cit. p. 7.
[15] ] Census, Summary Tables, p. 242.