[427]. That is, 3s. for an adult and 2s. 3d. for a child. (Poverty, by B. Seebohm Rowntree, 1901, p. 110.)
[428]. Handbook containing general information with reference to Children's Care, 1912, p. 20.
[429]. The County Council, a few months ago, drew attention to the lack of uniformity prevailing. "In a number of cases it has been found that the form has not been issued, with the result that Care Committees dealing with part of a family are unacquainted with the relief afforded by another Care Committee." (London County Council Gazette, March 3, 1913, p. 210.)
[430]. "School Care Committees," by Maude F. Davies, in Progress, July, 1910, p. 177.
[431]. At St. George's-in-the-East five committees have been amalgamated and then re-divided into two, one dealing with all the Jewish, one with all the Christian, children of the group. Overlapping is thus almost completely avoided.
[432]. London County Council Minutes, November 2, 1909, p. 841.
[433]. The charge includes the cost of preparation and service of the meals, and is calculated to the nearest farthing. (London County Council, Handbook containing general information with reference to Children's Care, 1912, pp. 27-28.)
[434]. In 1912-13 the number of individual children who paid the full cost of the meals was 2,521, that is, only one-fortieth of the number of "necessitous" children who were fed. The amount so received was £863.
[435]. In 1911-12 the expenditure on food materials amounted to £4,273 2s. 0d., and the payments for dinners to £4,206 15s. 9d. Out of a total of 523,266 dinners supplied, only 33,043, or 6·3 per cent., were given free. The average cost of the dinner, for food materials only, was 1·96d. (Report of Cripple Children's Dinners Committee for 1911-12, pp. 10, 11.)
[436]. London County Council, Agenda for Sub-Committee on Underfed Children, Appendix A., July 6, 1908.