[487]. Report of Chief Medical Officer of the Board of Education for 1911, p. 24.
[488]. Report of the Chief Medical Officer of the Board of Education for 1911, p. 286.
[489]. Bradford Education Committee, Report on a Course of Meals given to necessitous children from April to July, 1907.
[490]. Ibid., p. 3.
[491]. Ibid., pp. 4, 5.
[492]. "The average gain per year of children of this class and size," Dr. Crowley points out, "is not more than two kilos (4 lbs. 6 oz.) for the whole year." (Ibid., p. 9.)
[493]. Ibid., pp. 9-11. As Dr. Crowley points out, several points have to be considered in interpreting the effect on weight. "The increase in the weight of children normally varies greatly at different seasons of the year," and "at any given season fluctuates much, sometimes, comparatively, even from week to week. The proportional increase in weight varies with the age of the child, or rather with the weight to which the child has already attained." (Ibid., p. 8.)
[494]. Ibid., p. 8.
[495]. Report on the Working of the Education (Provision of Meals) Act up to March 31, 1909, pp. 14-15.
[496]. MS. Report on Lambeth School Children Feeding Experiment, by Dr. L. Haden Guest, 1908.