[507]. Report of School Medical Officer for Manchester for 1911, pp. 256-7. In the following year he reports that out of over four hundred children attending eight feeding centres, only ten cases of markedly bad nourishment were recorded. (Ibid. for 1912, p. 31.)
[508]. The Health and Physique of School Children, by Arthur Greenwood, 1913, pp. 65, 66. "It may perhaps be urged," he continues, "that this progress is purely accidental; but a close examination of a large number of school medical officers' reports does not show any general increase during the few years for which records are available. There are variations from year to year, of course, but no apparent regular improvement, except in isolated instances, of which Bradford is one." (Ibid., p. 65.)
[509]. Annual Report of the London County Council for 1910, Chapter XLI., p. 8.
[510]. Ibid., pp. 8, 9.
[511]. Ibid., p. 9.
[512]. Report of School Medical Officer for Bootle for 1912, p. 56; Ibid. for Worcester for 1911, p. 14.
[513]. As we have seen, this result was noticed during the feeding experiment at Lambeth (see ante, p. [188].)
[514]. At Bootle, on the other hand, where "it was anticipated that the movement would have a beneficial effect upon the regularity of the attendance ... there is no evidence to show that such has been the case, and it is very doubtful whether the attendance has been appreciably affected." (Report of the Bootle School Canteen Committee for 1910-11, p. 8.)
[515]. Report of School Medical Officer for Leeds for 1910, p. 41. The chairman of the Leeds Education Committee, in giving evidence before the Royal Commission on the Poor Laws, stated, "the supply of three good meals a day has been of great benefit to the children in attendance, who compare favourably with the children attending the ordinary public elementary schools.... They take a good position in school competitions for swimming, etc., and are particularly smart in school drills and exercises." (Report of the Royal Commission on the Poor Laws, 1909, Vol. IV. of Evidence, Appendix LXXXII. (12).)
[516]. Hull Education Committee, Appendix to Minutes of the Provision of Meals Sub-Committee, October 20, 1911.