[537]. Report of School Medical Officer for Leicester for 1912, p. 34.
[538]. "A New Poor Law for Children," by Rev. Henry Iselin, in Charity Organisation Review, March, 1909, p. 170.
[539]. Report of Proceedings of University Extension Oxford Summer Meeting, 1913, p. 17.
[540]. See ante, pp. [120], [123]-5, [155]-6.
[541]. In the ordinary elementary schools in some of the Scottish towns, large numbers of children pay for the dinners. (See Appendix II., pp. [242], [245], [246].)
[542]. The cost depends, of course, on the kind of food provided. At Bradford, where a two-course dinner is given, the total cost per meal, for administrative charges (the upkeep of the Cooking Depot, the rent of the dining-rooms, the wages of the staff, payment for supervision, the carriage of the food, sinking fund, etc.), amounted in 1912-13 to 1·2d., and for food to 1·26d., making a total of 2·46d. About one-third of the meals supplied were breakfasts, which are usually rather cheaper than dinners, so that the cost per dinner would be slightly more. (Bradford Education Committee, Return as to the Working of the Education (Provision of Meals) Act for the year ending March 31, 1913). At Edinburgh, where a one-course dinner is given, the cost is ·9d. for food and 1d. for administrative charges. (Report of the Edinburgh School Board for 1912-13, p. 35.)
[543]. We must add one other item of expenditure, which will be necessary whatever course be adopted with regard to the provision of meals, namely, the appointment of salaried organisers for each group of schools, to supervise the work of medical treatment, after-care, and all other activities directed to the physical well-being of the child.
[544]. Report of Proceedings of University Extension Oxford Summer Meeting, 1913, p. 17.
[545]. There appears to be no fixed dietary, the dinners being varied each week.