The Feeding of School Children

by M. E. Bulkley

INDEX

• Aberdeen, [246];
  • county of, [247]
• Acton, [68], [90], [104], [114], [234]
• After-care, [139], [140], [145], [227]n
• Alexandra Trust, [155], [157]
• Angers, [255]
• Anglesey, [125]-6
• Arkle, Dr., [171], [181]-2
• Aston Manor, [51]n
• Attendance, effect of meals on, [8], [123], [188], [195]-6, [198]-9, [246]
• Audit by Local Government Board, [56], [102], [103], [104]-5
• Austria, [262]-3
• Badger, Dr., [175], [176], [182]
• Barnett, Canon, [220]
• Barnsley, [54]n, [55], [121]n
• Bedfordshire, [123]n
• Belgium, [263]-5
• Berlin, [261]
• Bermondsey, [210]n, [211]
• Bethnal Green, [76]n, [191]-2
• Birkenhead, [58]n, [66]n, [67], [68]n, [69], [71]n, [80], [83], [95]-6, [120], [121]
• Birmingham, [12]n, [13]n, [19]n, [35]n, [36]n, [42]n, [43]n, [44]n, [64], [66], [67], [68], [71]-2, [73], [86]n, [101]n, [109]n, [210]n, [211]
• Birrell, Mr., [46]
• Blackburn, [115], [179]
• Blake, Dr. Sophia Jex-, [8]
• Board of Education, [xvi], [40], [48], [60], [91], [101], [106].
  • See also [Newman, Sir George]
• Board School Children's Free Dinner Fund, [13], [15]n
• Bolton, [42]n
• Bootle, [67], [68], [70], [71], [78]-9, [82], [85]-8, [98]n, [106], [111], [118], [175], [196]n
• Boots, provision of, [145], [244], [245], [257].
  • See also [Clothing]
• Boston, [270]
• Bournemouth, [59], [65], [68]-9
• Bowley, Professor A. L., [205]
• Bradford, [xvi], [36]n, [42]-3, [51]n, [56], [57], [58]n, [59], [66], [67], [68], [78], [81], [83], [92]-3, [98], [99]n, [100]n, [103], [105], [108], [112], [115], [120], [121]-2, [127], [130], [180]-1, [184]-6, [193], [195], [197], [199], [200]n, [210]n, [211], [213], [216]-217n, [226]n, [231]-2
• Breakfasts, versus dinners, [76]-9, [128];
  • dietary at, [82];
  • attendance at, [76], [77], [228];
  • a test, [76]-7, [159], [200], [222].
  • See also [Meals]
• Brighton, [61]-2, [66], [69], [104]n, [115], [191]
• Bristol, [41]n
• Browne, Dr. Crichton, [10]
• Brussels, [263]-4
• Brynconin, [123]n
• Burgwin, Mrs., [6], [17]n, [23]n, [201]
• Burns, Mr. John, [44], [46], [104]
• Bury St. Edmunds, [58], [59], [116]
• Buxton, Mr. Sydney, [10]
• Caisses des Ecoles, [249]-55
• Camberwell, [153]
• Canteen Committees, [47], [58]-9, [68], [70], [73], [74].
  • See also [Children's Care Committees].
• Cantines Scolaires, [249]-55, [256], [257]
• Care Committees. See [Children's Care Committees]
• Carlisle, [12]n
• Casual Employment, [204], [205], [211], [219]
• Caterers, supply of meals by, [83], [128], [157], [229].
  • See also [Alexandra Trust] and [Restaurants]
• Centres, service of meals in, [91]-6, [160]-3, [229];
  • inspection of, [60]
• Charity Organisation Society, [1], [4], [11], [53], [58], [75], [96], [203], [220]
• Chate, Dr., [174]
• Chelsea, [165]
• Chesterfield, [53]n
• Children, numbers fed, [16], [55], [137]n, [143];
  • underfed, numbers of, [16], [29], [170]-1, [205]n, [264], [268];
  • underfed, effect of education on, [xiii], [2], [6], [8]-10, [179]-83, [208];
  • numbers attending school, [55], [226];
  • neglected, [24], [25], [32], [43]n, [69], [75], [112]-3, [119], [129], [215]-6, [237];
  • necessitous, report on home circumstances of, [138]-9;
  • physique of, at Liverpool, [171]-2;
  • industrial employment of, [172], [192];
  • effect of meals on, physically, [xiii], [3]-4n, [5]-6, [7]-8, [29]n, [30], [82], [157], [184]-197, [201], [224], [246]-7;
  • mentally, [7]-8, [31], [188], [197]-9, [201];
  • in point of manners, [22], [23]n, [199], [201], [253];
  • in matter of taste, [97], [199]-201;
  • morally, [76], [202].
  • See also [Attendance], [Day Industrial Schools], [Infants], [Malnutrition], [Meals], [Selection], [Special Schools]
• Children Act (1908), [112], [118]n
• Children's Aid Association, [53], [58], [66], [96].
  • See also [Canteen Committees].
• Children's Care (Central) Sub-Committee, [137]n, [140], [144]
• Children's Care Committees, in provinces, [65]-6;
  • in London, [138], [139], [140], [142], [143]-54, [165], [166];
  • in Scotland, [240], [241], [244]-245;
  • constitution of, [144];
  • membership of, [145];
  • functions of, [65], [139], [145], [148], [149];
  • secretaries of, [139]-40, [148]-9, [227]n;
  • organisers of, [138], [140], [148]-9;
  • advantages of, [145]-7;
  • disadvantages of, [147]-53;
  • diverse policies of, [151]-3;
  • overlapping of work of, [152]-4;
  • local associations of, [140], [141], [157], [158].
  • See also [Canteen Committees], [Relief Committees], [Voluntary Workers]
• Children's Country Holidays Fund, [145]
• Chorlton, [42]n
• Christiania, [266]-7
• Civic Guild, [53]n, [66]n
• Cleanliness, relation of, to nutrition, [174]
• Clothing, provision of, [145];
  • in Scotland, [237], [238], [244];
  • abroad, [254], [257], [258], [260], [263], [264], [265].
  • See also [Boots]
• Cocoa Rooms. See [Restaurants]
• Cod Liver Oil, provision of, [144], [155], [159], [254], [264];
  • effects of, [191]-2
• Collie, Dr., [xii], [30], [31]
• Conference, on State Maintenance, [32];
  • on School Feeding, [225]
• Congleton, [176]
• Cookery Centres, preparation and service of meals at, [83], [90]n, [124], [126], [130], [135]-6, [155], [157], [158], [160], [270]
• Copenhagen, [266]
• Council for Promoting Self-supporting Penny Dinners, [12], [15]n
• Council of Social Welfare, [141]n, [165]-6
• Crewe, [58], [114]n
• Cripple Schools, [143]n, [155]-6, [190]-1n.
  • See also [Special Schools]
• Crowley, Dr. Ralph, [105], [180]-1, [184], [186]
• Cumberland, [174]n
• Darlington, [120]n, [198]
• "Day Feeding School," at Manchester, [14]n
• Day Industrial Schools, [15]n, [32], [117]-9;
  • provision of meals at, [15]n, [51], [57], [117]-9, [196]-7;
  • in America, [268]
• Defective Children. See [Special Schools]
• Denmark, [265]-6
• Derby, [98]n
• Derbyshire, [125]
• Destitute Children's Dinner Society, [3]-6
• Dewsbury, [114]
• Diet, at home, unsuitable, [78], [79], [128], [172], [174], [178]n, [189], [223];
  • effect of school meals on, [201], [224];
  • of working classes in Glasgow, [177]-8;
  • minimum amount necessary, [177], [205]n
• Dietary (at school), [xv], [xvi], [5], [19], [50], [79]-82, [157]-8, [252], [269];
  • at Bradford, [78], [81], [185];
  • planning of, [60], [79]-80, [128], [229];
  • for Infants, [82], [229], [236];
  • at Restaurants, [80]-1, [88], [89], [90], [160];
  • at Day Industrial Schools, [118];
  • sample menus, [231]-6.
  • See also [Cod Liver Oil], [Milk], [Porridge]
• Dinners. See [Meals]
• Disfranchisement, [39]n, [41]n, [42], [48]
• Distress Committee, [64], [73]
• Divisional Superintendent, [149]n
• Dukes, Dr. Clement, [28]n
• Dundee, [245]
• Eastbourne, [120]
• East Ham, [56], [106]n, [173]
• Eating Houses. See [Restaurants]
• Ecclesall Bierlow, [42]n
• Ede, Canon Moore, [19]n
• Edinburgh, [45], [226]n, [238], [239]-43
• Education, compulsory, [2], [6], [11]-12, [239];
  • effect of, on underfed children, [xiii], [2], [6], [8]-10, [179]-183, [208];
  • provision of meals a corollary of, [9]-11, [32], [33]
• Education Act (1870), [2], [6], [203];
  • (1872), [239];
  • (1902), [27], [57]
• Education (Administrative Provisions) Act (1907), [203]
• Education (Administrative Provisions) Bills, [54], [105]n
• Education (Provision of Meals) Act, [xii], [xiv], [xvi], [3], [61], [109], [110], [112], [200], [237], [238];
  • debates on, [44]-7;
  • provisions of, [47]-9;
  • adoption of, [xiv], [50], [51]-8;
  • should be compulsory, [xv], [127]
• Education (Provision of Meals) Act Amendment Bills, [101]n, [105]n
• Education (Scotland) Act (1908), [48], [127], [237]-8
• Eichholz, Dr., [xiii], [29], [30], [134]
• Elementary Education Act (1876), [15]n, [118]n
• Elementary Education (Defective and Epileptic Children) Act (1899), [57]n
• Elementary Education (Feeding of Children) Bill (1905), [39]n
• Enquiry, [65]-8, [242];
  • by whom made, [37], [65]-6, [67], [132], [133]n, [240], [241], [244], [254], [263];
  • inadequacy of, [133], [149]-50, [239];
  • from employer, [66]-7, [149];
  • not suited to voluntary worker, [149], [241];
  • deterrent, [74]-5, [220];
  • proposed abandonment of, [220]-1, [225], [229]
• Erith, [64]
• Fabian Society, [25], [52]
• Farnell, [246]
• Farquharson, Dr. Robert, [9]n
• Feeble-minded Children. See [Special Schools]
• Fenton, [80]
• Finch, Dr. George, [123]n, [125], [126]
• Finchley, [108]n
• Fifeshire, [238]n, [247]
• Foreign Countries, provision of meals in, [24], [249]-70
• Foster, Captain, [172]-3
• France, [3]n, [249]-57
• Frere, Miss Margaret, [40]n
• Fulham, [41]n, [164]
• Gateshead, [12]n, [13]n
• Germany, [261]-2
• Giffen, Sir Robert, [20]-1
• Glasgow, [119], [173], [177]-8, [205], [238], [243]-4
• Gorst, Sir John, [33], [39]n
• Gothenburg, [268]
• Govan, [238]
• Grassington, [124]-5, [236]
• Greenock, [246]
• Greenwood, Mr. Arthur, [xii], [xiii], [171], [193]n
• Grimthorpe, Lord, [47]
• Guardians. See [Poor Law Guardians]
• Guernsey, [3]-4n
• Guest, Dr. L. Haden, [187]-90, [192]
• Guild of Help, [63], [66]n.
  • See also [Civic Guild]
• Halifax, [121]n
• Hall, Dr. William, [30]
• Hammersmith, [165]
• Hampstead, [141]n, [165]-6
• Hartlepool, [56]n
• Hastings, [12]n
• Havre, [256]
• Hay, Mr. Claude, [33], [38], [39]n, [46]n
• Henderson, Mr. Arthur, [38]
• Heston and Isleworth, [62]
• Holidays, provision of meals during, xiv, [50], [56], [101]-6, [141]-2;
  • loss of weight during, [185]-6, [187];
  • necessity for meals during, [105], [128], [227]-8, [229]
• Holland, [265]
• Home, provision of food at, [90]n, [96]-7, [141]n
• Hookham, Mr. George, [35]n, [36]n, [109]n
• Horn, Miss, [45]
• Hornsey, [176]
• Housing, [204], [219];
  • relation of nutrition to, [172]-3
• Huddersfield, [115]
• Hugo, Victor, [3]n
• Hull, [35]n, [51], [197]
• Hunter, Mr. Robert, [268]
• Hutchison, Dr. Robert, [29]
• Industrial Schools, [29]n.
  • See also [Day Industrial Schools]
• Infants, special provision for, [82], [92], [94], [128], [158]-9, [167], [168], [169], [189], [229], [236], [241];
  • provision for, abroad, [256], [257], [264]
• Inverness, [246];
  • county of, [247]
• Iselin, Rev. Henry, [204]n, [210]n, [220], [222]n
• Italy, [258]-61
• Joint Committee on Underfed Children, [26], [131]-4, [137]
• Jönköping, [268]
• Jowett, Mr. F. W., [43], [46]n
• Juvenile Employment. See [After-care]
• Kensington, [198]
• Kerr, Dr., [79], [80]
• Kettering, [42]n
• Kidderminster, [176]
• Kincardineshire, [247]
• Labour Party, [52], [53], [54], [56]n, [105]
• Lambeth, [165], [187]-90, [195]n
• Lancaster, [63]
• Larkins, Dr., [179]
• Leeds, [30], [58], [59], [66]n, [67], [68], [69], [83], [93]-4, [98]n, [99], [103], [110], [119]n, [196]-7, [233]-4
• Leicester, [xiv], [52]-3, [54]n, [58], [64], [66], [67], [69], [72]-3, [74]-5, [96]-7, [114], [120]
• Leith, [238]
• Liège, [264]-5
• Liverpool, [13]n, [52], [55]n, [57], [58]n, [65]-6, [67], [69], [74], [90]-1, [98]n, [115]-6, [118], [120], [121], [146], [171], [181]-2, [195]-6, [205]
• Local Education Authorities, power of, to provide meals, [3], [23]-6, [28], [31], [32], [38], [46], [47]-9, [56]-8;
  • adoption of Provision of Meals Act by, [51]-4;
  • numbers making provision, [54];
  • different policies of, [50];
  • co-operation and overlapping of, with Guardians, [41], [51], [113]-7, [129]-30, [139], [163]-6;
  • provision of meals by, abroad, [249]-70.
  • See also [School Boards], [State], [Voluntary Agencies] (co-operation of, with Local Authorities)
• Local Government Board, [xiv], [39], [40], [56], [102], [103], [104], [164], [165], [209]
• London, [xvi], [3]-7, [10], [12]-3, [13]n, [15]-27, [29], [35], [41], [55], [65], [103]n, [110]n, [111]n, [131]-69, [190]-1n, [194], [195], [197]-8, [199], [205], [213]n, [235]-6
• London County Council, [xvi], [41], [104], [131], [134]-5, [136]-41, [144], [150], [151], [152], [153]-4, [156]
• London School Board, [13]n, [137]n;
  • committees of, on underfed children, [16]-26, [29], [131]
• London Schools Dinner Association, [16]-7, [134]n
• London Vegetarian Association, [142]-3
• Lough, Mr., [46]
• Mackenzie, Dr. Leslie, [xiii], [172], [179]
• Macmillan, Miss Margaret, [100]
• Macnamara, Dr., [33]
• Malnutrition, extent of, [34], [170]-1;
  • causes of, [45], [172]-9, [221];
  • signs of, [170], [221];
  • effects of, on physique, [xii]-xiii, [29]-30;
  • effects of, on mental capacity, [31], [179]-83, [198];
  • relation of, to family income, [177]-9.
  • See also [Children]
• Manchester, [14]n, [29], [40]n, [51]n, [58]n, [63], [66]n, [69], [83], [91], [117]n, [176], [181], [193]
• Marseilles, [256]
• Massachusetts, [270]
• Meals, School, motives for provision of, [2], [4], [6], [8], [27];
  • public provision of, [2], [3], [23]-26, [27]-49, [202]-18, [249]-70;
  • a corollary of compulsory education, [9]-11, [32], [33];
  • cost of, [4]n, [123]n, [124]n, [156]n, [226]-7;
  • price of, [108], [109], [123]n, [124], [125], [135], [156], [226], [245], [246], [253];
  • expenditure on, [54]-5;
  • time of, [76]-9, [128], [222], [253];
  • number of, per day, [78]-9, [159], [227], [228];
  • number of, per week, [5], [16], [35], [36], [133], [157], [267], [268];
  • continuance of, throughout the year, [6], [23], [35], [36], [50], [97], [106], [129], [133], [229], [239], [247]-8, [263], [265];
  • preparation and distribution of, [82]-3, [128], [157], [229], [240], [244];
  • service of, [xv], [xvi], [28]-9, [45]-6, [50], [83]-101, [122], [126], [128], [156]-63, [167]-9, [199], [229], [241], [252];
  • in Day Industrial Schools, [118]-9;
  • in Special Schools, [85], [100]n, [121]-2, [244];
  • service of, by Poor Law Authorities, [43], [243];
  • provision of, at home, [90]n, [96]-7, [141]n;
  • a form of relief, [61], [96], [127], [151], [219];
  • a preventive measure, [219];
  • provision of, deterrent, [220], [222];
  • provision of, not universally known, [74];
  • reasons for granting, [138], [210]-11;
  • necessity for, [138], [218], [219], [224], [228], [229];
  • provision of, for all necessitous children, [220], [222], [223], [228];
  • general provision of, without enquiry, [25], [126]-7, [223]-8, [229], [251], [258], [259]-61, [264], [265], [266]-7.
  • See also [Centres], [Children], [Cookery Centres], [Dietary], [Holidays], [Local Education Authorities], [Parents], [Payment], [Poor Law Guardians], [Rates], [Restaurants], [School], [Supervision], [Voluntary Agencies], [Wages]
• Medical Inspection, [10], [24], [54], [208], [221];
  • in Brussels, [264];
  • and Feeding, Inter-Departmental Committee on, [34]-8, [44], [109]n, [126]n, [134]n
• Medical Officer of Health, [81]
• Medical Treatment, [65]n, [139], [145], [203], [208], [227]
• Mental Capacity, relation of, to nutrition, [31], [179]-83, [198]
• Mentally Defective. See [Special Schools]
• Meyer, Lady, [201]
• Middlesex, [174]-5
• Milan, [259]
• Milk, provision of, [97], [144], [155], [159];
  • effects of, [191]-2
• Monitors, [92], [94], [101], [121], [128], [161]-2, [168], [169], [229], [241]
• Morten, Miss Honnor, [201]
• Mundella, Rt. Hon. A. J., [8]n, [9], [10], [11], [12]
• Municipality. See [Local Education Authorities] and [State]
• Mutual Registration, [117], [152], [166]
• National Food Supply Association, [19]
• National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, [53], [58], [113]
• National Union of Teachers, [32]
• Nether Alderley, [125]
• Newcastle-on-Tyne, [102]
• Newman, Sir George, xii, [60], [63], [80]n, [88], [170], [175], [183], [184], [221], [224], [227]
• Newport, [201]
• New York, [268]-9
• Nice, [256]-7
• Niven, Dr., [xiii], [30]
• Northampton, [105], [186]-7
• Norway, [266]-7
• Norwich, [35]n, [121]n
• Nottingham, [58]n, [93]n, [103]
• Open Air Schools, [57]-8, [85], [120]-1, [227]
• Outdoor Relief. See [Poor Law Guardians]
• Over-pressure, [8]-10.
  • See also [Education]
• Paisley, [246]
• Parents, application for meals by, [xv], [63]-4, [71]-5, [144], [150], [256];
  • withdrawal of children from meals by, [70], [216]-7;
  • dislike of, to accept meals, [73]-4, [217], [222], [223];
  • co-operation of, [76], [77], [146];
  • effect on responsibility of, [2], [23]-4, [28], [45], [47], [76], [135], [202]-18, [226], [254]-5;
  • abuse of provision of meals by, [42], [216];
  • obligations of, increased, [11]-2, [217], [226];
  • neglect of children by, [24], [25], [32], [43]n, [75], [112]-3, [119], [129], [203]-4, [215]-6, [237].
  • See also [Payment] and [Recovery]
• Paris, [24], [249]-55
• Parish Council, provision of meals by, in Edinburgh, [242]-3
• Payment, by parents for school meals, [4]-5, [19], [25], [33], [37], [46], [47], [50]-1, [62], [69], [106]-12, [129], [136], [142], [154]-6, [159], [223], [225]-6;
  • for children at Day Industrial Schools, [118];
  • for children at Special Schools, [109], [120], [121], [129], [155], [156], [225], [244], [246]n;
  • in rural districts, [38], [109], [123], [124], [125], [225], [247];
  • in Scotland, [241], [242], [245], [246];
  • abroad, [251], [252], [253], [256], [257], [261], [268]-9, [270].
  • See also [Penny Dinners]
• Peek, Sir Henry, [7], [9], [15], [124]
• "Penny Dinners," [11], [13], [15], [19].
  • See also [Payment]
• Perth, [238], [244]-5
• Philadelphia, [269]
• Physical Deterioration, [3], [27], [32], [33], [134], [262];
  • Inter-Departmental Committee on, [xi], [27], [29]-32, [33], [38]
• Physical Test. See [Selection]
• Physical Training (Scotland), Royal Commission on, [xi], [27]-9, [33], [242]
• Poor Law, Report of Royal Commission on (1834), [203], [214]
• Poor Law Guardians, inaction of, [14]-5;
  • inadequacy of relief given by, [14], [17]-18n, [113]-4, [116]-7, [129], [165], [166];
  • the authority for the provision of meals, [xvi], [33]n, [39]n, [45], [46], [47]n, [141];
  • service of meals by, [43];
  • no co-operation between Voluntary Agencies and, [14], [17];
  • prosecution by, [14]-5, [43];
  • overlapping of, with Education Authorities, [51], [113]-7, [129]-30, [139], [163]-6;
  • representation of, on Canteen Committees, [58], [114]n;
  • payment for school meals by, [108]n, [115]-6, [130], [164], [165];
  • payment for children in Day Industrial Schools by, [118]n;
  • provision of meals by, at Manchester, [14]n.
  • See also [Parish Council], [Poor Rate], and [Relief (School Children) Order]
• Poor Laws, Royal Commission on (1909), [113], [119], [197]n
• Poor Rate, provision of meals from, [32], [39].
  • See also [Poor Law Guardians]
• Poplar, [164]
• Porridge, [78], [200], [201];
  • effects of, [82], [190];
  • as test, [200], [222]
• Portsmouth, [60]n, [81], [83], [98], [103]
• Potteries, [195]
• Poverty Test. See [Selection]
• Prevention of Cruelty to Children Act, [237]
• Prices, changes in, [20]-1
• Ragged School Union, [5]
• Ragged Schools, [2], [3], [4]
• Rates, expenditure on provision of meals from, [3], [28], [31], [34], [48], [54]-5, [134], [135], [136]-7, [141];
  • in Scotland, [237], [238]-9;
  • limitation of amount to be spent from, [xiv], [48], [56], [127], [238];
  • provision of meals during holidays from, [56], [102], [103]-5.
  • See also [Education (Provision of Meals) Act (adoption of)] and [Poor Rate]
• Reading, [205]
• Recovery of Cost, [38], [39], [43], [47], [107], [109]-12, [129], [238]
• Referee Fund, [6]-7, [13], [15]n
• Reformatory and Industrial Schools, Departmental Committee on, [119]
• Relief, deterrent policy of, [203], [208]-9, [220], [222]
• Relief Committees, [26], [37], [132], [137]n.
  • See also [Children's Care Committees]
• Relief (School Children) Order, [xi], [39]-44
• Relieving Officer, [114], [117], [166]
• Restaurants, service of meals at, [43]n, [53]n, [88]-91, [96]-97n, [160], [229], [239], [243], [245], [246];
  • dietary at, [80]-1, [88], [89], [90]
• Ricardo, [214]
• Rome, [259]
• Rousdon, [7]-8, [12], [38]n, [123]-4, [246]
• Rowntree, Mr. Seebohm, [152], [205]
• Rural districts, [122]-6;
  • provision of midday meal in, [7]-8, [12], [109], [123]-5, [225];
  • in Scotland, [246]-8;
  • abroad, [257];
  • need for provision in, [37]-8, [51], [122], [125]-6, [130], [224]-5
• St. George's-in-the-East, [151]n, [153]n, [159], [164], [200], [210]n, [211]
• St. Giles'-in-the-Fields, [141]n
• St. Pancras, [210]n, [211]
• Salford, [42]n, [66]n, [69], [106]
• San Remo, [259]
• Scale of income. See [Selection]
• Scarborough, [52]
• School, service of meals in, [84]-8, [89]n, [128], [159]-60, [167]-8, [229], [241], [244], [245], [252];
  • fees, abolition of, [203]
• School Attendance Officers, [53]n, [59], [63], [72], [117];
  • selection of children by, [63], [239], [240], [244];
  • enquiry by, [66], [67], [70], [139], [241], [244];
  • supervision of meals by, [90], [98]
• School Attendance Officers' Association, [33]n
• School Boards, powers of, in Scotland, [127], [237]-8;
  • co-operation of, with Voluntary Agencies, [238], [240], [245], [246].
  • See also [Local Education Authorities]
• School Medical Officers, proposed responsibility of, for putting Provision of Meals Act in force, [53]-4;
  • part taken by, in provision of meals, [37], [60], [63];
  • ex-officio members of Canteen Committee, [59];
  • selection of children by, [60]-3, [112], [143]-4, [219], [221]-2, [223], [228], [229], [240], [244];
  • milk and cod liver oil recommended by, [143]-4, [159];
  • planning of dietary by, [60], [80], [81], [128], [229];
  • testimony of, as to effect of meals on children, [192]-3
• School Nurse, [62]n, [63], [121]n, [240], [244]
• School Restaurants, [37]-8, [107], [129], [261].
  • See also [Payment] and [Cantines Scolaires]
• Scotland, [48], [225]n, [237]-48
• Secondary Schools, [57], [92]n
• Selection of children, [xv], [59]-75, [127]-8;
  • under voluntary agencies, [18]-9, [35], [210];
  • by physical test, [59]-63, [143]-4, [219], [221]-2;
  • by poverty test, [59]-60, [63]-5, [68]-9, [75], [127], [143]-4, [220], [221], [222]-3;
  • based on scale of income, [68]-9, [75], [151]-2, [242]n, [244];
  • final decision in, [68];
  • revision of cases, [69]-70;
  • want of uniformity in, [50], [70]-1, [75], [151]-4;
  • disadvantages of present system, [70]-5, [220];
  • suggested schemes of, [221]-8, [229].
  • See also [School Attendance Officers], [School Medical Officers], [School Nurse] and [Teachers]
• Senior, Mr. Nassau, [214]
• Sheffield, [66]n, [82], [121]n, [190]
• Siddington, [38]n, [125]
• Sims, Mr. G. R., [7]
• Slack, Sir Bamford, [33]n, [38]
• Sleep, want of, [172], [192]
• Smith, Mr. S., [9]-10
• Social Democratic Federation, [25]
• South African War, [xi], [2]-3, [27]
• Southampton, [78]
• Southend-on-Sea, [66]n
• Southwark, [6]-7
• Special Schools for Defective Children, [144]n;
  • provision of meals at, [22]-3, [31], [51], [57]-8, [85], [100]n, [109], [117], [120]-2, [129], [155], [225], [244], [246]n.
  • See also [Cripple Schools] and [Open Air Schools]
• Spectacles, [145]
• State, provision of meals by, [2], [3], [23]-6, [27]-49, [202]-18;
  • abroad, [249]-70.
  • See also [Local Education Authorities]
• Stevenson, Miss Flora, [239], [240]
• Stockholm, [267]
• Stoke-on-Trent, [42]n, [56], [58]n, [66]n, [67], [69], [80], [89], [210]n, [211]
• Sub-Committee on Underfed Children, [xvi], [137], [141]
• Sunderland, [54]n
• Supervision of Meals, [85], [95], [97], [157], [161], [162]-3, [167], [168], [169], [201], [244];
  • at Restaurants, [88], [89], [90], [91].
  • See also [School Attendance Officers], [Teachers] and [Voluntary Workers]
• Supper, provision of, in Paris, [253]
• Surcharge. See [Audit]
• Surrey, [179]
• Sussex, East, [122]-123n, [125]
• Sweden, [267]-8
• Switzerland, [257]-8
• Tate, Dr., [175]
• Teachers, provision of meals by, [36], [103], [123]n, [124]n;
  • selection of children by, [18], [37], [63], [64], [68], [70]-1, [127], [132]-3, [139], [144], [219]-20, [239], [240], [244];
  • urgency tickets given by, [64], [67]-8, [72];
  • enquiry by, [37], [67], [132];
  • members of Canteen and Care Committees, [58], [59], [138], [144];
  • supervision of meals by, [36], [48], [87]-8, [92], [93], [97]-100, [121], [122], [125], [128], [161], [167], [168], [229], [241], [244], [253], [260], [263], [264], [269];
  • testimony of, as to effect of meals on children, [188], [194]-5, [196], [197]-8
• Teachers, National Union of, [32]
• Teeth, defective, malnutrition due to, [174]
• Toxteth, [116]
• Trondhjem, [267]
• Underfeeding. See [Malnutrition]
• Unemployment, [204], [209], [211], [219]
• United States, [268]-70
• Urgency tickets, [64], [67]-8, [72]
• Utensils, insufficient supply of, [101], [156]-7, [162]
• Vercelli, [259]-61
• Vienna, [262]-3
• Visiting of homes, [45], [59], [65], [138]-9, [145]-6, [147]-8, [150].
  • See also [Enquiry]
• Voluntary Agencies, provision of meals by, [xiv], [2], [3]-38, [40], [50], [51]-3, [54], [96], [131]-6, [141]-3, [209]-10, [237], [238], [239], [243]-4, [245]-6, [250]-1, [255]-6, [258], [259], [261]-70;
  • the best agency for provision of meals, [28], [49];
  • disadvantages of provision by, [15]-9, [22], [35]-6, [44], [49], [142]-3, [209]-10, [239];
  • number of, [34];
  • expenditure of, [34]-5;
  • organisation of, [15]-27, [34], [36], [131]-4;
  • discontinuance of, [44];
  • co-operation of, with Local Authorities, [xii], [3], [13], [24]-5, [31], [36], [47], [51]-2, [58], [238], [239]-40, [245]-6, [250]-1, [255]-7, [258]-9, [262]-4, [265]-6, [267]-8, [269];
  • co-operation of, with Guardians, [14], [17], [40]
• Voluntary Contributions, amount of, [54]-5, [137], [141]-2, [251];
  • provision of meals during holidays from, [103], [104], [141]-2
• Voluntary Workers, utilisation of services of, [65]-6, [144], [263];
  • organisation of, [139];
  • Canteen Committees composed of, [58]-9, [68];
  • supervision of meals by, [90], [95], [98], [161], [168], [244], [245].
  • See also [Children's Care Committees]
• Wages, effect of provision of meals on, [45], [212]-4;
  • low, [204]-5, [211], [219]
• Wandsworth, [41]n
• Ward, Mrs. Humphry, [190]-1n
• Waugh, Mr. Benjamin, [14]
• West Derby, [116]
• West Ham, [58]n, [64], [69], [72], [77]n, [78], [83], [94]-5, [102], [104], [110]-11, [116]-7, [234]
• Whitechapel, [142], [154]
• Winder, Miss Phyllis D., [71]-2
• Wilson, Mr. W. T., [44]n
• Wolverhampton, [175], [182]
• Women, married, employment of, [76]-7, [97], [107], [108], [223], [245]
• Workington, [56]
• Wyatt, Mr. C. H., [14]n, [40]n
• York, [67], [69], [78], [82], [111]-2, [115], [205]n

Footnotes

[1]. "Many of our own [Roman Catholic] schools ... fed the children even in the 'sixties." (Report of Select Committee on Education (Provision of Meals) Bills (England and Scotland), 1906, Evidence of Monsignor Brown, Q. 1038.)

[2]. It is interesting to note that the impulse for the formation of this society came indirectly from France. In 1848 a commission of medical and scientific men had been appointed by the French Government to enquire into the causes of diseases, such as scrofula, rickets, and impoverishment of blood, to which children of the poor were exposed, and which produced so much mortality. The Committee reported that in their opinion the diseases were caused by children not having animal food, and might be checked by their having a meal of fresh meat once a month. Owing to political events no action was taken on this report, but it made a great impression on Victor Hugo, and some fourteen years later (in 1862) he started the experiment of giving dinners of fresh meat and a small glass of wine, once a fortnight, to forty of the most necessitous young children of Guernsey. This experiment was declared to be very successful. Many children suffering from the above diseases had been cured, "and the physical constitution of nearly the whole of them sensibly improved" (Punch, January 16, 1864). This description concluded with a suggestion that a similar scheme might be initiated in London. The Destitute Children's Dinner Society was the result. (Charity Organisation Review, January, 1885, p. 23.)

[3]. Report on Metropolitan Soup Kitchens and Dinner Tables, by the Society for Organising Charitable Relief, 1871, p. 57.

[4]. The Times, December 5, 1867.

[5]. Ibid., November 1, 1870. The following year the Charity Organisation Society reports approvingly that the Destitute Children's Dinner Society "cordially accepts and endeavours to act up to the principle that 'to relieve destitution belongs to the Poor Law, while to prevent destitution is the peculiar function of charity.'" (Report on Metropolitan Soup Kitchens and Dinner Tables, 1871, p. 57.)

[6]. The cost of a meal was generally 4d., 5d. or 6d.

[7]. The Times, April 15, 1868.