[8]. We have only found one case where the dinner was given as often as three times a week. (See letter from John Palmer, Hon. Sec. of the Clare Market Ragged Schools, ibid., October 16, 1871.)
[9]. Thus a dinner given by the Refuge for Homeless and Destitute Children to pupils of St. Giles and St. George, Bloomsbury, consisted of boiled and roast beef, plenty of potatoes, and a thick slice of bread, the portion given to each child being abundant. (Ibid., November 27, 1869.)
[10]. Ibid., December 5, 1867.
[11]. Ibid., March 26, 1869.
[12]. Report of Ragged School Union for 1870, quoted in Report on Metropolitan Soup Kitchens and Dinner Tables, 1871, p. 58.
[13]. Letter from the Treasurer of the Destitute Children's Dinner Society, The Times, April 15, 1868.
[14]. In that year (1868) dinners were given during nine months, being discontinued only from July to September, but in subsequent years they appear to have been provided during the winter months only.
[15]. "At the present season, when the energy of the School Board visitors is filling the schools with all the poorest of the poor street Arabs, the need of such a society as this is more than ever felt." (Letter from the Committee of the Destitute Children's Dinner Society, The Times, December 12, 1872.)
[16]. London School Board, Report of Special Committee on Underfed Children, 1895, Appendix 1, p. 5.
[17]. Report of Inter-Departmental Committee on Medical Inspection and Feeding, 1905, Vol. II., Q. 304.