[217]. At Southend-on-Sea enquiry is made by the Civic Guild into many of the cases. (Report of the School Medical Officer for Southend-on-Sea for 1911, p. 54.) At Bradford the Canteen Committee communicates to the Guild of Help the names of all the new cases which are put on the feeding list. The members of the Guild thereupon visit any cases in which other help besides the meals is needed.
[218]. As at Birkenhead, Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester, Salford, Sheffield, Stoke, etc. At Birkenhead an attendance officer has been specially appointed for this purpose. At Bradford a special constable has been told off to make enquiries in difficult cases.
[219]. Thus, at Birkenhead, where the Canteen Committee meets very seldom, the cases are decided by the Chairman.
[220]. The Public Feeding of Elementary School Children, by Phyllis D. Winder, 1913, p. 26.
[221]. Report of Bootle School Canteen Committee, 1911-12, p. 3.
[222]. Report of the Manchester Education Committee, 1910-11, p. 221.
[223]. Report of the Bootle School Canteen Committee for 1910-11, p. 22. At Birkenhead, and probably in other towns, the percentage of children fed in the Church of England schools is very much higher than in the Council schools, whilst the Roman Catholic schools feed a larger number still than the Church schools. This is doubtless due partly to the character of the buildings, the non-provided schools being generally very much inferior, and the better-off children being consequently attracted to the Council schools; partly, of course, also to the fact that the Roman Catholic population is chiefly Irish and very poor.
[224]. The Public Feeding of Elementary School Children, by Phyllis D. Winder, 1913, pp. 27, 29, 59, 62.
[225]. Leicester Pioneer, October 29, 1910.
[226]. Quarterly Report of the Leicester Children's Aid Association, July 1 to September 30, 1910.