[267]. MS. Memorandum on the Feeding of School Children, by the Liverpool Fabian Society, 1908.
[268]. The centres at Bradford, Leeds, West Ham and Birkenhead were all visited in the spring of 1913 and the descriptions refer to that date.
[269]. In the secondary schools, the poorer children are allowed to act as monitors, being given in return a 3d. dinner free.
[270]. Report of School Medical Officer for Bradford, 1909, pp. 100-1. At Nottingham the conditions are very similar to those at Bradford, the Education Committee having, in fact, modelled their policy on that of Bradford.
[271]. Leeds Education Committee, Rules for the Management of Dining Centres.
[272]. Complaints on both these points had, we were told, been made to the Education Committee, but, on the score of expense, nothing had been done.
[273]. The meals are served at the schools in some room which is no longer needed for teaching purposes; in some cases, we believe, in a room which was specially built as a dining-room. We have included this example in the third class rather than in the first, since in each case the school serves as a centre for children from neighbouring schools.
[274]. Report of the West Ham Education Committee for the year ended March 31, 1912, p. 52.
[275]. Where the home conditions are extremely bad, provision is made for children to be fed at eating-houses, but such cases are very rare. At the time of our visit, in July, 1913, there was not one such case.
[276]. Second Quarterly Report of the Children's Aid Association, November, 1907, to February, 1908, p. 3.