[327]. 8 Edward VII., c. 67, sec. 12.
[328]. Report of the Royal Commission on the Poor Laws and Relief of Distress, 1909, 8vo edition, Vol. III. (Minority Report), p. 36.
[329]. Occasionally, as we have seen, the Guardians are represented on the Canteen Committee, as at Crewe.
[330]. First Annual Report of the Leicester Children's Aid Association, 1907-8, p. 4.
[331]. Report of the School Medical Officer for Dewsbury for 1911, p. 41.
[332]. Bradford City Council Proceedings, June 16, 1908, p. 395; April 11, 1911, p. 305.
[333]. Thus the minimum relief for a widow is 4s., with 2s. each for the first two children, and 1s. each for other children. In addition five dinners a week, amounting in value to 1s. 0-1/2d., are given to all children attending school. (Bradford Poor Law Union, Outdoor Relief Arrangements.)
[334]. Bradford Education Committee, Return as to the Working of the Provision of Meals Act for the year ending March 31, 1913.
[335]. Report of the School Medical Officer for Blackburn, 1911, p. 218. Out of 59,537 meals given during the year, the Guardians paid for 17,786, or nearly one-third.
[336]. Report of the Huddersfield Education Committee, 1911, p. 23.