[347]. Report of the Departmental Committee on Reformatory and Industrial Schools, 1913, p. 62.
[348]. Fifty-fifth Report on Reformatory and Industrial Schools, 1911, Part I., pp. 28-30; Part II., p. 20. Two of the schools in England have since been closed, and the school at Leeds is shortly to be given up.
[349]. Ibid., Part I., pp. 267-292; Part II., p. 20.
[350]. Ibid., Part II., p. 19.
[351]. Report of the Departmental Committee on Reformatory and Industrial Schools, 1913, p. 62.
[352]. Report of School Medical Officer for Eastbourne for 1912, p. 46.
[353]. The majority pay about 6d. a week. In the case of physically defective children the parent's payment is intended to meet the expenses of dinner, any medicines or dressings that may be necessary, and the cost of conveyance. It does not, of course, nearly cover these charges.
[354]. In 1911 there were only nine Open Air Schools, maintained by eight authorities. (Report of the Chief Medical Officer of the Board of Education for 1911, p. 215.)
[355]. At Darlington only a mid-day meal is provided.
[356]. At Norwich the charge varies from 6d. to 1s. 6d.; at Sheffield, from 6d. to 2s. 6d.; at Halifax it may amount to 3s. At Barnsley all the parents are charged 2s. 6d. per week, no children being admitted without payment. At Bradford the meals are given free to all.