[377]. "The duty of making enquiries by the managers, or by outsiders working for them, into the home conditions of the children is, with some remarkable exceptions, seldom well done, and often not done at all. They are authorised to invite assistance from attendance officers, ... from Charity Organisation Society visitors, district visitors, country holiday fund visitors, and similar persons, but we have very seldom found that this class of person has been consulted." (Report of the Joint Committee on Underfed Children for 1906-7, p. 23.)
[378]. Ibid. for 1904-5, p. 5.
[379]. Ibid. for 1906-7, Appendix G., p. 23.
[380]. Ibid., p. 2.
[381]. Fourth Annual Report of the Joint Committee on Underfed Children, 1904, p. 2. Evidence was given before the Inter-Departmental Committee on Medical Inspection and Feeding in 1905, which showed that difficulty was experienced in collecting sufficient funds. The London Schools Dinner Association found that people would contribute at Christmas time, but in the early spring, when the work was heaviest, the subscriptions ceased. (Report of the Inter-Departmental Committee on Medical Inspection and Feeding, 1905, Qs. 2074, 2081-2083.) See also evidence of Mr. Marshall Jackman before the Select Committee on the Education (Provision of Meals) Bills (England and Scotland), 1906, Qs. 780, 788-790.
[382]. Report of Inter-Departmental Committee on Physical Deterioration, 1904, Q. 477.
[383]. Minutes of the London County Council, April 11, 1905, p. 1381.
[384]. Ibid., July 11, 1905, p. 297.
[385]. Ibid., p. 298.
[386]. The experiment was later extended to fifteen schools.