The Feeding of School Children

by M. E. Bulkley

[397]. The numbers greatly increased during the winter of 1907-8, and reached a maximum of 49,043 in March, 1908. (London County Council, Report on the Home Circumstances of Necessitous Children in twelve selected schools, 1908, p. 2.)

[398]. Ibid.

[399]. Ibid., pp. 7-8, 22.

[400]. Ibid., p. 24.

[401]. Ibid., p. 25.

[402]. Ibid., p. 25. See also the description of the methods employed at typical schools. (Ibid., pp. 19, 20.)

[403]. Ibid., p. 22.

[404]. Ibid., p. 27.

[405]. A few Care Committees were already carrying out these functions. See, for instance, the description of the methods adopted at one school (Ibid., p. 19, No. C.)

[406]. Minutes of the London County Council, April 6, 1909, pp. 855-6.