[600] General Order of 22nd July 1889 (as to Metropolis); and of 10th February 1899 (to all unions). In 1878, indeed, the North Surrey District School had refused to receive children under four, and the Central Authority had declined to interfere (Selections from the Correspondence of the Local Government Board, vol. i. 1880, p. 178).
[601] Memorandum, "Duties of Visiting Committees," June 1895, in Twenty-fifth Annual Report, 1895-6, p. 122.
[602] Ibid.
[603] Circular Letter, 29th January 1895, in Twenty-fifth Annual Report, 1895-6, p. 110.
[604] June 1897, in Twenty-seventh Annual Report, 1897-8, p. 24.
[605] Selections from the Correspondence of the Local Government Board, vol. ii. 1883, p. 258.
[606] Ibid. vol. iii. 1888, p. 55; Hansard, 13th March 1883, vol. 277, p. 365.
[607] Circular, "Supply of Books, Newspapers, etc.," 23rd January 1891, in Report of Royal Commission on the Aged Poor, 1895, vol. iii. No. C. 7684, ii. p. 967; Twentieth Annual Report, 1890-1, p. xc.
[608] Circular Letter of 29th January 1895, on "Workhouse Administration," in Twenty-fifth Annual Report, 1895-6, p. 110.
[609] Local Government Chronicle, 18th August 1900, p. 841.