INDEX

Aberdeen, 246; county of, 247

Acton, 68, 90, 104, 114, 234

After-care, 139, 140, 145, 227n

Alexandra Trust, 155, 157

Angers, 255

Anglesey, 125-6

Arkle, Dr., 171, 181-2

Aston Manor, 51n

Attendance, effect of meals on, 8, 123, 188, 195-6, 198-9, 246

Audit by Local Government Board, 56, 102, 103, 104-5

Austria, 262-3

Badger, Dr., 175, 176, 182

Barnett, Canon, 220

Barnsley, 54n, 55, 121n

Bedfordshire, 123n

Belgium, 263-5

Berlin, 261

Bermondsey, 210n, 211

Bethnal Green, 76n, 191-2

Birkenhead, 58n, 66n, 67, 68n, 69, 71n, 80, 83, 95-6, 120, 121

Birmingham, 12n, 13n, 19n, 35n, 36n, 42n, 43n, 44n, 64, 66, 67, 68, 71-2, 73, 86n, 101n, 109n, 210n, 211

Birrell, Mr., 46

Blackburn, 115, 179

Blake, Dr. Sophia Jex-, 8

Board of Education, xvi, 40, 48, 60, 91, 101, 106. See also Newman, Sir George

Board School Children's Free Dinner Fund, 13, 15n

Bolton, 42n

Bootle, 67, 68, 70, 71, 78-9, 82, 85-8, 98n, 106, 111, 118, 175, 196n

Boots, provision of, 145, 244, 245, 257. See also Clothing

Boston, 270

Bournemouth, 59, 65, 68-9

Bowley, Professor A. L., 205

Bradford, xvi, 36n, 42-3, 51n, 56, 57, 58n, 59, 66, 67, 68, 78, 81, 83, 92-3, 98, 99n, 100n, 103, 105, 108, 112, 115, 120, 121-2, 127, 130, 180-1, 184-6, 193, 195, 197, 199, 200n, 210n, 211, 213, 216-217n, 226n, 231-2

Breakfasts, versus dinners, 76-9, 128; dietary at, 82; attendance at, 76, 77, 228; a test, 76-7, 159, 200, 222. See also Meals

Brighton, 61-2, 66, 69, 104n, 115, 191

Bristol, 41n

Browne, Dr. Crichton, 10

Brussels, 263-4

Brynconin, 123n

Burgwin, Mrs., 6, 17n, 23n, 201

Burns, Mr. John, 44, 46, 104

Bury St. Edmunds, 58, 59, 116

Buxton, Mr. Sydney, 10

Caisses des Ecoles, 249-55

Camberwell, 153

Canteen Committees, 47, 58-9, 68, 70, 73, 74. See also Children's Care Committees.

Cantines Scolaires, 249-55, 256, 257

Care Committees. See Children's Care Committees

Carlisle, 12n

Casual Employment, 204, 205, 211, 219

Caterers, supply of meals by, 83, 128, 157, 229. See also Alexandra Trust and Restaurants

Centres, service of meals in, 91-6, 160-3, 229; inspection of, 60

Charity Organisation Society, 1, 4, 11, 53, 58, 75, 96, 203, 220

Chate, Dr., 174

Chelsea, 165

Chesterfield, 53n

Children, numbers fed, 16, 55, 137n, 143; underfed, numbers of, 16, 29, 170-1, 205n, 264, 268; underfed, effect of education on, xiii, 2, 6, 8-10, 179-83, 208; numbers attending school, 55, 226; neglected, 24, 25, 32, 43n, 69, 75, 112-3, 119, 129, 215-6, 237; necessitous, report on home circumstances of, 138-9; physique of, at Liverpool, 171-2; industrial employment of, 172, 192; effect of meals on, physically, xiii, 3-4n, 5-6, 7-8, 29n, 30, 82, 157, 184-197, 201, 224, 246-7; mentally, 7-8, 31, 188, 197-9, 201; in point of manners, 22, 23n, 199, 201, 253; in matter of taste, 97, 199-201; morally, 76, 202. See also Attendance, Day Industrial Schools, Infants, Malnutrition, Meals, Selection, Special Schools

Children Act (1908), 112, 118n

Children's Aid Association, 53, 58, 66, 96. See also Canteen Committees.

Children's Care (Central) Sub-Committee, 137n, 140, 144

Children's Care Committees, in provinces, 65-6; in London, 138, 139, 140, 142, 143-54, 165, 166; in Scotland, 240, 241, 244-245; constitution of, 144; membership of, 145; functions of, 65, 139, 145, 148, 149; secretaries of, 139-40, 148-9, 227n; organisers of, 138, 140, 148-9; advantages of, 145-7; disadvantages of, 147-53; diverse policies of, 151-3; overlapping of work of, 152-4; local associations of, 140, 141, 157, 158. See also Canteen Committees, Relief Committees, Voluntary Workers

Children's Country Holidays Fund, 145

Chorlton, 42n

Christiania, 266-7

Civic Guild, 53n, 66n

Cleanliness, relation of, to nutrition, 174

Clothing, provision of, 145; in Scotland, 237, 238, 244; abroad, 254, 257, 258, 260, 263, 264, 265. See also Boots

Cocoa Rooms. See Restaurants

Cod Liver Oil, provision of, 144, 155, 159, 254, 264; effects of, 191-2

Collie, Dr., xii, 30, 31

Conference, on State Maintenance, 32; on School Feeding, 225

Congleton, 176

Cookery Centres, preparation and service of meals at, 83, 90n, 124, 126, 130, 135-6, 155, 157, 158, 160, 270

Copenhagen, 266

Council for Promoting Self-supporting Penny Dinners, 12, 15n

Council of Social Welfare, 141n, 165-6

Crewe, 58, 114n

Cripple Schools, 143n, 155-6, 190-1n. See also Special Schools

Crowley, Dr. Ralph, 105, 180-1, 184, 186

Cumberland, 174n

Darlington, 120n, 198

"Day Feeding School," at Manchester, 14n

Day Industrial Schools, 15n, 32, 117-9; provision of meals at, 15n, 51, 57, 117-9, 196-7; in America, 268

Defective Children. See Special Schools

Denmark, 265-6

Derby, 98n

Derbyshire, 125

Destitute Children's Dinner Society, 3-6

Dewsbury, 114

Diet, at home, unsuitable, 78, 79, 128, 172, 174, 178n, 189, 223; effect of school meals on, 201, 224; of working classes in Glasgow, 177-8; minimum amount necessary, 177, 205n

Dietary (at school), xv, xvi, 5, 19, 50, 79-82, 157-8, 252, 269; at Bradford, 78, 81, 185; planning of, 60, 79-80, 128, 229; for Infants, 82, 229, 236; at Restaurants, 80-1, 88, 89, 90, 160; at Day Industrial Schools, 118; sample menus, 231-6. See also Cod Liver Oil, Milk, Porridge

Dinners. See Meals

Disfranchisement, 39n, 41n, 42, 48

Distress Committee, 64, 73

Divisional Superintendent, 149n

Dukes, Dr. Clement, 28n

Dundee, 245

Eastbourne, 120

East Ham, 56, 106n, 173

Eating Houses. See Restaurants

Ecclesall Bierlow, 42n

Ede, Canon Moore, 19n

Edinburgh, 45, 226n, 238, 239-43

Education, compulsory, 2, 6, 11-12, 239; effect of, on underfed children, xiii, 2, 6, 8-10, 179-183, 208; provision of meals a corollary of, 9-11, 32, 33

Education Act (1870), 2, 6, 203; (1872), 239; (1902), 27, 57

Education (Administrative Provisions) Act (1907), 203

Education (Administrative Provisions) Bills, 54, 105n

Education (Provision of Meals) Act, xii, xiv, xvi, 3, 61, 109, 110, 112, 200, 237, 238; debates on, 44-7; provisions of, 47-9; adoption of, xiv, 50, 51-8; should be compulsory, xv, 127

Education (Provision of Meals) Act Amendment Bills, 101n, 105n

Education (Scotland) Act (1908), 48, 127, 237-8

Eichholz, Dr., xiii, 29, 30, 134

Elementary Education Act (1876), 15n, 118n

Elementary Education (Defective and Epileptic Children) Act (1899), 57n

Elementary Education (Feeding of Children) Bill (1905), 39n

Enquiry, 65-8, 242; by whom made, 37, 65-6, 67, 132, 133n, 240, 241, 244, 254, 263; inadequacy of, 133, 149-50, 239; from employer, 66-7, 149; not suited to voluntary worker, 149, 241; deterrent, 74-5, 220; proposed abandonment of, 220-1, 225, 229

Erith, 64

Fabian Society, 25, 52

Farnell, 246

Farquharson, Dr. Robert, 9n

Feeble-minded Children. See Special Schools

Fenton, 80

Finch, Dr. George, 123n, 125, 126

Finchley, 108n

Fifeshire, 238n, 247

Foreign Countries, provision of meals in, 24, 249-70

Foster, Captain, 172-3

France, 3n, 249-57

Frere, Miss Margaret, 40n

Fulham, 41n, 164

Gateshead, 12n, 13n

Germany, 261-2

Giffen, Sir Robert, 20-1

Glasgow, 119, 173, 177-8, 205, 238, 243-4

Gorst, Sir John, 33, 39n

Gothenburg, 268

Govan, 238

Grassington, 124-5, 236

Greenock, 246

Greenwood, Mr. Arthur, xii, xiii, 171, 193n

Grimthorpe, Lord, 47

Guardians. See Poor Law Guardians

Guernsey, 3-4n

Guest, Dr. L. Haden, 187-90, 192

Guild of Help, 63, 66n. See also Civic Guild

Halifax, 121n

Hall, Dr. William, 30

Hammersmith, 165

Hampstead, 141n, 165-6

Hartlepool, 56n

Hastings, 12n

Havre, 256

Hay, Mr. Claude, 33, 38, 39n, 46n

Henderson, Mr. Arthur, 38

Heston and Isleworth, 62

Holidays, provision of meals during, xiv, 50, 56, 101-6, 141-2; loss of weight during, 185-6, 187; necessity for meals during, 105, 128, 227-8, 229

Holland, 265

Home, provision of food at, 90n, 96-7, 141n

Hookham, Mr. George, 35n, 36n, 109n

Horn, Miss, 45

Hornsey, 176

Housing, 204, 219; relation of nutrition to, 172-3

Huddersfield, 115

Hugo, Victor, 3n

Hull, 35n, 51, 197

Hunter, Mr. Robert, 268

Hutchison, Dr. Robert, 29

Industrial Schools, 29n. See also Day Industrial Schools

Infants, special provision for, 82, 92, 94, 128, 158-9, 167, 168, 169, 189, 229, 236, 241; provision for, abroad, 256, 257, 264

Inverness, 246; county of, 247

Iselin, Rev. Henry, 204n, 210n, 220, 222n

Italy, 258-61

Joint Committee on Underfed Children, 26, 131-4, 137

Jönköping, 268

Jowett, Mr. F. W., 43, 46n

Juvenile Employment. See After-care

Kensington, 198

Kerr, Dr., 79, 80

Kettering, 42n

Kidderminster, 176

Kincardineshire, 247

Labour Party, 52, 53, 54, 56n, 105

Lambeth, 165, 187-90, 195n

Lancaster, 63

Larkins, Dr., 179

Leeds, 30, 58, 59, 66n, 67, 68, 69, 83, 93-4, 98n, 99, 103, 110, 119n, 196-7, 233-4

Leicester, xiv, 52-3, 54n, 58, 64, 66, 67, 69, 72-3, 74-5, 96-7, 114, 120

Leith, 238

Liège, 264-5

Liverpool, 13n, 52, 55n, 57, 58n, 65-6, 67, 69, 74, 90-1, 98n, 115-6, 118, 120, 121, 146, 171, 181-2, 195-6, 205

Local Education Authorities, power of, to provide meals, 3, 23-6, 28, 31, 32, 38, 46, 47-9, 56-8; adoption of Provision of Meals Act by, 51-4; numbers making provision, 54; different policies of, 50; co-operation and overlapping of, with Guardians, 41, 51, 113-7, 129-30, 139, 163-6; provision of meals by, abroad, 249-70. See also School Boards, State, Voluntary Agencies (co-operation of, with Local Authorities)

Local Government Board, xiv, 39, 40, 56, 102, 103, 104, 164, 165, 209

London, xvi, 3-7, 10, 12-3, 13n, 15-27, 29, 35, 41, 55, 65, 103n, 110n, 111n, 131-69, 190-1n, 194, 195, 197-8, 199, 205, 213n, 235-6

London County Council, xvi, 41, 104, 131, 134-5, 136-41, 144, 150, 151, 152, 153-4, 156

London School Board, 13n, 137n; committees of, on underfed children, 16-26, 29, 131

London Schools Dinner Association, 16-7, 134n

London Vegetarian Association, 142-3

Lough, Mr., 46

Mackenzie, Dr. Leslie, xiii, 172, 179

Macmillan, Miss Margaret, 100

Macnamara, Dr., 33

Malnutrition, extent of, 34, 170-1; causes of, 45, 172-9, 221; signs of, 170, 221; effects of, on physique, xii-xiii, 29-30; effects of, on mental capacity, 31, 179-83, 198; relation of, to family income, 177-9. See also Children

Manchester, 14n, 29, 40n, 51n, 58n, 63, 66n, 69, 83, 91, 117n, 176, 181, 193

Marseilles, 256

Massachusetts, 270

Meals, School, motives for provision of, 2, 4, 6, 8, 27; public provision of, 2, 3, 23-26, 27-49, 202-18, 249-70; a corollary of compulsory education, 9-11, 32, 33; cost of, 4n, 123n, 124n, 156n, 226-7; price of, 108, 109, 123n, 124, 125, 135, 156, 226, 245, 246, 253; expenditure on, 54-5; time of, 76-9, 128, 222, 253; number of, per day, 78-9, 159, 227, 228; number of, per week, 5, 16, 35, 36, 133, 157, 267, 268; continuance of, throughout the year, 6, 23, 35, 36, 50, 97, 106, 129, 133, 229, 239, 247-8, 263, 265; preparation and distribution of, 82-3, 128, 157, 229, 240, 244; service of, xv, xvi, 28-9, 45-6, 50, 83-101, 122, 126, 128, 156-63, 167-9, 199, 229, 241, 252; in Day Industrial Schools, 118-9; in Special Schools, 85, 100n, 121-2, 244; service of, by Poor Law Authorities, 43, 243; provision of, at home, 90n, 96-7, 141n; a form of relief, 61, 96, 127, 151, 219; a preventive measure, 219; provision of, deterrent, 220, 222; provision of, not universally known, 74; reasons for granting, 138, 210-11; necessity for, 138, 218, 219, 224, 228, 229; provision of, for all necessitous children, 220, 222, 223, 228; general provision of, without enquiry, 25, 126-7, 223-8, 229, 251, 258, 259-61, 264, 265, 266-7. See also Centres, Children, Cookery Centres, Dietary, Holidays, Local Education Authorities, Parents, Payment, Poor Law Guardians, Rates, Restaurants, School, Supervision, Voluntary Agencies, Wages

Medical Inspection, 10, 24, 54, 208, 221; in Brussels, 264; and Feeding, Inter-Departmental Committee on, 34-8, 44, 109n, 126n, 134n

Medical Officer of Health, 81

Medical Treatment, 65n, 139, 145, 203, 208, 227

Mental Capacity, relation of, to nutrition, 31, 179-83, 198

Mentally Defective. See Special Schools

Meyer, Lady, 201

Middlesex, 174-5

Milan, 259

Milk, provision of, 97, 144, 155, 159; effects of, 191-2

Monitors, 92, 94, 101, 121, 128, 161-2, 168, 169, 229, 241

Morten, Miss Honnor, 201

Mundella, Rt. Hon. A. J., 8n, 9, 10, 11, 12

Municipality. See Local Education Authorities and State

Mutual Registration, 117, 152, 166

National Food Supply Association, 19

National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, 53, 58, 113

National Union of Teachers, 32

Nether Alderley, 125

Newcastle-on-Tyne, 102

Newman, Sir George, xii, 60, 63, 80n, 88, 170, 175, 183, 184, 221, 224, 227

Newport, 201

New York, 268-9

Nice, 256-7

Niven, Dr., xiii, 30

Northampton, 105, 186-7

Norway, 266-7

Norwich, 35n, 121n

Nottingham, 58n, 93n, 103

Open Air Schools, 57-8, 85, 120-1, 227

Outdoor Relief. See Poor Law Guardians

Over-pressure, 8-10. See also Education

Paisley, 246

Parents, application for meals by, xv, 63-4, 71-5, 144, 150, 256; withdrawal of children from meals by, 70, 216-7; dislike of, to accept meals, 73-4, 217, 222, 223; co-operation of, 76, 77, 146; effect on responsibility of, 2, 23-4, 28, 45, 47, 76, 135, 202-18, 226, 254-5; abuse of provision of meals by, 42, 216; obligations of, increased, 11-2, 217, 226; neglect of children by, 24, 25, 32, 43n, 75, 112-3, 119, 129, 203-4, 215-6, 237. See also Payment and Recovery

Paris, 24, 249-55

Parish Council, provision of meals by, in Edinburgh, 242-3

Payment, by parents for school meals, 4-5, 19, 25, 33, 37, 46, 47, 50-1, 62, 69, 106-12, 129, 136, 142, 154-6, 159, 223, 225-6; for children at Day Industrial Schools, 118; for children at Special Schools, 109, 120, 121, 129, 155, 156, 225, 244, 246n; in rural districts, 38, 109, 123, 124, 125, 225, 247; in Scotland, 241, 242, 245, 246; abroad, 251, 252, 253, 256, 257, 261, 268-9, 270. See also Penny Dinners

Peek, Sir Henry, 7, 9, 15, 124

"Penny Dinners," 11, 13, 15, 19. See also Payment

Perth, 238, 244-5

Philadelphia, 269

Physical Deterioration, 3, 27, 32, 33, 134, 262; Inter-Departmental Committee on, xi, 27, 29-32, 33, 38

Physical Test. See Selection

Physical Training (Scotland), Royal Commission on, xi, 27-9, 33, 242

Poor Law, Report of Royal Commission on (1834), 203, 214

Poor Law Guardians, inaction of, 14-5; inadequacy of relief given by, 14, 17-18n, 113-4, 116-7, 129, 165, 166; the authority for the provision of meals, xvi, 33n, 39n, 45, 46, 47n, 141; service of meals by, 43; no co-operation between Voluntary Agencies and, 14, 17; prosecution by, 14-5, 43; overlapping of, with Education Authorities, 51, 113-7, 129-30, 139, 163-6; representation of, on Canteen Committees, 58, 114n; payment for school meals by, 108n, 115-6, 130, 164, 165; payment for children in Day Industrial Schools by, 118n; provision of meals by, at Manchester, 14n. See also Parish Council, Poor Rate, and Relief (School Children) Order

Poor Laws, Royal Commission on (1909), 113, 119, 197n

Poor Rate, provision of meals from, 32, 39. See also Poor Law Guardians

Poplar, 164

Porridge, 78, 200, 201; effects of, 82, 190; as test, 200, 222

Portsmouth, 60n, 81, 83, 98, 103

Potteries, 195

Poverty Test. See Selection

Prevention of Cruelty to Children Act, 237

Prices, changes in, 20-1

Ragged School Union, 5

Ragged Schools, 2, 3, 4

Rates, expenditure on provision of meals from, 3, 28, 31, 34, 48, 54-5, 134, 135, 136-7, 141; in Scotland, 237, 238-9; limitation of amount to be spent from, xiv, 48, 56, 127, 238; provision of meals during holidays from, 56, 102, 103-5. See also Education (Provision of Meals) Act (adoption of) and Poor Rate

Reading, 205

Recovery of Cost, 38, 39, 43, 47, 107, 109-12, 129, 238

Referee Fund, 6-7, 13, 15n

Reformatory and Industrial Schools, Departmental Committee on, 119

Relief, deterrent policy of, 203, 208-9, 220, 222

Relief Committees, 26, 37, 132, 137n. See also Children's Care Committees

Relief (School Children) Order, xi, 39-44

Relieving Officer, 114, 117, 166

Restaurants, service of meals at, 43n, 53n, 88-91, 96-97n, 160, 229, 239, 243, 245, 246; dietary at, 80-1, 88, 89, 90

Ricardo, 214

Rome, 259

Rousdon, 7-8, 12, 38n, 123-4, 246

Rowntree, Mr. Seebohm, 152, 205

Rural districts, 122-6; provision of midday meal in, 7-8, 12, 109, 123-5, 225; in Scotland, 246-8; abroad, 257; need for provision in, 37-8, 51, 122, 125-6, 130, 224-5

St. George's-in-the-East, 151n, 153n, 159, 164, 200, 210n, 211

St. Giles'-in-the-Fields, 141n

St. Pancras, 210n, 211

Salford, 42n, 66n, 69, 106

San Remo, 259

Scale of income. See Selection

Scarborough, 52

School, service of meals in, 84-8, 89n, 128, 159-60, 167-8, 229, 241, 244, 245, 252; fees, abolition of, 203

School Attendance Officers, 53n, 59, 63, 72, 117; selection of children by, 63, 239, 240, 244; enquiry by, 66, 67, 70, 139, 241, 244; supervision of meals by, 90, 98

School Attendance Officers' Association, 33n

School Boards, powers of, in Scotland, 127, 237-8; co-operation of, with Voluntary Agencies, 238, 240, 245, 246. See also Local Education Authorities

School Medical Officers, proposed responsibility of, for putting Provision of Meals Act in force, 53-4; part taken by, in provision of meals, 37, 60, 63; ex-officio members of Canteen Committee, 59; selection of children by, 60-3, 112, 143-4, 219, 221-2, 223, 228, 229, 240, 244; milk and cod liver oil recommended by, 143-4, 159; planning of dietary by, 60, 80, 81, 128, 229; testimony of, as to effect of meals on children, 192-3

School Nurse, 62n, 63, 121n, 240, 244

School Restaurants, 37-8, 107, 129, 261. See also Payment and Cantines Scolaires

Scotland, 48, 225n, 237-48

Secondary Schools, 57, 92n

Selection of children, xv, 59-75, 127-8; under voluntary agencies, 18-9, 35, 210; by physical test, 59-63, 143-4, 219, 221-2; by poverty test, 59-60, 63-5, 68-9, 75, 127, 143-4, 220, 221, 222-3; based on scale of income, 68-9, 75, 151-2, 242n, 244; final decision in, 68; revision of cases, 69-70; want of uniformity in, 50, 70-1, 75, 151-4; disadvantages of present system, 70-5, 220; suggested schemes of, 221-8, 229. See also School Attendance Officers, School Medical Officers, School Nurse and Teachers

Senior, Mr. Nassau, 214

Sheffield, 66n, 82, 121n, 190

Siddington, 38n, 125

Sims, Mr. G. R., 7

Slack, Sir Bamford, 33n, 38

Sleep, want of, 172, 192

Smith, Mr. S., 9-10

Social Democratic Federation, 25

South African War, xi, 2-3, 27

Southampton, 78

Southend-on-Sea, 66n

Southwark, 6-7

Special Schools for Defective Children, 144n; provision of meals at, 22-3, 31, 51, 57-8, 85, 100n, 109, 117, 120-2, 129, 155, 225, 244, 246n. See also Cripple Schools and Open Air Schools

Spectacles, 145

State, provision of meals by, 2, 3, 23-6, 27-49, 202-18; abroad, 249-70. See also Local Education Authorities

Stevenson, Miss Flora, 239, 240

Stockholm, 267

Stoke-on-Trent, 42n, 56, 58n, 66n, 67, 69, 80, 89, 210n, 211

Sub-Committee on Underfed Children, xvi, 137, 141

Sunderland, 54n

Supervision of Meals, 85, 95, 97, 157, 161, 162-3, 167, 168, 169, 201, 244; at Restaurants, 88, 89, 90, 91. See also School Attendance Officers, Teachers and Voluntary Workers

Supper, provision of, in Paris, 253

Surcharge. See Audit

Surrey, 179

Sussex, East, 122-123n, 125

Sweden, 267-8

Switzerland, 257-8

Tate, Dr., 175

Teachers, provision of meals by, 36, 103, 123n, 124n; selection of children by, 18, 37, 63, 64, 68, 70-1, 127, 132-3, 139, 144, 219-20, 239, 240, 244; urgency tickets given by, 64, 67-8, 72; enquiry by, 37, 67, 132; members of Canteen and Care Committees, 58, 59, 138, 144; supervision of meals by, 36, 48, 87-8, 92, 93, 97-100, 121, 122, 125, 128, 161, 167, 168, 229, 241, 244, 253, 260, 263, 264, 269; testimony of, as to effect of meals on children, 188, 194-5, 196, 197-8

Teachers, National Union of, 32

Teeth, defective, malnutrition due to, 174

Toxteth, 116

Trondhjem, 267

Underfeeding. See Malnutrition

Unemployment, 204, 209, 211, 219

United States, 268-70

Urgency tickets, 64, 67-8, 72

Utensils, insufficient supply of, 101, 156-7, 162

Vercelli, 259-61

Vienna, 262-3

Visiting of homes, 45, 59, 65, 138-9, 145-6, 147-8, 150. See also Enquiry

Voluntary Agencies, provision of meals by, xiv, 2, 3-38, 40, 50, 51-3, 54, 96, 131-6, 141-3, 209-10, 237, 238, 239, 243-4, 245-6, 250-1, 255-6, 258, 259, 261-70; the best agency for provision of meals, 28, 49; disadvantages of provision by, 15-9, 22, 35-6, 44, 49, 142-3, 209-10, 239; number of, 34; expenditure of, 34-5; organisation of, 15-27, 34, 36, 131-4; discontinuance of, 44; co-operation of, with Local Authorities, xii, 3, 13, 24-5, 31, 36, 47, 51-2, 58, 238, 239-40, 245-6, 250-1, 255-7, 258-9, 262-4, 265-6, 267-8, 269; co-operation of, with Guardians, 14, 17, 40

Voluntary Contributions, amount of, 54-5, 137, 141-2, 251; provision of meals during holidays from, 103, 104, 141-2

Voluntary Workers, utilisation of services of, 65-6, 144, 263; organisation of, 139; Canteen Committees composed of, 58-9, 68; supervision of meals by, 90, 95, 98, 161, 168, 244, 245. See also Children's Care Committees

Wages, effect of provision of meals on, 45, 212-4; low, 204-5, 211, 219

Wandsworth, 41n

Ward, Mrs. Humphry, 190-1n

Waugh, Mr. Benjamin, 14

West Derby, 116

West Ham, 58n, 64, 69, 72, 77n, 78, 83, 94-5, 102, 104, 110-11, 116-7, 234

Whitechapel, 142, 154

Winder, Miss Phyllis D., 71-2

Wilson, Mr. W. T., 44n

Wolverhampton, 175, 182

Women, married, employment of, 76-7, 97, 107, 108, 223, 245

Workington, 56

Wyatt, Mr. C. H., 14n, 40n

York, 67, 69, 78, 82, 111-2, 115, 205n

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