1905 Report of the Inter-Departmental Committee on Medical Inspection and Feeding of Children Attending Public Elementary Schools

Description

First Edition, Rebound, Signed Binding, Very Scarce

The first edition of this very scarce work.

Bound by Weeks & Co.

Two volumes in one.

Original wraps are bound in. 

An interesting report exploring public elementary schools as they were at the beginning of the twentieth century, in particular looking at their medical system and the food provided to the children.

Including a total of twelve appendices across the two volumes, such as 'Summary of Return as to Medical Inspection', 'Memoranda Giving Particulars of the Systems of Medical Inspection Established in Certain Areas', and 'Resolution Passed by the Local Education Authorities of Bradford and Manchester in Reference to the Provision of Meals for Children by the Poor Law Guardians'.

Volume II contains a list of witnesses, and minutes of evidence.

Institutional label of the University of London Library Depository to the front paste down, presented to the library by Lady Shirley Murphy in 1929.