Children under the Poor Law : their education training and aftercare : together with a criticism of the report of the Departmental Committee on Metropolitan Poor Law Schools / by W. Chance.

  • Chance, Sir William, 1853-
Date:
1897
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Credit: Children under the Poor Law : their education training and aftercare : together with a criticism of the report of the Departmental Committee on Metropolitan Poor Law Schools / by W. Chance. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    IX.—List of Outfits of Children. “ List of articles constituting outfits supplied by the Guardians of the above Union to boarded-out Children and to Children on leaving the Workhouse for service : “For a Boy.—Two caps, two suits of clothes and overcoat, three shirts, two night shirts, four pocket handkerchiefs, four collars, one scarf, two neckties, two pairs boots, three pairs stockings, two pairs braces, two combs, one brush, bible, prayer book. “For a Girl.—Two hats (trimmed), one jacket, one stuff dress, two print dresses, six aprons, two upper petticoats, two under petticoats, three chemises, three pairs drawers, two night gowns, four pocket handkerchiefs, three pairs stockings, one pair stays, two pairs boots, two combs, one brush, bible, prayer book. “ Box for clothes in each case, if required. “ By order of the Board of Guardians, C. F. Chamberlin, Clerk. u ^th November, 1891.” X.—Form of Statement of Amount. “ The Guardians of the Burton-on-Trent Union. “ Dr. to The Boarding-out Committee at “ Name of Secretary Address “ Expenses incurred in respect of the undermentioned Children boarded-out under the supervision of the above-named Committee, for the quarter ending 189 . “(1) Name of child. (2) Weeks board and lodging at per week. (3) Clothing, not exceeding ioj. per quarter. (4) School Teacher’s Quarterly Report, not exceeding id. per week. (5) Incidental expenses not exceeding id. per week. (6) Medical attendance. (7) Extra nourishment ordered by Medical Attendant. (8) School fees, if any. (9) Total. “ Examined and correct Clerk to the Guardians. “Approved and allowed Chairman of Finance Committee. “Received this day of 189 , of the Board of Guardians of the Burton-upon-Trent Union the sum of Pounds Shillings and Pence, being the amount of the above account. “(Signed) Secretary of said Boarding-out Committee. “N.B.—If any amount has been advanced on account of the expenditure for the quarter to which this bill relates, credit should be given on the bill for the amount so advanced.” XI.—Form of Receipt for Quarterly Payments by the Board of Guardians. “ 189 . “Received of the Board of Guardians of the Burton-upon-Trent Union, the sum of Pounds Shillings and Pence, being a payment on account for the quarter ending next, in respect of Maintenance, &c., of Children boarded-out under the supervision of the Boarding-out Committee.” (B) Form of Engagement by Members of a Boarding-out Committee. “[We, the undersigned, being desirous of being constituted a Boarding-out Com- mittee] for the purpose of finding and superintending homes for orphan and deserted pauper children in the Parish of , in the Union of in the County of , do hereby state that we have read the regulations which are prescribed in the Orders of the Local Government Board, dated the 28th day of May, 1889, and in the event of our obtaining the requisite authority of the Local Government Board to act as a Boarding-out Committee, do hereby engage truly and faithfully to observe the same, and any other regulations which may from time to time be prescribed by the Local Government Board with respect to the Boarding-out of pauper children. And we (or I) do also hereby undertake to furnish to the Local Government Board, or to any of the Inspectors of that Board, all such reasonable information respecting pauper children who may be boarded-out under the super- intendance of the Committee, as the said Board or Inspectors may from time to time require.
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