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

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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$‘ ‘ And we do also engage that meetings of the Committee shall be held not less often than * at such and such a place, on days to be fixed by members of the Committee at the first meeting in each year, the days and places of meeting to be subject to such alterations as may be agreed upon at one of the ordinary meetings of the Committee, after due notice to every member. And further, that a book shall be kept containing a record of the proceedings of each meeting, and that the minutes of the last meeting shall be read at the next succeeding meeting, and signed by the presiding Chairman, who shall be a member of the Committee other than the person appointed to act as Secretary.” Signatures in Full. Rank, Profession, or Calling, f Addresses. / Dated this day of 18 “N.B.—In the case of one or more proposed additions to the Committee, substitute or the words in [ ] the following :—‘ We (or I), the undersigned, being desirous of becoming j J^ember } °f Boarding-out Committee formed,* and also omit the words in italics and the whole of the last paragraph, beginning ‘And we do also engage . . . (to) . . . secretary.’” * But at least quarterly. (See Miss Mason’s evidence before the Poor Law Schools Committee, Qs. 14,242-3.) t In the case of a proposed lady member who has no calling or profession of her own, the rank, pro- fession, or calling of her husband should be entered in this column thus : Wife, Widow, or Daughter of (C) Form of Return of the Secretary of a Boarding-out Committee. ‘ ‘ Return of the children boarded-out under the supervision of the Boarding-out Committee on the 1st day of January [or July] 18 , with the names and addresses of the Foster-Parents. “(1) Name of child. (2) Age. (3) Name and address of Foster-Parent. (4) Union or separate Parish, to which chargeable. “ (Signed) Secretary of the Boarding-out Committee. “ Address and Date “Given under the seal of office of the Local Government Board, this twenty- eighth day of May, in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine. “ Chas. T. Ritchie, President. “ Hugh Owen, Secretary. “ Date of publication in the London Gazette, 28th May, 1889.” Since this Order was issued, the following form has also been issued for the returns of the members of the Committees :— “ Boarding - out Committee. Statement showing the Names and Addresses of the Members of the above Committee on the ist January (or ist July), 18 . “Note.—The Statement is to be sent in half-yearly. Strike out the words 1st January or 1st July as the case may be. “Names.* Addresses. “ (Signed) Secretary of Committee. Date, * It will be convenient if the names are arranged in alphabetical order. (D) Form of Certificate of the Medical Officer of the Union or Parish from which a Child is Boarded-out. “Union [or Separate Parish]. “ I, the undersigned, having this day personally examined C.D., aged years, residing at , hereby certify that he {or she) is not suffering from any contagious or infectious disease, and that his {or her) bodily health is good [with the exception that * ]. “ (Signed) A medical officer of the above-named Union [or Parish]. “Dated this day of ,18 .” * Here state the particulars of any exceptions.$