Report of the Royal Commission on the Poor Laws and Relief of Distress. : Appendix Volume XX. Report by Mr. Cyril Jackson on boy labour together with a memorandum from the General Post Office on the conditions of employment of telegraph messengers.

  • Royal Commission on the Poor Laws and Relief of Distress 1905-09
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1909
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Credit: Report of the Royal Commission on the Poor Laws and Relief of Distress. : Appendix Volume XX. Report by Mr. Cyril Jackson on boy labour together with a memorandum from the General Post Office on the conditions of employment of telegraph messengers. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLE OF CONTENTS. REPORT BY MR. CYRIL JACKSON. Page. Terms of Reference - - 2 [^] Scope of the Inquiry - - - - ----- 3 [5] Methods of Inquiry - 3 [o] Consideration of Statistical Evidence - 4 [^] Returns of occupations of children leaving school 4: [4] Census Returns (See Chart M) 5 [a] Home Office Returns 6 [6] Mr. Charles Booth's figures - - - - - - - - - - ^ - Q [6] Statistical Evidence not final 7 [7] Various Statements of the Problem 8 [8] Opinions of Schoolmasters 10 [76*] Opinions of Managers of Boys' Clubs - - - - - - . - - -11 [11] Opinions of Trade Unionists - - - 12 [i^] London Distress Committees - 12 [12] Army Recruits - - - - - -• - , . . . ...... 13 [j^] The Capacity of Boys - - - - - - - - - - - - - 13 [IS] Wages of Boys 14 [I4.] Comments on Certain Occupations - - - - - IQ [16] Telegraph Messengers - - IQ [16] Private Telegraph Companies - \7 [17] District Messenger Companies - - - - - - - - - - - 17 [77] Street Orderly Boys - 18 [18] Municipal Employees 18 [18] Bookstall Boys 18 [18] Office Boys 19 [19] Errand and Shop Boys - 19 Van Boys .... 19 [22] Street Sellers 23 [23] Returns from Employers, general impression - - - - - 25 [25] The Provinces 27 [27] Conclusions and Suggestions - - -27 [27] Tables and Charts 33 [-55] Home Office return 1898, Proportion of Boys employed at various industries - - - 33 [3S] Reports of chief Inspector of Factories and Workshops, 1901 to 1906 - - - 34 [S4.] Census Figures - - : ----- 36 [36] Comparison of Three Censuses for certain occupations - - - - - - 39 [39] Proportion of Boys employed in certain tovrns 40 [40] Proportion of Boys employed in certain occupations in certain tovrns - - - - 41 [4I] Occupations of Inmates of Prisons 43 [^5] Occupations of Boys who have been at some time Van-Boys - 44 [44] Occupations of Boys who became Errand Boys upon leaving school - - - - 45 [45] Occupations as boys of applicants to certain London Distress Committees - - - 46 [46] Occupations of Boys from certain London schools - - 47 [47] Wages among different classes of boys in London - - 48 [48] Occupations of Birmingham boys - - - 49 [49] „ Bristol „ - - - - - - - . - - - 49 [49] „ ,, Leicester ,, - - - - - - - - - - 50 [50] ,, „ Liverpool ,, - - - - - - - - - - - 51 [51] „ „ Manchester ,, - - - - - - - - - - - 51 [51] „ „ Norwich „----..-----. 52 [52] Wages in various occupations 53 [53] Previous Occupations of Boys enlisting in the Army in London ------- 54 [54\