Poverty : a study of town life / by B. Seebohm Rowntree.

  • Seebohm Rowntree
Date:
1902
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Credit: Poverty : a study of town life / by B. Seebohm Rowntree. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SUPP. in October 1900. In one of these schools there are no fees, but a charge is made for copy and exercise books; in the others the fees vary from Id. a week to 7s. 6d. a quarter. The percentage of attendance in the schools during the last three years has been as under :— Year. Voluntary Schools. Board Schools. Average. 1898 Per cent. 84 Per cent. 91 Per cent. 86£ 1899 85 91 87 1900 84 88 86 During the twelve years 1889-1900, the per- centage of attendance at the Voluntary Schools averaged 83'66 and in the Board Schools 89T5. Both figures compare favourably with the percentage of attendance in London, where in 1899 the average attendance was 79*2 per cent in Voluntary and 82T per cent in Board Schools. The system of having “ half-timers,” so prevalent in the West Riding and in Lancashire, is fortunately quite unknown in York. In connection with the present investigation every elementary school in York has been visited. The Board Schools are conspicuous, well-planned buildings of red brick, standing in ample playgrounds. They constitute one of the architectural features of the city. In his Annual Report to the Government, H.M. late Inspector of Schools for the York district referred to them as follows: “ The city of York now contains, in addition to the old, and in most