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Spring Term.
Acton Junior Mixed 75 South Acton Girls' 84
Beaumont Pk. Senior Girls' 7 South Acton Junior Boys' 97
Bdeumont Pk. Junior Girls' 59 Berrymede Junior Boys' 51
Beaumont Park Infants' 135 South Acton Infants' 129
Derwentwater Junior 134 Southfield Junior 119
John Perryn Junior 58 Southfield Infants' 87
John Perryn Infants' 109 Roman Catholic 66
Priory Girls' 21
Priory Infants' 106 Total 1572
Rothschild Junior 76
Rothschild Infants' 159
Aulumn Term.
Acton Junior Mixed 75 Priory Girls' 36
Beaumont Pk. Senior Girls' 10 Priory Infants' 86
Beaumont Pk. Junior Girls'59 Rothschild Junior 88
Beaumont Park Infants' 143 Rothschild Infants' 163
Berrymede Junior Boys' 92 Southfield Junior 98
Berrymede Junior Girls' 81 Southfield Infants' 111
Berrymede Infants' 130 ,Southfield Senior Boys' 36
Derwentwater Junior 135 Roman Catholic 73
John Perryn Junior 71
John Perryn Infants' 127 Total 1614
EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN.
The following Tables give the number of children employed
in the various registered occupations. Delivering newspapers still
remains the most popular of these occupations with school children;
and assisting in the delivery of milk comes next in the list. Neither
of these occupations is a laborious one, a boy who delivers newspapers
usually works from 7 to 8 in the morning, and if he also
has an evening round, from 6 to 7 in the evenings. When he assists
in the delivery of milk, he usually works from 7 to 8 in the morning,
but not in the evening. The hours on a Saturday are longer. Most
of the other occupations only entail work on Saturday.
Discussions constantly arise as to the effect of these occupations
upon the children, and the desirability of entirely prohibiting
boys from working outside school hours. Unfortunately
all kinds of factors enter into these discussions, economic, physical,
and educational. We have nothing to do with the economic aspect
the question, except so far as this is reflected in the physical
condition of the boy. It may or may not be true, that these boys