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Description of works; (2) Parish where situate; (3) Name of proprietor,
company or manager, and (4) Address.
Although thirty-three separate works were included, as stated above,
in the Return, it is possible that the Local Government Board might not
consider they all came under the Act.
Education (Provision of Meals) Act, 1906.
6 Edw. 7, Cap. 57.
This statute, which is essentially of a permissive character, enables
local educational authorities to make provision for meals for children
attending public elementary schools. Hitherto such provision has been
made in many cases by voluntary associations, and it is intended that
such voluntary associations shall be encouraged to continue under the
name of " School Canteen Committees."
By Section 1 local education authorities are empowered to associate
themselves with School_ Canteen Committees on which they are represented,
and to furnish land, buildings, furniture, servants, etc., for the
provision of meals; but they are not permitted to incur any expenditure
on the purchase of food, except as thereafter provided.
By Section 3, if a local education authority resolves that any children
attending school are unable through lack of food to take full advantage of
education, and has also ascertained that private charity is insufficient to
defray the cost of food, the Board of Education may on application
authorise them to provide the cost of food out of the rates, subject to a
limit of a halfpenny rate.
By Section 2 the local education authority is required to make a
charge for the meals provided, and to levy payment summarily as a civil
debt upon the parent of the child, unless they are satisfied that the
parent is unable to pay " by reason of circumstances other than his own
default." There is no provision for prepayment, and the amount of the
charge is left to the discretion of the local education authority.
By Section 4 it is provided that supply of food to a child shall in no
case operate to the disfranchisement of the parent.
Employment of Children and Street Trading by Young
Persons.
By-laws made by the London County Council, pursuant to the provisions
of Sections 1 and 2 of the Employment of Children Act, 1903,
regulating (a) the employment of children generally, and (b) street