Margaret McMillan and Fred Jowett were members of the School Board which introduced free school meals in Bradford. This was actually illegal and the School Board could have been forced to end this service. McMillan and Jowett tried to persuade the Parliament to introduce legislation which encouraged all education authorities to provide free school meals for children. McMillan argued that if the state insisted on compulsory education, it must take responsibility for the proper nourishment of school children. A report published in 1889 indicated that over 50,000 pupils in London alone were attending school "in want of food". Other social studies, such as Charles Booth's Life and Labour of the People of London, 1899-1903 and Seebohm Rowntree's Poverty: A Study of Town Life in York, 1901, found that nearly a third of the population and cities studied were living in poverty. The 1904 Report into Physical Deterioration followed the large rejection of men from service in the Boer War, as they were malnourished.
The Bill became law over the objection of the House of Lords.[1]
education, provision, meals, 1906, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar,. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Education Provision of Meals Act 1906 news newspapers books scholar JSTOR November 2008 Learn how and when to remove this message The Education Provision of Meals Act 1906 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom Education Provision of Meals Act 1906Act of ParliamentParliament of the United KingdomLong titleAn Act to make provision for Meals for Children attending Public Elementary Schools in England and Wales Citation6 Edw 7 c 57DatesRoyal assent21 December 1906 Margaret McMillan and Fred Jowett were members of the School Board which introduced free school meals in Bradford This was actually illegal and the School Board could have been forced to end this service McMillan and Jowett tried to persuade the Parliament to introduce legislation which encouraged all education authorities to provide free school meals for children McMillan argued that if the state insisted on compulsory education it must take responsibility for the proper nourishment of school children A report published in 1889 indicated that over 50 000 pupils in London alone were attending school in want of food Other social studies such as Charles Booth s Life and Labour of the People of London 1899 1903 and Seebohm Rowntree s Poverty A Study of Town Life in York 1901 found that nearly a third of the population and cities studied were living in poverty The 1904 Report into Physical Deterioration followed the large rejection of men from service in the Boer War as they were malnourished The Bill became law over the objection of the House of Lords 1 See also editSchool mealReferences edit Ham Paul 5 November 2013 1913 The Eve of War 1071 Endeavour Press Ltd a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint location link nbsp This legislation in the United Kingdom or its constituent jurisdictions article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Education Provision of Meals Act 1906 amp oldid 1215632863, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
