Children's Care Committees.

This article provides information on the Children's Care Committees in London, England, in 1909. Since the Education (Provision of Meals) Act of 1906 came into force, these Committees have been appointed by the managers in schools believed to be necessitous and have consisted of one or more managers, and three head teachers and co-opted member experienced in social work. The Act aims at securing, for every child unable by reason of food to take full advantage of the education provided, a meal or meals at school. Comparatively few of the existing Committees so far have risen to their opportunities but enough have done so to show that the work may be where the school meals are so used as to be merely part of a wider treatment and the definite aim in every case is the restoration or creation of a healthy home. The great advantage of this way of administering the Act is that it forces upon the attention of social workers every neglected child school age and gives the opportunity for an attempt at bettering its condition.