MEALS FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN.
UNFED PUPILS IN GERMANY
[Pbbss Association— Coptbioht.]
Berlin, April 12. Inquiries made by the German Bureau of Popular Welfare in 125 towns revealed the fact that 22,000 children in winter and 36,000 in summer wtao sent to school without breakfast, and 180,000 in and 131,000 in.summer without dinner, and that 22 000 went to bed without supper. This was due to poverty and to the absence o. tho mothers at work. mo ti7nr The Bureau deprecated making feeding obligatory, and advises the estaSment of independent organisations to feed children and recover tne costs from parents who are in emplojmetat.
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Colonist, Volume LII, Issue 12768, 14 April 1910, Page 3
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103MEALS FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN. Colonist, Volume LII, Issue 12768, 14 April 1910, Page 3
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