Liberal Social Reforms - Children

Question 1

When were free school meals set up?

Answer 1

1906

Question 2

How were free school meals paid for?

Answer 2

Local rates

Question 3

% of authorities that set up free school meals

Answer 3

50

Question 4

How many children were fed at least once a day by 1914?

Answer 4

158,000

Question 5

By 1914, how many free school meals had been given out?

Answer 5

Over 14 million

Question 6

When were School Medical Inspections set up?

Answer 6

1907

Question 7

Who gave children School Medical Inspections?

Answer 7

Doctors and nurses

Question 8

Until when did parents have to pay for any treatment from School Medical Inspections?

Answer 8

1912

Question 9

When was the Education Act set up?

Answer 9

1907

Question 10

What did the Education Act give families that were poor and small?

Answer 10

Scholarships for children

Question 11

% of secondary school places that had to be reserved for poor children

Answer 11

25

Question 12

When was the Children’s Act set up?

Answer 12

1908

Question 13

What did children become due to Children’s Act?

Answer 13

Protected persons

Question 14

What were inspected due to Children’s Act?

Answer 14

Children’s homes

Question 15

What happened to neglected children due to Children’s Act?

Answer 15

Visited

Question 16

Children under 14 were set where instead of prison?

Answer 16

Borstals

Question 17

What act made it illegal to insure children?

Answer 17

Children’s Act

Question 18

Children under 14 were not allowed where due to the Children’s Act?

Answer 18

Pubs

Question 19

Children under 16 were not allowed what due to the Children’s Act?

Answer 19

Cigarettes

Question 20

When were School Clinics set up?

Answer 20

1912

Question 21

What did School Clinics offer children?

Answer 21

Medical treatment