I | A.C., wife | 472 2 0 | |
|II | B.C., husband of A.C. | 418 0 0 | |
|III | D.C., daughter of A.C. | 834 2 0 | |
| | and B.C. | | |
|IV | E.C., " | 1,318 2 0 | |
|V | F.C., illegitimate daughter | 169 8 0 | |
| | of E.C. | | |
|VI | G.C., husband of F.C., but no | 5 2 0 | |
| | blood relation | | |
| | |---------------+ 3,216 16 0 |
| | | |-------------|
| | | |L3,817 8 0 |
+--------+-------------------------------+---------------+-------------+
Such people and their offspring are at this moment a fruitful source of
those idle and useless persons who bring discredit on the cause of that
portion of our people who cannot find employment. They fill our gaols,
our hospitals, and our asylums, and, like a swarm of low parasitical
organisms, they have, to an extent that is almost incredible, absorbed
the outdoor relief that was meant for the self-supporting and struggling
poor. I am sure that by far the largest proportion of the aid that has
been so abundantly distributed by the various charitable agencies,
especially in our large towns, has been spent in supporting a great many
idle and vicious persons whose example has had the most pernicious
effect in pauperizing the people. It should never be forgotten that the
evil caused by the introduction of this class is never finished. The
impaired health, low morality, and insanity descend to the offspring,
and are a continual drain upon the community.
THE HEALTH OF SCHOOL-CHILDREN.
EXTRACT FROM THE REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE DIVISION OF SCHOOL
HYGIENE, 1924.
The fundamental necessities of healthy growth are simple, and it is
doubtful if there is any country in the world to-day where they are more
universally procurable. Fresh air, sunlight, food of the right type and
amount, adequate sleep and rest, wholesome exercise, are available for
all but that small section of the people already mentioned. Sir
Frederick Mott, in an address recently published in th
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