Liberal Welfare Reform

Liberal Welfare Reform

School and Children

• Free School meals 1906
• Medical Inspections 1907
• Children Act 1908
• School Clinic

Free School Meals

• Local Councils have power to give free meals to poor once a week, Monday to Friday
• By 1914 158,000 children had a free meal once a day. Monday to Friday.

School Medical Inspection

• Doctors or Nurses gave compulsory medical checks to Children.
• Treatment recommended but the poor families still had to pay for treatment
• 1912 this changed

The Children’s Act

• Protection against cruelty
• Local charities responsible for supervising and helping neglect families
• This was The start of the social services
• All Children’s homes had to be registered and inspected
• Children under 14 couldn't go to adult prisons
• Juvenile Courts were setup
• Borstals built for young offenders
• Children under 14 not allowed in pubs
• No cigarettes allowed to be sold to under 16's
• Peoples budget 1909

School clinics

• A network…