144 SEVENTH REPORT—1837. 
Inquiry into the State of Education in the City of York. Py the Man- 
chester Statistical Society. 
This inquiry was carried on in 1836 under the direction of Mr. W. 
R. Greg, Mr. W. Langton, and Mr. H. Romilly, and the report showed 
the followed results :— 
The number found in attendance at the different schools in the 
city was 5591, of whom 
2228 or 7:96 per cent. of the population attended day and evening 
schools only. 
2521 or 9 per cent. of the population attended both day and Sun- 
—_ ——- day schools. 
4749 or 16°96 per cent. of the population. 
842 or 3:01 per cent. of the population attended Sunday schools 
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5591 or 19°97 per cent. of the population. 
The population of the city is taken at 28,000 in this calculation, 
which shows that nearly one-fifth of the population is in attendance 
at schools. 
It is assumed that the number of children in the city between the 
ages of 5 and 15 years is about 7000, and the general summary shows 
that only about 4700 of the children between 5 and 15 can have been 
in attendance at school at the date of the inquiry ; thus above 33 out 
of every 100 must be absent from school. This approaches very closely 
to the result shown in the examination of Manchester and Salford. In 
the manufacturing districts, however, above half of the total number of 
scholars were found to attend only a Sunday school; while in York 
the proportion attending Sunday schools only is 15 per cent. 
Several errors appear to have occurred in the returns made to the 
Government in 1833, so that it could not be exactly ascertained what: 
increase or otherwise had taken place since that time. 
An account of the state of education in York was collected in 1826 
by a Committee of the Society of Friends, a copy of which accom- 
panies this report ; but as its principle of classification is different, it 
shows no result which allows of a close comparison with the present 
report. 
The tables annexed to the report classified in figures are the most 
important features of the state of education in the city of York. Some 
of these are annexed. 
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