BIRMINGHAM STUDIES 



IN 



SOCIAL ECONOMICS 



AND ADJACENT FIELDS 



EDITED BY 



PROFESSOR W. J. ASHLEY, PH.D. 



DEAN OF THE FACULTY OF COMMERCE AND CHAIRMAN OF THE SOCIAL STUDY 

 COMMITTEE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM 



I 



Environment and Efficiency 



A Study in the Records of Industrial 

 Schools and Orphanages 



BY 



MARY HORNER THOMSON 



WOODBROOKE SETTLEMENT 



WITH A PREFACE BY 



J. RENDEL HARRIS, LL.D. 



DIRECTOR OF STUDIES AT THE WOODBROOKE SETTLEMENT 



LONGMANS, GREEN AND CO. 



39 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON 



NEW YORK, BOMBAY, AND CALCUTTA 



1912 



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