56 Environment and Efficiency 



Remarks. 



The record of No, I (W. B.) is a good illustration of the 

 latent possibilities for good of the ordinary slum child, from 

 which, by means of careful training and encouragement, such 

 satisfactory results may be produced, and which, on the other 

 hand, meeting with no appropriate stimulus in the external 

 environment, must inevitably die away through disuse. This 

 boy, born into Class A, may now certainly be looked upon 

 as a member of Class F. 



No. 3, also born into Class A, will, if he takes the social 

 position of other members of his profession, in future be 

 ranked in Class H. 



No. 8 was 13 on admission. It seems probable that had 

 this boy been admitted at the age of 7 or 8 his record would 

 have been satisfactory in every respect. No. 10 also was 

 admitted too late. 



CHILDREN BOARDED OUT BY THE GLASGOW 

 PARISH COUNCIL 



With regard to the manner in which these children are 

 boarded-out, I quote from a report on " The Boarding-out of 

 Parish Children in Scotland," by Miss Aikman (Member of 

 the Glasgow Parish Council). This report was printed in the 

 year 1904, and refers especially to children on the Boarded-out 

 Roll of the Glasgow Parish Council at that date ; the twenty 

 records which I possess spread over a period of years from 

 1895 to 1912 : 



" The average cost of maintenance for a boarded-out child 

 under the Glasgow Parish Council amounted to slightly over 

 iS per annum for the year 1903. This sum included aliment, 

 clothes, school books, medical relief, and visitations by members 

 of Council, and the Inspector of Poor and his assistants. 



" The aliment paid at present is $s. weekly for children 

 under 6 years old ; 3^. 6d. for children between the ages of 

 6 and 10, and 4^. for children above 10 years. 



