Records 5 7 



" Nothing is spared to equip the child thoroughly for a 

 successful future. If a child shows special aptitude in any 

 particular line, care is taken to provide whatever is necessary 

 to follow it out. It may be of interest to note that, where at 

 all possible, brothers and sisters are placed together, so that 

 the family tie may not be altogether broken. 



"Children from a few months up to 13 years of age are 

 boarded-out. Before being boarded-out a child is supplied 

 with a new outfit of clothing., A duplicate of the outfit of 

 clothing is either taken with the children for their use, or it is 

 forwarded the next day. 



"The children are visited at least twice a year by the 

 Inspector or his assistants, and once a year by two Members 

 of the Council, accompanied by an official, and all are surprise 

 visits. . . . The majority of the guardians of these children 

 are crofters and villagers who have comfortable homes, and 

 are found to be of respectable character. 



" After a child has left school a situation is found for it, 

 either by its guardian or by the Inspector. In the majority 

 of cases the child obtains employment in the district where it 

 is boarded, and often continues to live with the guardian." 1 



No. of Children on Boarded-out Roll, March 1904. 



Orphans. Deserted. Separated. Total. 



435 280 1192 1907 



Classification of Separated Cases. 



Both parents drunken, been in prison, &c 198 



Parents sent to gaol (Cruelty to Children Act) 62 



Father dead, mother drunken and immoral 317 



Father in hospital seriously ill, mother dead ..... 32 



Mother in hospital seriously ill, father dead 19 



Mother dead, father been drunken, in prison or deserted . . .148 

 Illegitimate, mother been drunken, immoral, or in prison . . . 222 

 Father dead, mother unfit to support, not suitable, unable to control . 147 

 From variety, such as remits from Sheriff Court, one parent dead, 



other in asylum, illegitimate through bigamous marriage, &c. . 36 



Father in hospital, mother drunken 21 



1202 



Deduct separated cases taken off Roll during month . . . ip 



1192 



1 This remark does not seem to apply to the records which I shall quote later. 



