92 Environment and Efficiency 



now chargeable to the parish, there is one illegitimate boy whose 

 mother had been boarded-out and brought up by the parish. 

 Three boys now boarded-out are beyond the age of 14, and are 

 learning trades. They reside in a Working-Boys' Home where 

 some 20 boys are boarded, and are employed with firms outside. 

 There is always an opening in this Home for any boy who desires 

 to learn a trade. The practice of the Parish Council is to assist 

 the boys with a small aliment so long as their earnings are under 

 5/- a week, and, after this wage is reached, the authorities in charge 

 of the Home do not look for any further pecuniary assistance 

 beyond a supply of clothing which is given them until they can 

 do without it. The system has worked very satisfactorily for a 

 number of years, and the boys are employed as bookbinders, 

 upholsterers, cabinet-makers, &c. They go out and in to the 

 Homes at their leisure, having a fixed hour for returning at night. 

 They accompany the Superintendent of the Home to church on 

 Sundays, and they attend evening classes on week nights. Their 

 holidays they are in the habit of spending with their old guardians. 



6. SOUTHWARK BOYS' AID ASSOCIATION 



[Object : The after-care of the orphan and homeless boys from 

 the Poor Law schools of the Southwark Union, including 



(1) Finding a suitable home for each boy, if possible in a 

 working-class family. 



(2) Finding work suited to the capacity of each individual boy ; 

 if possible in a skilled trade.] 



Report for Twelve Months ending Michaelmas 1911. 



During the twelve months the Association has been in touch with 

 219 boys and children, 87 of these being new boys: 28 from the 

 Hanwell Schools, 12 from the Orpington School, 19 from the 

 Guardians direct, 14 from the training-ship Exmouth and 14 

 from other sources. 



Of these 87 new boys 22 are disabled: 14 physically, 6 

 mentally, and 2 both physically and mentally. 



Special care and attention has also been given to 50 old boys 

 who are disabled either in mind or in body. 



