The teeth of pauper children / by Richard Denison Pedley.

  • Pedley, R. Denison (Richard Denison), 1857-1925.
Date:
[1893?]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The teeth of pauper children / by Richard Denison Pedley. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    Bank has been opened to encourage the children in thrift. Cricket and football for the boys, and Swedish and musical drill for the girls, are the favourite out-door amusements. There is a training ship, H.M.S. “ Exmouth,” oflf G-ray’s, Essex, with a certified accommodation of 600, into which boys are drafted for the Navy. The boys in the schools are taught various trades ; many enter the Army and Navy. The girls are trained for domestic service. During the year 1891, of the 735 boys placed out, 7^ entered the Royal Navy, 77 entered the Mercantile Marine, 144 entered the Army and Navy bands, 44 were placed out as shoemakers, 64 as bakers, 33 as tailors, &c., &c. ^ Of the girls 469 were placed out ; 458 entered domestic service, and the demand is greater than the supply. While speaking of the Army, I am reminded of the fact that according to the last Report of the Army Medical Department for 1890, (published 1892), five hundred and six recruits were rejected on account of “ Loss or decay of many teeth,” and although the rejections are not by any ^ means^ so numerous as from other diseases, yet this is an interesting fact, and points to the prevalence of bad teeth among the working classes. The Managers of these schools stand m looo parents, and are, for the most part, intelligent bodies of men, anxious to do their duty, to train the minds and bodies of the children in order that these may be fairly started in life, and become intelligent and independent citizens of this vast empire. To give any idea as to the expenses in connection with the schools is difficult, but, taking four large schools at random, containing 600 to 1,000 children, the expenditure for one “^ exceeds respectively the su,ns of £30,000, £20,000, £15,000. £22,000. During the Ipast 18 months, mth a colleague, I have