The Bitter Cry of the Children

Name: The Bitter Cry of the Children
Author: Spargo, John

Spargo, John

Child labor; Child welfare

Children in American Street Trades, by Myron E. Adams, in the Annals
  of the American Academy, May, 1905.

  The Employment of Children, with Special Reference to Street Trading,
  by Robert Peacock, Chief Constable of Manchester (England). A Paper
  read at the Third International Congress for the Welfare and
  Protection of Children, London, 1902.—Report, pp. 191–202.

  See also the evidence given by various witnesses before the Royal
  Commission on Physical Training (Scotland).

Footnote 185:

  Education and the Larger Life, by C. Hanford Henderson, p. 142.




                                 INDEX


                                   A
 Aberdeen, underfed school children in, 272.
 Addams, Jane, 148, 196.
 Adenoids, 107, 296.
 Adulteration of Food, 85.
 Aikin, Dr., 130.
 Airy, Dr., H.M.I., 112, 113.
 ALABAMA:
   Child Labor Committee, 142.
   Child Labor in, 148, 149.
 _Alcoholzehntel_ (Switzerland), 254.
 “Alfred,” History of the Factory Movement, 131.
 Allentown, Pennsylvania, 183, 184.
 Anæmia, 5, 83, 294.
 _Annual Register_, 1792, 135.
 Apprentices, pauper, 131–140.
 Aristotle, 100, 125, 126, 127.
 Artificial flower making, 146, 172, 173, 177.
 Ashby, Dr. Henry, 18.
 Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor, 233.
 Asthma, 164.
 ASYLUMS:
   New York Foundling, 22.
   New York Juvenile, 187.
   Furnishing Child Labor, 198.
 Atrophy, 21.
 Augusta, Georgia, 150.
 AUSTRALIA:
   Death-rate reduced in, 245, 247.
   Women nurse inspectors in, 244.

                                   B
 Back Bay, Boston, 7.
 BACKWARD CHILDREN:
   Become child laborers, 103.
   Condition traceable to poor nutrition, 108, 278
   Experiments in feeding, 115–116.
   Improvement of, when properly fed, 276.
   Injurious influence of, on other children, 102.
   Investigation of, in California, 101–102.
   Number of, in United States, estimated, 102.
   Poor physique of, 100–101.
   Results of feeding in England, 111, 273.
   Results of feeding in France, 115.
   Results of feeding in Norway, 115, 276.
   Special classes for, 101.
   Tend to become criminals and paupers, 104, 105.
 Baillestre, Dr., 21 _n._
 Ballantyne, Dr., 9 _n._
 Beach, Dr. Fletcher, 108.
 Beading slippers, 172.
 BELGIUM:
   Meals for school children in, 276.
   Medical inspection in schools, 253, 276, 277.
   (_See also_ Brussels.)
 Belgravia, London, 5.
 BERLIN:
   Infant death-rate reduced in, 247.
   School meals in, 274.
   School sanatoria in, 255.
   Still-births registered in, 52.
 Bethnal Green, London, 5.
 Beyer, Professor, 100.
 Biddeford, Maine, 153.
 BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND:
   Board of Education, 112.
   Feeding of school children in, 112, 113, 272, 273.
   Infant mortality in, 26.
   Blincoe, Robert, quoted, 132.
   Blood poisoning, 223.
 Board of Charities, New York, 83.
 Board of Education, Birmingham, England, 112, 113.
 Board of Education, New York, 65, 66, 73.
 Board of Education, Sheffield, England, 110.
 BOARD OF HEALTH:
   As educational agency, 244.

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The Bitter Cry of the Children

Spargo, John

Child labor; Child welfare

Children in American Street Trades, by Myron E. Adams, in the Annals
  of the American Academy, May, 1905.

  The Employment of Children, with Special Reference to Street Trading,
  by Robert Peacock, Chief Constable of Manchester (England). A Paper
  read at the Third International Congress for the Welfare and
  Protection of Children, London, 1902.—Report, pp. 191–202.

  See also the evidence given by various witnesses before the Royal
  Commission on Physical Training (Scotland).

Footnote 185:

  Education and the Larger Life, by C. Hanford Henderson, p. 142.




                                 INDEX


                                   A
 Aberdeen, underfed school children in, 272.
 Addams, Jane, 148, 196.
 Adenoids, 107, 296.
 Adulteration of Food, 85.
 Aikin, Dr., 130.
 Airy, Dr., H.M.I., 112, 113.
 ALABAMA:
   Child Labor Committee, 142.
   Child Labor in, 148, 149.
 _Alcoholzehntel_ (Switzerland), 254.
 “Alfred,” History of the Factory Movement, 131.
 Allentown, Pennsylvania, 183, 184.
 Anæmia, 5, 83, 294.
 _Annual Register_, 1792, 135.
 Apprentices, pauper, 131–140.
 Aristotle, 100, 125, 126, 127.
 Artificial flower making, 146, 172, 173, 177.
 Ashby, Dr. Henry, 18.
 Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor, 233.
 Asthma, 164.
 ASYLUMS:
   New York Foundling, 22.
   New York Juvenile, 187.
   Furnishing Child Labor, 198.
 Atrophy, 21.
 Augusta, Georgia, 150.
 AUSTRALIA:
   Death-rate reduced in, 245, 247.
   Women nurse inspectors in, 244.

                                   B
 Back Bay, Boston, 7.
 BACKWARD CHILDREN:
   Become child laborers, 103.
   Condition traceable to poor nutrition, 108, 278
   Experiments in feeding, 115–116.
   Improvement of, when properly fed, 276.
   Injurious influence of, on other children, 102.
   Investigation of, in California, 101–102.
   Number of, in United States, estimated, 102.
   Poor physique of, 100–101.
   Results of feeding in England, 111, 273.
   Results of feeding in France, 115.
   Results of feeding in Norway, 115, 276.
   Special classes for, 101.
   Tend to become criminals and paupers, 104, 105.
 Baillestre, Dr., 21 _n._
 Ballantyne, Dr., 9 _n._
 Beach, Dr. Fletcher, 108.
 Beading slippers, 172.
 BELGIUM:
   Meals for school children in, 276.
   Medical inspection in schools, 253, 276, 277.
   (_See also_ Brussels.)
 Belgravia, London, 5.
 BERLIN:
   Infant death-rate reduced in, 247.
   School meals in, 274.
   School sanatoria in, 255.
   Still-births registered in, 52.
 Bethnal Green, London, 5.
 Beyer, Professor, 100.
 Biddeford, Maine, 153.
 BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND:
   Board of Education, 112.
   Feeding of school children in, 112, 113, 272, 273.
   Infant mortality in, 26.
   Blincoe, Robert, quoted, 132.
   Blood poisoning, 223.
 Board of Charities, New York, 83.
 Board of Education, Birmingham, England, 112, 113.
 Board of Education, New York, 65, 66, 73.
 Board of Education, Sheffield, England, 110.
 BOARD OF HEALTH:
   As educational agency, 244.

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