What was bad about the provision of school meals act?
- was not enforced by all local authorities
- By 1911 less than 1/3 authorities provided school meals
- was only for during term times, children did not get free meals during holidays
What was good about the medical inspections act?
- Many illnesses were being identified so this gave the opportunity for treatment that they would not have got if they did not know about the illness.
- free treatment was introduced in 1912
What was bad about medical inspections act?
-Did not offer free medical treatment so many poor children did not get treatment
What was good about the children’s charter?
- protected children’s health from smoking and drinking
- Safer as they were tried in children’s court did not have to go to prison with men
What was bad about the children’s charter?
-only helped to improve conditions for few children as the legislation took very long to be enforced
What was good about the old age pensions act?
- Gave many elderly and income
- They could now avoid the dreaded poor law or borrowing money from family members
What was bad about the old age pensions act?
- the benefits were very low
- Even with benefits still left many below the poverty line
What was good about the national insurance scheme?
- They received a wage when not able to work
- they received treatment so they were able o get back to work quickly
What was bad about the national insurance scheme?
- Only the worker received treatment not full family
- Benefits only lasted 6 months
- in many cases the benefits were not sufficient for full families
What was good about the labour exchange act?
- very effective in finding people jobs
- EVIDENCE- By 1914 around 3000 people were finding jobs everyday
What was good about the provision of school meals act
-Many children who would have usually had to have went without this meal would no longer be hungry and would be more likely to focus in class
What was good about the national insurance act part 2?
- It was compulsory so no one in the trades it covered were missed out
- If unemployed the insured would receive 7 shillings a week for 15 weeks
What was bad about the national insurance act part 2?
- Only covered some trades so many were missed out and had no unemployment insurance at all
- the payment only lasted 15 weeks so would no longer get the benefits if we’re unemployed for over 15 weeks
