Reformatory Inspections 1889

Reformatory Inspections 1889

32nd Report for the Year 1888 of the Inspector appointed to visit the Certified Reformatory and Industrial Schools of Great Britain.
Under the provisions of the Act 5 & 6 Will IV c.38.

General Report 005-038
Number of Reformatory Schools 56
England 46
Scotland 10

Number of Certified Industrial Schools 140
England 108
Scotland 32

Number of Truant Schools in England 10
Hull
Sheffield
Swansea
Liverpool
Bristol
Plymouth
Upton House
Brighton
Fyfield
Walthamstow

Number of Day Industrial Schools 19
England 17
Scotland 2

A New Day Industrial School capable of dealing with 300 children has been opened in Manchester.

Appendix No I 039-057
List of Schools Under Inspection
A - List of Certified Reformatory Schools with name of Corresponding Manager.

B - List of Certified Industrial Schools with name of Corresponding Manager.

C - List of Certified Truant Industrial Schools with name of Corresponding Manager.

D - List of Certified Day Industrial Schools.

Appendix No II 058-333
Inspector's Reports
A - Detailed Reports of Inspection of Reformatory Schools for the Year 1888. 058-127

B - Detailed Reports of Inspection of Industrial Schools for the Year 1888. 128-302

C - Detailed Reports of Inspection of Truant Industrial Schools for the Year 1888. 303-314

D - Detailed Reports of Inspection of Day Industrial Schools for the Year 1888. 315-330
Scotland 331-333

Appendix No III 334-385
Returns relating to Reformatory Schools
A - Return of Number of Inmates and Admissions and Discharges for the Year 1888.

B - Particulars relative to Admissions and Discharges for the Year 1888.

C - General Return of Admissions and Discharges up to 31st December 1888.

D - Return of Discharges for the Years 1885, 1886, and 1887, showing the Number doing well, since Convicted of Crime etc.

E - Return of Receipts and Expenditure, showing Cost per Head, Cost of Food and Clothing and summary of for the Year 1888.

Appendix No IV 386-463
Returns relating to Industrial Schools
A - Return of Number of Inmates and Admissions and Discharges for the Year 1888.

B - Particulars relative to Admissions and Discharges for the Year 1888.

C - General Return of Admissions and Discharges up to 31st December 1888.

D - Return of Discharges for the Years 1885, 1886, and 1887, showing the Number doing well, since Convicted of Crime etc.

E - Return of Receipts and Expenditure, showing Cost per Head, Cost of Food and Clothing and summary of for the Year 1888.

Appendix No V 464-470
Returns reelating to Truant Industrial Schools
A - Return of Number of Inmates and Admissions and Discharges for the Year 1888.

B - Particulars relative to Admissions and Discharges for the Year 1888.

C - General Return of Admissions and Discharges up to 31st December 1888.

D - Return of Receipts and Expenditure, for the Year 1888.

E - Returns specially relating to Truant Schools.

Appendix No VI 471-483
Returns relating to Day Industrial Schools
A & B - Return of Number of children attending the Schools, and of Admissions and Discharges for the Year 1888.

C - Return of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year 1888.

Appendix No VII 484-493
Return of Number of Deaths in Reformatory and Industrial Schools in Great Britain during the year ended December 31st 1888 with the causes to which such deaths were assigned.

Appendix No VIII 494-496
A - Return from Prisons for the year 1888, of Young Offenders re-convicted after detention in a Reformatory School.

B - Return of the Reformatory Schools in which they were formerly detained, and Per-Centage of Reconvictions.

Appendix No IX 497-508
A - Return of Annual Commitments of Juvenile Offenders to Prison from Counties in England and Wales for 28 years ending 31st March 1888.

B - Return showing the Number of Juvenile Offenders committed to Reformatory Schools in England and Wales from the different Counties from 1862 to 1888.

Appendix No X 509-514
List of Places in which Parents are under Contribution, with Amounts received for the year 1888.
A - For Reformatory Schools, England and Scotland.
B - For Industrial Schools, England and Scotland.

Appendix No XI 515-516
Offences of Juveniles committed to Reformatory Schools during Year 1888, and Courts from which they were committed.

Followed by 27th Report of the Inspector of Reformatory and Industrial Schools of Ireland.
Under the provisions of the Acts 21st/22nd Vict C. 103 and 31st/32nd Vict C. 59 and 31st Vict C. 25.
(PP 1889 Vol XLII pp 517-599 C. 5858. ( 001-083)

Report 003-034

Appendix
1 - List of Reformatory and Industrial Schools 035-040
under Inspection.
Numbered 1 to 8 Reformatory Schools
Numbered 1-69 Industrial Schools

Appendix II
2 - Statistical Returns for the year 1888 041-081
i - Reformatory Schools Return of Admissions, Discharges 1888
ii Reformatory Schools Return showing Age, State of Instruction Previous Commitments, and Social Condition of those received during the year 1888.
iii Return showing Offences for which Juvenile Offenders were Sentenced to Reformatory Schools in the year 1888.
iv Returns of Sentences passed on Juvenile Offenders received into Reformatory Schools in the year 1888. Also the mode of disposal of those discharged during the year 1888.
v Reformatory Schools Return showing the Number of Admissions Discharges, and Modes of Discharge from 1859 to 1888.
vi Reformatory Schools Discharges for the Years 1885, 1886, 1887 showing the number, Doing Well, Convicted of Crime, etc, since discharge to December 31st 1888.
vii Reformatory Schools Summary of Expenditure and Cost per Head for the Year 1888.
viii Reformatory Schools Returns of Receipts in and Expenditure for the year 1888.
ix Industrial Schools - Returns of Admissions and Discharges etc for the year 1888.

example for -
Gibraltar Training Ship Belfast.
Under detention 31st Dec 1887
In School within number paid for under rules 213 On Licence 7 Absconded, sentence unexpired 1 Total 221

Admitted by Commitment 1888 42
Admitted by Transfer 1888 28
Admitted by Re-Commital 2
Sub Total 72

Discharged, Transferred, Died in 1888 52

Under Detention 31st Dec 1888
In School within number paid for under rules 233
On Licence 8
Total 241

x Industrial Schools, Summary of Admissions, Discharges for the year ending 31st December 1888.

xi Industrial Schools, Return of Particulars of Admissions and Discharges for the year 1888.
Example
Gibraltar Training Ship, Belfast.
State of Instruction on Admission
Neither Read nor Write 19
Read or Read & Write Imperfectly 17
Read and Write Well 6
Total 42

Age at Admission
Under Six years --
From 6 to 8 --
From 8 to 10 1
From 10 to 12 22
From 12 to 14 19
Total 42

Mode of Discharge
To Employment or Service 28
Returned to Friends 8
Sent to Sea 6
Enlisted 1
Specially Discharged 3
Died 4
Absconders, discharged by expiration of sentence 1
Discharged on account of Insufficient grounds detention 1
Total 52

xii Industrial Schools showing Number of Admissions and Discharges and Modes of Discharges years 1869 to 1888
Deaths were a total of 1,132
R.C. Boys 327
Protestant Boys 122
R.C. Girls 629
Protestant Girls 54

xiii Industrial Schools - Discharges for the years 1885, 1886, 1887 showing number Doing Well, Convicted of Crime etc from their Discharge to 31st December 1888
Example
Gibraltar Training Ship Belfast
Mode of Discharge
To Employment 104
Returned to Friends 25
Emigrated 1
Sent to Sea 48
Emlisted 3
Specially Discharged 10
Absconded and not Recovered 2
Total 193

Subsequent Character
Since Dead 11
Doing Well 146
Doubtful 16
Convicted of Crime --
Unknown 20
Recommitted to an Industrial School --
Total 193

xiv Industrial Schools - Return of Receipts and Expenditure for the year 1888.
xv Industrial Schools - Summary of Accounts in 1888

xvi Payment from Parents of Children in Reformatory and Industrial Schools during 1888.
xvii Amounts contributed in 1888 by Grand Juries and Borough Councils towards maintenance of young Offenders in Reformatory and Industrial Schools in Ireland,
xviii Return showing Deaths in Reformatory and Industrial Schools in 1888 and their Causes.

3 - Statistics of Answering of Industrial 082-083 Pupils in National Schools.

Source:
PP 1889 Vol XLII pp 001-516 C. 5829
Submitted by Alan Longbottom

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