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Education, England and Wales, 1851

Table of Contents

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(Pages i-v) Title & contents pages
(Pages vii-xi) Report. Letter from the registrar general to Viscount Palmerston
(80 pages)Contract subtree Report from Mr. Horace Mann to the registrar general
(Page xiii) Difficulties encountered in prosecuting the inquiry
(Page xiv) Summary result
(Pages xv-xx) 1. Progress of popular education in England
(Pages xxi-xxxv) 2. Actual amount (numerically) of day school education as compared with the amount required
(Pages xxxvi-xxxvii) 3. Quality of existing instruction in day schools
(Pages xxxviii-xl) Causes why so many are not in day schools
(Pages xli-xlii) Remedies proposed
(Page xliii) What are the means and agencies by which education is to be extended?
(Pages xliv-lxxviii)Expand subtree View of existing educational agencies
(Pages lxxix-lxxxviii) Present aspect of educational parties
(Pages lxxxix-xci) Collateral means of promoting popular education
(28 pages)Contract subtree Appendix to report. Explanatory notes, forms, and illustrative tables
(Pages xciv-cvii)Expand subtree Mode of procuring and digesting the returns
(Pages cviii-cix) Forms used for tabulation
(Pages cx-cxiv) Occupations of children under 15 years of age in England and Wales
(Pages cxv-cxvii) Occupations of the parents of children not at school
(Pages cxviii-cxix) Parliamentary return of schools and scholars in 1818, 1833, and 1851
(Page cxx) Number of children at each year of age from birth to fifteen
(93 pages)Contract subtree Summary tables
(Page cxxii) A. Day schools, Sunday schools, and evening schools for adults (summary of England and Wales)
(Page cxxiii) B. Day schools, classified according to the sources of their maintenance (summary of England and Wales)
(Page cxxiv) Supplement I. to table B. Number of schools which, supported principally by endowments, are partly also maintained by subscriptions of religious bodies
(Page cxxiv) Supplement II. to table B. Total of schools sup-ported in any degree by religious bodies
(Page cxxv) Supplement III. to table B. Number of schools which, supported principally by subscriptions of religious bodies, are partly also maintained by endowments
(Pages cxxvi-cxxvii) C. Income of public day schools, and the sources of income
(Page cxxviii) D. Number of schools having endowments of particular amounts
(Page cxxix) E. Number of teachers in public schools; distinguishing adult from juvenile teachers
(Pages cxxx-cxxxi) F. Course of instruction in public day schools
(Page cxxxii) G. Course of instruction in public and private day schools
(Page cxxxiii) H. Ages of scholars in quinquennial periods
(Pages cxxxiv-cxxxv) I. Dates at which existing day schools were established; distinguishing public from private schools; and showing each county
(Pages cxxxvi-cxxxvii) K. Dates at which existing public day schools were established; distinguishing each class of schools
(Page cxxxviii) L. Number of scholars attending compared with the number on the books in each of the various classes of day schools (two counties, Lancashire and Lincolnshire)
(Page cxxxix) Table M. Comparison between the ages of scholars in public day schools, the ages of those in private day schools. (Two counties, Lancashire and Lincolnshire)
(Pages cxl-cxli) N. Average annual remuneration of teachers in public day schools; distinguishing the various classes of schools (two counties, Lancashire and Lincolnshire)
(Pages cxlii-clvi) O. Day schools, classified according to their sources of maintenance (in counties)
(Pages clvii-clxviii) P. Day schools, classified according to their sources of maintenance (in forty-five of the principal boroughs and large towns)
(Page clxix) Q. Number of Sunday schools, scholars, and teachers; distinguishing the number belonging to each religious body (summary of England and Wales)
(Pages clxx-clxxxvi) R. The same particulars as to each county
(Pages clxxxvii-cxcii) S. The same particulars as to each of forty-five of the principal boroughs and large towns
(Pages cxciii-ccvii) T. Number of day schools and Sunday schools in all municipal boroughs
(Pages ccviii-ccix) U. Number of evening schools for adults, the periods during which they are open, the amount of payment required, and the number of scholars (in each county, and in England and Wales)
(Pages ccx-ccxi) V. Course of instruction in evening schools
(Pages ccxii-ccxiii) W. Occupations of evening scholars
(258 pages)Contract subtree Detailed tables
(Pages 3-50) I. Number of schools and scholars in the registration districts, counties and divisions of England and Wales distinguishing day schools, Sunday schools, and evening schools for adults
(Pages 51-212)Expand subtree II. Tabular classification of day schools and Sunday schools in England and Wales according to the various agencies by which they are established supported. Arranged in registration districts or poor law unions
(Pages 213-258) List of literary, scientific and mechanic institutions
(Pages 259-267) Index
(Page 268) Errata