Page:First Annual Report of the Woodbury Hill Reformatory.djvu/8

4

Turner, late of Redhill, is now the Government Inspector of Reformatories, and has visited, and will shortly again visit this Reformatory.

Thirty-seven Boys have been admitted in the course of the year, all under 17 & 18 Vic., of these Worcestershire supplied 15, Birmingham 10, Herefordshire 5, Gloucestershire 2, Shropshire 1, Nottinghamshire 1, Northamtonshire 1, and two others originally of Birmingham, were received from Hardwicke Reformatory, in exchange for a Worcester boy sent there.

The ages of these were:—

	10	years	1
	11	"	2
	12	"	3
	13	"	13
	14	"	7
	15	"	6
	16	"	4
over	16	"	1
			37

These had been:—

Never before convicted (but some nevertheless of known criminality):	18
Once	9
Twice	4
Thrice	3
Four times	2
Eight times	1
	37

Their educational state was:—

Ignorant of alphabet	6
Able to read small words	7
Able to read 2nd Irish Book and write a little	13
Able to read 3rd Irish Book, write fairly and with some arithmetic	11
	37

Their Parental state was:

Both dead or having deserted their children or mentally incapacitated	7
Onedittoditto	11
Both living	19

Of the eleven, two are vicious, eight doubtful.
Of the nineteen, three are vicious, one doubtful.