er i think one of the greatest er causes of s absenteeism, it wasn't so much ill health er not on the part of the pupil, i think it was more er if something was wrong within th family, particularly if you was an elder daughter or an elder boy, you see and erm, if your mother was ill or or confined you see, you were probably kept at home er for those sort of reasons to either look after the the younger children at home or to help to to look after home.