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(5) The law should be applicable to factories, mines, railways and
plantations and should provide for possible extensions to
other branches of industry Ta
Cra PrER X1V.—HEALTH AND WELFARE OF THE INDUSTRIAL WORKER.

192. Still-births should be excluded from birth and death registers
and separately recorded .. . -

193. Municipal councils and local bodies should devote more atten-
tion to vital statistics and at least in the larger towns and more impor
tant industrial areas the appointment of medical registrars should be
compulsory ‘ce i.

194. India should have an Tostitute of Nutrition, as recommended
by the Agricultural Commission, with a Director and sufficient number
of qualified assistants. Publicity work should be part of its functions,
propaganda material being prepared under supervision of the Director in
consultation with provincial Public Health Departments we ve

195. Local authorities should construct sanitary markets in all
urban and industrial areas ie .e we

196. Adulteration of Foods Acts should be in force in all provinces
and local Governments should endeavour to make their provisions more
widely applicable. Severer penalties should be provided and a clause
regulating importation and sale of condensed skimmed milk should, if
possible, be incorporated .e

197. In industrial provinces Public Health Departments should be
strengthened to deal with industrial hygiene and industrial disease ; at
least one of the Assistant Directors of Public Health should have special

knowledge of these subjects ee - ..
198. Medical inspectors of factories and mines should devote special
attention to industrial disease .. ae 0% .- ..
199. Industrial health research should be entrusted to the Indian
Research Fund Association - - . “. pu
200. (a) Women should be appointed to public bealth staffs particu.
larly in the more industrialised provinces.
(b) Initiative in welfare work among women and children
should be taken by local Governments.
. (c) Every provincial Public Health Department should have a
trained statistical officer.
(d) Health propaganda should be carried on by Government and
local authorities.
(e) Every municipal area should have its own Medical Officer
of Health and adequate sanitary staff.
(f) Municipal health officers should belong to a Government
cadre though paid by municipal funds.
(g) A similar health staff should be at work in extra-municipal
areas where industry is being developed  .. % “i i.
201. Comprehensive Public Health Acts should be passed in all
provinces ais .. - ‘5 ..
202. (a) Where piped water supplies are not available special pre-
cautions as to purity should be taken.
(b) Where industry begins to develop in & new area, it should be
the duty of employers to provide suitable water for their workers.

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