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302. Standard minimum requirements in regard to plinths, floor and
subic space, light and ventilation should be prescribed by the competent
authority which should have the power to condemn insanitary houses.
Standard type plans to suit varying conditions should also be prepared
and made available to garden managements - .. on ve

303. Workers might be encouraged, under supervision, to build
bheir own houses on approved sites. Wherever possible, a number of
ights should be provided in and around the housing areas: vo

304. Bathing and washing places of simple type should be cons-
tructed in the vicinity of the house lines; Public Health Departments
should prepare type plans +n sn “e we

305. Planters should carry out annual mass treatment of their
labour forces for hook-worm .. .. . ..

306. Adequate latrine accommodation should be required in factories

on plantations, and the exemption from the provisions of section 13
of the Factories Act in Bengal and Assam should be. withdrawn or

307. Women doctors should be employed by each medical group
organisation for confinements in hospital, for the training and supervision
of midwives and dats, and for child welfare work .. oe ..

308. The practice of giving free food to indoor patients should be
adopted in all plantation hospitals ee

309. Maternity benefits should be provided for by legislation. The
sash benefit to the mother should ordinarily take the form of half her
daily wage for a period of 4 weeks before and 4 weeks after child-birth.
In addition a bonus of Rs. 5 should be given, except where the woman
refuses to avail herself of the skilled services of a woman doctor or a
trained midwife provided by the employer. In the case of plantation
labour the condition of a qualifying period of employment should be
dispensed with .. vo a _- - So.

810. The practice of feeding non-working children without charge
should be generally adopted ve Tm we a

311. Plantation managers should assist in organising suitable
recreation for their workers and should provide playing fields for general
secreational purposes ..

312. The employment of health visitors is desirable; the work of
the health visitor should always be supervised by the garden medical
officer. Where a group medical organisation exists, the woman doctor,
with two or three health visitors, should organise welfare centres on each
garden of the group : ge . .. .

313. When young children become orphaned and have no relations
settled on the estate, the district magistrate or some suitable authority
should invariably be approached to get into touch with any existing re-
lations and, if a desire is expressed for the return of the child. arrange-
ments should be made for repatriation  - ..

314. The employment, either directly or with their parents, of child-
ren before the age of 10 years should be prohibited by law. The names
of all employed children should be entered in the wage-book and in the
sase of children not born on a plantation and therefore without a regis.
tered birth certificate, the garden doctor should be required to deter-
mine the age before the child is allowed to start work .-

315. Representatives of the local Governments concerned and of the
planters should meet in conference to consider what contribution each
san make towards the education of children on the plantations ..

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