Report of the Royal Commission on Labour in India

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Identifikator:: 1850495947

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-233603

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: Report of the Royal Commission on Labour in India

Place of publication:: London

Publisher:: His Majesty's Stationery Off.

Year of publication:: 1931

Scope:: xviii, 580 S.; graph. Darst., Kt.

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Chapter X. - Railways - continued

Collection:: Economics Books

RAILWAYS. 171 medical staff, which should be responsible not only for medical treat- ment but also for the supervision of health and sanitation in all direc- tions. We therefore recommend that all railway medical officers should be definitely precluded from private practice, except in the case of families of railway servants, as we consider that full scope exists in the railway service for all their time and energies. In view of the character of the duties required of these officers, the importance of public health qualifica- tions should be recognised by all administrations. Chief Medical Officers, in particular, should be required to devote more time to inspections. Welfare Committees. Apart from the need of creating machinery to form a link between the administration and the workers with regard to the settle- ment of grievances and the prevention of industrial disputes, develop- ments in welfare work have called for organisations intended to encourage the staff to participate in welfare activities. Reference has already been made to the formation on various railways of staff committees, staff welfare committees and staff councils. In addition, on almost all tailways sanitary committees have been formed ab various centres ; these meet periodically and make suggestions for improving health conditions in the railway colonies. On the South Indian Railway the jurisdiction of these sanitary committees has been extended to include all matters relating to the comfort and well-being of the railway communities, the expenses incurred being borne by the railway administration. Although the local medical officer is always a member, the organisation of local and sanitary committees is often placed under the engineering depart- Ment, on the ground that it is considered best fitted to supervise the general conditions of the quarters and to correct deficiencies. The duties of these committees are only advisory and the executive charge of sanitation and health should always remain in the hands of the medical department. It seems desirable to extend the functions of all local committees to welfare work. We consider that both Chief and District medical officers should take an active part in encouraging this work and in stimulating local interest in the general advance of the health and welfare of the railway communities. On more than one railway the election of workers to the committees by the votes of fellow workers has proved of value, and we recommend that, wherever possible, each com- mittee should have a proportion of elected members representative of lifferent classes of workers living within the area it serves. Statistics. While acknowledging the ready assistance given by the Railway Board and its officers, we feel attention must be drawn “0 the necessity for information concerning staff matters " being nade more readily available in published reports. For many years she annual reports by the Railway Board on the working of Indian railways have given operating and financial figures in considerable detail, but it is only within the past year or two that staff statistics have been published to any extent. These consist mainlv of statements

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