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 XIV. - Health and welfare of the industrial worker

Collection:: Economics Books

HEALTH AND WELFARE. 255 Public Health Acts. it is generally recognised that the first comprehensive Public Health Act, brought into force in 1875, made possible the marked ad- vances in public health which have taken place in England since that date. Although sections dealing with public health matters find a place in every municipal and local boards Act in India, these are in many res- pects disconnected and incomplete, and public health legislation requires considerable amendment and addition. We consider that the time is ripe for the passing of comprehensive Public Health Acts in all pro- vinces. Water Supplies. The first necessity of any community is a suitable water supply. In this direction many employers have given a lead. A number of the jute mills have provided piped water in the adjoining housing areas, whilst, through the agency of a Water Board constituted for the purpose, the mining industry in Jharia has provided an elaborate water supply at a cost of 90 lakhs. Other industrial concerns have sunk tube wells and artesian wells with satisfactory results. In all these areas and where municipal councils have introduced piped supplies, water-borne disease should ordinarily give little trouble. Even where piped water is avail- able, however, the distribution is often unsatisfactory, and this difficulty is enhanced by the general waste of water by the workers. Either there are too few taps or there is an intermittent supply or the system has not been extended to those areas, so that shallow wells and tanks have to be used. These conditions all favour outbreaks of water-borne disease. Where piped water supplies are not yet provided, it becomes all the more neces- sary to ensure that every precaution be taken to keep available supplies as pure as possible. Tube wells might be more frequently employed and, if surface wells must be used, they should be kept in good repair and re- gularly inspected by the sanitary staff. Where an industry begins to develop in a new area previously sparsely populated and devoid of any protected water supply, it should be the duty of the employers to provide suitable water for their workers. Where, as frequently happens, the development takes place on the boundary or outskirts of a municipal area, we consider it would be of advantage for the municipal council and the industry to co-operate in order to avoid competition for available sources. General Sanitation. i Even with a safe water supply, bad sanitation creates condi- tions favourable to the spread of disease. In many of the housing areas We visited sanitary conditions were deplorable and were bound to have the most detrimental effect on general health. With better Organisation of health departments and sanitary staffs, improvements In this respect should be secured. We must also remark on the great lack of latrine accommodation in every industrial area we have seen.

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