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. 261 schools for children from 6 to 12 years, industrial classes for boys over 12 years and factory schools for half-time workers, whilst yearly contribu- tions of about Rs. 3,500 are made to other schools attended by the children and dependants of employees. The management is satisfied that there is a distinct desire for education of the children, and that this and the other welfare activities have tended to create a better outlook on life among their employees. In Bombay, Ahmedabad, the jute mills area and Yenangyaung less ambitious welfare schemes have met with considerable success. Some employers, however, have lacked vision and others money ; these have pointed to the more or less experimental nature of the enterprises already embarked upon and the handicap from which they suffer owing to the worker’s tendency to be suspicious of anything new, even when it is to his advantage. We do not attempt here to define the term ‘‘ welfare ”’ as applied to the industrial worker. It is one which must necessarily be elastic, bearing a somewhat different interpretation in one country from another, according to the different social customs, the degree of industrialisation and the educa- tional development of the worker. We have endeavoured through- out our report to survey the field and to emphasise the wider aspects of the problem. We now use the term in its narrower and more specialised sense, with special reference to the industrial woman worker and her child. Women Doctors. Indian women are generally unwilling to avail themselves of the services of male doctors, and wherever a hospital organisation of any size 2xists, whether it be provided by an employer or by a local body, the addition to the medical staff of a woman doctor is to be commended. Such an appointment immediately changes the outlook of the women towards the medical facilities placed at their disposal. A woman doctor is not only able to take complete charge of the women’s and children’s depart- ment, but can very frequently get serious cases into hospital which would not otherwise be brought. The development of women’s clinics, the management of maternity wards and the supervision of child welfare centres and creches are all legitimate and desirable expansions of medical and welfare work, which only become possible when a woman doctor is available. She should also be able to supervise the trained midwives Practising in her area, and even to gain the confidence of the untrained dads, thus in time raising the standard of their work. Indeed, she should be in control of all activities dealing with the health and welfare of the women and children. Medical women are increasing in numbers through- Sut India, and we feel sure that, if appointments of the kind we suggest were made available, many of them would be attracted to the industrial areas with their opportunities for successful careers. Health Visitors and Child Welfare Centres. _ The figures we have been able to obtain for infantile mortality ‘ndicate only too clearly the necessity for a wide expansion of child welfare and maternity relief organisations. The need for trained health visitors

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