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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“12 APPENDIX 1. (¢) Where development takes place on the out-skirts of 4 muni. cipal area the industry and the municipality should co-operate to avoid sompetition for available sources for the supply of water ie . 203. (a) Every provincial health department should include a mala- riologist on its headquarters staff . . ve oe we .. (5) Every railway administration should employ a full-time malariologist and should give a lead in anti-malarial activities to the local bodies in their areas ” “ "i % .2 (¢) Boards of Health and Welfare in mining areas should include on their medical staff an officer with expert knowledge of malaria and its prevention ih xs FP 204. Surveys should be made by Government medical departments of the medical facilities required in urban and industria] areas, These surveys should be considered at joint conferences of the parties interest- od. Public Health Acts and percentage grants should enable Govern. ment to supervise, inspect and insist on minimum standards. . vs 205. There should be a mare general extension on the part of the employer of welfare work in its broader sense “i ve oo 206. A hospital of any size should have a woman doctor on its staff who should be in charge of all activities dealing with the health and wel- fate of women and children - . .e ’s 207. A Government diploma for health visitors should be instituted 88 the recognised qualification required of all women aspiring to such posts ,. am Ye 208. In the larger jute and cotton industrial areas, mills and facto ries should organise in groups, each establishment having its own welfare centre and health visitor under the supervision of a woman doctor em. ployed by the group we wo 209. In the larger industrial areas Government, local authorities and industrial managements should co-operate in the development of child welfare centres and women’s clinics, Government should give percen- ‘age grants for approved schemes oe . . . 210. Trained midwives should be obtained for work in welfare and maternity centres - .. we .- we . 211. Maternity benefit legislation should be enacted throughout India on the lines of the schemes operating in Bombay and the Central Provinces .n .e (a) Legislation should be confined to women employed full time in perennial factories covered by the Factories Act i” aw os (8) The scheme should be non-contributory : in the first instance the entire cost of benefit should be borne by the employer ., oe (¢) Government should have power to exempt individual firms whose existing schemes are at least as liberal ag those contained in the Act .. (d) In the event of any general scheme of social insurance being adopted, maternity benefits should be incorporated and the cost shared by the State, the employer and the worker . . . ve Vx (e) The rate of benefit given by the Central Provinces Act is suitable for general application .. ve #5 - ve we (f) The maximum benefit period should be 4 weeks before and 4 weeks after childbirth .. ve Ye Paazs. 255 256 257 257 250 260 26% 262 262 262 262 263-4 263 264 264 264 264 264

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