Full text: Report of the Royal Commission on Labour in India

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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 
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