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(9) The qualifying period should in no case be less than 9 months
and might be fixed at 12 months .. . xe
(Ah) The more closely benefit can be linked with treatment the better :
probably the best method is to give benefit in any case and to add a con
finement bonus only if a trained midwife or hospital treatment is utilised
Failure to use existing facilities should not disqualify the applicant, but
bonus and benefit together should not exceed the amount laid down
in the Act wh .. .. on we - we
(#) The administration of the Act should be entrusted to the factory
inspection staff and, wherever possible, to women factory inspectors ..
212. All methods should be explored that may lead to the allevia
tion of existing hardships arising from the need of provision for sickness
(a) Material should first be collected for the framing of an estimate
of the incidence of sickness among workers, special statistical inquiries
being instituted in selected centres as soon as possible . -
(b) Assistance might be obtained from (¢) railways and Government
factories, (4) employers who already have sickness benefit schemes,
(#41) experiments voluntarily conducted by employers on oe
(c) The statistics should be collected with expert medical and actua-
rial advice and the co-operation of employers and representatives of
workers .. . . » ' ti ve
(d) The preliminary enquiries might be conducted by the Govern-
ment of India who might secure for the purpose a small informal com-
mittee from the Central Legislature including representatives of capital
and labour. These with medical, actuarial and statistical assistance
should be able to advise as to the nature of the statistics required, the
centres where they might be collected, the sources from which, and the
means whereby, they should be obtained .. ve #3
(e) Thereafter the question of framing schemes should be referred to
a formal committee with instructions to examine the material and to
make recommendations for the institution, if and where possible, of
definite schemes it > oid en o
(f) Pursuing the line of building on‘existing foundations the Com-
mission commend for examination the outline of a tentative scheme
based on separate medical provision, possibly by Government, and
financial benefits in the form of paid sick leave given through
employers on the basis of contributions by themselves and by the
workers Lo
CHAPTER XV.—HoUSING OF THE INDUSTRIAL WORKER.
213. Colliery housing :—
(a) Small blocks of two to four houses in partitioned units should
be more extensively used and new houses should have a
window and roof ventilation oe .e »
(b) The staff of the Board of Health should take every possible
step to prohibit occupation of a house by more than one
set of inhabitants .. .. . “s a3
(¢) Bathing and washing places should be built near each block
. of houses .. . . . " os
(d) Latrines of approved types should be generally installed,
preferably of the septic-tank type ve EE
(e) The graded system of coloured licenses at Jharia should be
abolished forthwith .
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