View report page

87
Section A. — Preventive Medicine.
1.—That the present hours of sleep allowed to boys under
sixteen years of age in some of the public schools are too short
for enabling them to attain their highest physical and mental
development, and that a copy of this Resolution be sent to the
headmasters of all public schools.
2. That a representation be made to the Home Office,
respectfully suggesting the total abolition of "half-time" in factories
and workshops.
3.—That, in view of the importance of the subject, the
Government be respectfully urged to appoint a Royal Commission
to fully consider the question of the advisability of the adoption
of the Sanatorium treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis for the
poor.
4.—That this Section is of opinion that there is urgent need
for the appointment of a Commission of Inquiry into the prevalence
and effects of Syphilis, and the means of its prevention, and
into the adequacy of hospital accommodation for its treatment,
and that the Government be so informed.
5.—That security of tenure is most desirable for Medical
Officers of Health and Inspectors of Nuisances (Sanitary Inspectors),
so as to enable them to carry out their official duties without
fear or favour.
6.—That in the opinion of this Section, it is most important
and desirable that provision for the medical inspection of all school
children in this country should be made, and that the Education
Department should have at its disposal the services of a Medical
Officer.